Heart Disease

US urges junk food makers to restrict ads to kids

Public health advocates are concerned about the growing incidence of childhood obesity, which can lead to heart disease and diabetes in young adults.

Study Shows Americans Sicker Than English

A higher rate of Americans tested positive for diabetes and heart disease than the English. Americans also self-reported more diabetes, heart attacks, strokes, lung disease and cancer.

Early obesity not linked to future heart disease

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests people who are overweight or obese early in life may not be more likely to have heart disease or stroke as adults.

Alzheimer's Theory Set for Drug Test

There are 18 million Type 2 diabetics, considered to have two to five times a non-diabetic's risk of developing Alzheimer's - if they live long enough, into the 60s and 70s when Alzheimer's typically strikes, Craft says. Type 2 diabetes often leads to heart disease or other ailments that kill before then.

Treatment Team Lowers Heart Risk for Obese Patients

Metabolic syndrome refers to a collection of unhealthy factors, including hypertension, cholesterol abnormalities, a waist circumference greater than 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women, and hyperglycemia. Studies have shown that people with metabolic syndrome have a 1.5 times increased risk for coronary heart disease.

Moms Most Likely to Pass Heart Disease on to Kids

FRIDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Mothers pass on much that is good to their children, but a new study shows there's one gift most would rather not receive -- heart disease.

Connecticut approves ban on sodas in schools

A Northwestern University study released in December showed more than one in three American adolescents are physically unfit and have many of the risk factors for heart disease.

Connecticut bans sodas in schools

A Northwestern University study released in December showed more than one in three American adolescents are physically unfit and have many of the risk factors for heart disease.

Hospitals Offer Obesity Programs for Kids

The clinics are opening at a time of skyrocketing obesity rates among U.S. children. Nearly 1 out of 5 is obese, according to government figures, putting them at a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease and a host of other problems.

Hospitals Offer Kids' Obesity Programs

The clinics are opening at a time of skyrocketing obesity rates among U.S. children. Nearly 1 out of 5 is obese, according to government figures, putting them at a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease and a host of other problems.

Study: Kids Worldwide Can Grow the Same

A poor start to life can lead to lifelong consequences such as chronic illness like heart disease, mental deficiencies, cancer and diabetes, WHO said.

Disabled, Seniors Confront Medicare Hole

Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, says that senior citizens taking five commonly prescribed drugs _for high blood pressure, cholesterol, heart disease, arthritis pain and depression_ could save between $2,300 and $5,300 a year under various Part D plans by switching to lower-cost drugs.

Jury: Merck Liable in Elderly Man's Death

Merck lawyers argued there was no proven link between heart problems and use of the drug for less than 18 months and said there was doubt whether Garza had taken the drug for more than a week. They said the heart attack was the end result of Garza's 23 years of heart disease.

U.S. Records Drastic Decline in Death Rate

The center said drops in the death rates for heart disease, cancer and stroke accounted for most of the decline.

Alzheimer's up on 2004 list of US death causes

- Heart disease - 654,000 deaths

U.S. Records Big Decline in Death Rate

Drops in the death rates for heart disease, cancer and stroke accounted for most of the surprising development, health officials said.

Study: Med Diet Cuts Alzheimer's Risk

NEW YORK - A Mediterranean-style diet that appears to cut the risk of heart disease also helps protect against Alzheimer's disease, a new study concludes.

Mediterranean Diet May Help Prevent Alzheimer's

While a number of studies have shown that the Mediterranean diet decreases the risk of heart disease, this is the first research to show a benefit in terms of mental function, he said.

Heart Device Makers Face New Challenge

Medicare last year agreed to expand coverage because a government-funded survey showed defibrillators significantly reduced deaths in patients with even mild heart disease, which also led to expanded coverage by private insurers.

Lilly bone drug cuts breast cancer risk: study

Both drugs also reduce the risk of osteoporosis. The bone-thinning disease becomes much more common after women enter menopause, as do cancer, stroke and heart disease.

Obesity Finds Niche in American Marketing

As Americans grow in weight, their life expectancy becomes shorter - by as much as five years, according to the latest national statistics - more than the impacts of heart disease and cancer. Obesity is fast approaching tobacco as the No. 1 cause of preventable death.

Can Frequent Infections Damage a Child's Heart?

For this study, which appears in the April issue of the American Heart Journal, the researchers measured blood levels of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in 193 acutely ill children and 90 healthy children. All the participants had come to the emergency room at Children's Hospital in Boston. None had any outward signs of heart disease.

Fast-Food Fries, Chicken Fattier in U.S.

Trans fat raises bad cholesterol and lowers good cholesterol. Eating just 5 grams of it per day increases the risk of heart disease 25 percent, research shows.

Drug prices for US elderly up 6 pct in 2005: study

The nation's largest consumer group for the elderly reviewed 193 medications mostly for arthritis pain, osteoporosis, heart disease, high blood pressure, and other ailments that affect older Americans.

Medicare Drug Plan Helping Some Seniors

Her husband is recovering from lung cancer, had a kidney transplant and has heart disease, so he takes numerous prescriptions. She estimates the benefit will save the couple $300 to $350 a month.

Study: Obese People Lack Health Awareness

Among those consequences are heightened risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and arthritis.

Blood Pressure Drugs Help Older Minds Stay Young

"Hypertension treatment in the very old -- those aged 80 and older -- protects against stroke, heart disease and heart failure, and now we see that there is no harm -- and perhaps a benefit -- on cognitive function," Peila said.

Study: Many Toddlers in NYC Are Obese

People who are obese are more likely to develop high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, gallbladder disease, sleep apnea and osteoarthritis.

Healthy Eggs Hatch Success for Eggland's

Compared with regular eggs, Eggland's have 25 percent less saturated fat, 15 percent less cholesterol and several times more vitamin E and omega-3 essential fatty acids, which both are believed to reduce risk of heart disease and other disorders. Eggland's eggs also contain more of the essential mineral iodine and lutein, an antioxidant thought to boost the immune system and help prevent cancer and the eye disorder macular degeneration.

Heart Disease, Stroke Plague Third World

Cardiovascular disease - including heart disease, heart failure and stroke - is the world's biggest killer, and it often strikes people in their prime working years of 35 to 64, experts said during a four-day health conference.

Cancer Prevention Efforts Paying Off: Report

"Obesity in this country is the second leading cause of cancer, and we are raising a generation of obese children. All you have to do is look at a school yard and you can see that cancer is in the making, in addition to diabetes and heart disease," Brooks said. "It's profound."

Researchers Say Low-Cal Diet Cuts Aging

Kacy Collins, 34, a once sedentary Baton Rouge law clerk, said she joined the study to lose weight and hoped that would reduce her risks for age-related ailments that run in her family, including diabetes and heart disease.

Experts Boost Low-Cost Health Care

BEIJING - Can good health come cheap? That's the question some of the world's leading health experts are answering with new research aimed at helping poor countries get the most bang for their buck by using inexpensive, simple interventions like taking aspirin to cut down on heart disease and stroke - the biggest single killer in developing nations.

Obese kids can't fit into car seats, experts warn

Rates of child obesity, which is linked to later heart disease and diabetes, have doubled or even tripled over the past 30 years depending on the age group.

Loneliness Linked to High Blood Pressure

Last year, Harvard research linked loneliness in men with increased blood levels of inflammatory markers associated with heart disease. And a study at Duke University found an increased risk of death in socially isolated patients with heart disease.

Pursuing Healthier Bacon Through Biotech

Geneticists have mixed DNA from the roundworm C. elegans and pigs to produce swine with significant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids - the kind believed to stave off heart disease.

Indians Fear Losing Native-Friendly Clincs

Isabelle Gyongyossy, a 78-year-old Oglala Sioux patient at the Hunter clinic, has diabetes and heart disease. She takes eight pills a day, uses a walker and isn't sure how she will cope if she can no longer use the clinic's programs.

Smokers At Higher Risk for Erectile Dysfunction

"Smoking accelerates atherosclerosis and is a potent risk factor for heart disease. It just stands to reason that what harms blood vessels in one area of the body harms them in other areas, too," said Dr. David L. Katz, director of the Prevention Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine.

Smoking increases risk of impotence: study

"Yet the reality is that smoking is a primary cause of impotence which may also be an early indicator of coronary heart disease," she added in a statement.

Ind. Institute to Study Heart Disease

INDIANAPOLIS - The head of a newly formed medical research institute announced Tuesday that the group will launch a long-running study of heart disease and other illnesses, tracking patients' lifestyles and over factors over decades.