Heart Care News

With so many new developments in the field of cardiovascular medicine happening every day, it is important for you and your family to keep abreast of the latest healthcare news. Here, you will find the latest healthcare news and information as it relates to the many different types of heart disease, prevention, treatments, and research. For more information, always consult your physician.

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	Saturday, August 01, 2009 Time Widens for Giving Clot-Busting Drug for Stroke An advisory committee of the American Stroke Association/American Heart Association has issued a recommendation that the window of time for tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) therapy be opened much wider. The advisory appears in the medical journal Stroke. (more)
	Wednesday, July 01, 2009 Heart Failure Creates Needs for Patient and Caregiver People with heart failure, and those who care for them, want more attention paid to their psychological needs, a new study finds. "Heart failure patients and their caretakers suffer in a variety of ways," says Dr. David Bekelman, at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. (more)
	Monday, June 01, 2009 Protect Heart with Low Blood Pressure and Cholesterol The tightest control of the major risk factors for heart disease seems to provide the greatest protection against cardiovascular problems, says a study reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (more)
	Friday, May 01, 2009 Abnormal Heart Rhythm May Be Predicted By Risk Score Weighing a combination of risk factors could help doctors predict which patients are the most likely to develop atrial fibrillation, says a study reported in the medical journal The Lancet. (more)
	Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Echocardiography a Valuable View of the Heart The advanced imaging technique called contrast echocardiography can have a significant impact on the diagnosis and treatment of people hospitalized with heart disease, says a report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (more)
	Sunday, March 01, 2009 Extra Sleep May Decrease Calcium Deposits in Arteries A new five-year study finds that middle-aged people who slept an extra hour each night were less likely to have artery-stiffening calcium deposits. (more)
	Sunday, February 01, 2009 Heart Health Includes Vitamin D A lack of vitamin D, which is absorbed primarily through exposure to sunlight, helps boost the risk of heart attacks and strokes, new research finds. (more)
	Thursday, January 01, 2009 New Type of Artery Stent Shows Promise A new generation of stents shows promise in avoiding the late-onset problems that have plagued drug-eluting stents in patients with heart disease, researchers say. (more)
	Monday, December 01, 2008 Drug-Coated Stents Best for Some after Heart Attack Drug-coated stents are more effective than the bare metal kind for people who have heart attacks, says a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. (more)
	Saturday, November 01, 2008 Better Long-Term Outcomes with Medications Versus Angioplasty There are some advantages to artery-opening angioplasty over medication treatment for people with heart disease, but those advantages disappear within three years, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. (more)