The size of a heart attack and the harm it causes a patient can depend on what time it strikes.
Heart attacks are worst when they take place between 1 am and 5 am, acccording to a study published in Circulation Research.
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Women are seven to nine times more likely to suffer a heart attack from shock or distress.
Women are up to nine times more likely to suffer ‘broken heart syndrome,’ a study revealed today.
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“You could have a heart attack in the absence of other risk factors if you smoke.”
Heart attacks tend to hit smokers years earlier than non-smokers, according to a new study from Michigan.
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Estrogen protects women from heart attacks.
Why are women said to be less vulnerable to heart attacks as compared to men? Well, it’s the sex hormone estrogen which protects females, says a new study.
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A chemical found in bear bile could help heart attack sufferers.
There may be a ray of hope for millions of heart patients worldwide. Scientists have claimed that a chemical, also found in bear bile, may help the recovery of people who have had a heart attack.
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Taking the pill when a heart attack occurs, the muscles and blood vessels around the organ could rebuild themselves.
Researchers in Britain claim they may be just a decade away from perfecting a way to persuade the heart to rejuvenate – a process thought to be impossible just five years ago. They have developed a pill that triggers the heart to repair itself after an attack and is a major step towards one of the “holy grails” of medical research.
A tiny patch made out of carbon nanotubes may help regenerate heart cells.
According to research from Brown University, a conductive patch of carbon nanotubes can regenerate heart tissue growing in a dish. The patch, made of tiny chains of carbon atoms that fold in on themselves, forming a tube, conducts electricity and mimics the rough surface of natural tissue. The more nanotubes the Brown researchers added to the patch, the more cells around it were able to regenerate.
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Working long hours is bad for your heart.
People who regularly work long hours may be significantly increasing their risk of developing heart disease, the world’s biggest killer, British scientists said Monday.
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Air pollution in Bejing, China.
Dirty air triggers more heart attacks than using cocaine and poses as high a risk of sparking a heart attack as alcohol, coffee and physical exertion, scientists said on Thursday.
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Six months after a heart attack 50% of patients eating at their favorite fast food restaurants.
It would seem logical for patients who have had a heart attack to cut back on fast food. Some devoted fast food eaters do. But six months later, more than half can still be found at their favorite fast food places at least once a week, according to a study in the American Journal of Cardiology.
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Diet soda increases your risk of vascular events.
For years diet soda has been portrayed as the “healthier soda” choice because it has no calories. But zero calorie sweeteners like saccharin and aspartame come with risks including a link with bladder cancer, brain tumors, and osteoporosis. If that’s not reason enough to put down the frighteningly sweet bubbled beverage, new research recently presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference in Los Angeles found that daily intake of diet soda increases your risk of vascular events by 61 percent, according to a story on the Today Show.
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Having type ‘O’ blood may give some protection against heart attacks.
Blood group ‘O’ protects people against heart attacks , say researchers. A new study, published in The Lancet journal, has revealed that the same gene which creates the enzyme that causes people to be blood group ‘O’ gives them some protection against heart attacks.
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