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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1430 health Heart Conditions en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:11:07 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1430 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/hl_nm/us_heart_intelligence nm/20100210/us_heart_intelligence Reuters health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:11:07 GMT Reuters - Intelligence comes second only to smoking as a predictor of heart disease, scientists said on Wednesday, suggesting public health campaigns may need to be designed for people with lower IQs if they are to work. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/crestorapprovalexpandedforpeoplewithouthighcholesterol hsn/20100210/crestorapprovalexpandedforpeoplewithouthighcholesterol HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:14 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Crestor (rosuvastatin) has been widened to include people who have no obvious symptoms of heart disease, Dow Jones reported. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/hl_nm/us_religious_healthier nm/20100208/us_religious_healthier Reuters health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:29:55 GMT Reuters - A number of studies over the past two decades have shown that religious people tend to be healthier. But a new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease and clogged arteries, attending religious services or having spiritual experiences may not protect against heart attacks and strokes. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/healthtipgettingcardiacrehabilitation hsn/20100206/healthtipgettingcardiacrehabilitation HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:25 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- A cardiac rehabilitation program is designed to help people recover from a heart attack, heart surgery or another medical procedure involving the cardiovascular system. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/superbowlstresscansparkheartattacks hsn/20100206/superbowlstresscansparkheartattacks HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:20 GMT HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- When the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts take the field for Super Bowl XLIV on Sunday, emotions will be running high, so high that some fans can run the risk of a heart attack and even death. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/healthtipbetablockersmayhavesideeffects hsn/20100205/healthtipbetablockersmayhavesideeffects HealthDay health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:51 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Beta blockers often are prescribed to treat various heart conditions, including congestive heart failure and an irregular heartbeat. They also may be used to help treat high blood pressure. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/hl_nm/us_fat_heart nm/20100204/us_fat_heart Reuters health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:19:11 GMT Reuters - The saturated fat found mainly in meat and dairy products has a bad reputation, but a new analysis of published studies finds no clear link between people's intake of saturated fat and their risk of developing heart disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100204/hl_hsn/prostatecancerdiagnosisraisessuiciderisk hsn/20100204/prostatecancerdiagnosisraisessuiciderisk HealthDay health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:50:05 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A diagnosis of prostate cancer can be unnerving enough to up a man's odds for either suicide or fatal heart attack, new research indicates. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100203/hl_time/08599195866800 time/20100203/08599195866800 Time.com health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:20:00 GMT Time.com - Getting a cancer diagnosis is a stressful and shocking experience. But is it stressful enough to increase a patient's risk of suicide and heart attack? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/hl_nm/us_dementia_britain_costs nm/20100203/us_dementia_britain_costs Reuters health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:42:00 GMT Reuters - Dementia costs Britain 23 billion pounds ($37 billion) a year, more than cancer and heart disease combined, and the number of sufferers is expected to rise nearly 20 percent to over a million by 2025, experts said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/hl_nm/us_cancer_prostate nm/20100202/us_cancer_prostate Reuters health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:15:52 GMT Reuters - Being diagnosed with prostate cancer roughly doubles the risk of suicide or death from a heart attack, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, adding to the harm linked with diagnosis of this often slow-growing cancer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/expertsissuewarningonprostatehormonetherapy hsn/20100202/expertsissuewarningonprostatehormonetherapy HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:39 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Men with prostate cancer and the physicians who treat them are being warned that the androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) commonly used against the malignancy might increase the risk of heart attack and cardiac death. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_heart_supplements nm/20100201/us_heart_supplements Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:14:10 GMT Reuters - Taking ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and other widely used herbal supplements may be risky for people on heart disease medication, especially the elderly, according to a medical review released on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/hl_afp/whoushealthheartstudy afp/20100201/whoushealthheartstudy AFP health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:59:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/hl_afp/whoushealthheartstudy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100201/capt.photo_1265061475377-1-0.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=FX4WWzGGeGfKsKQOG01K5w--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="Half of the 400,000 deaths from coronary heart disease predicted in the United States in 2010 could be avoided if people ate healthier food and stopped smoking, according to research published Monday.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Half of the 400,000 deaths from coronary heart disease predicted in the United States in 2010 could be avoided if people ate healthier food and stopped smoking, according to research published Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100201/hl_afp/whoushealthheartstudy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100201/capt.photo_1265061475377-1-0.jpg?x=79&y=130&q=85&sig=FX4WWzGGeGfKsKQOG01K5w--" align="left" height="130" width="79" alt="photo" title="Half of the 400,000 deaths from coronary heart disease predicted in the United States in 2010 could be avoided if people ate healthier food and stopped smoking, according to research published Monday.(AFP/File/Frederick Florin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_heart_prostate nm/20100201/us_heart_prostate Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:22:35 GMT Reuters - Prostate cancer treatments that cut off the supply of male hormone raise cholesterol, worsen blood sugar and make men fatter and thus likely raise the risk of heart attack, too, doctors said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_heart_disease_americans nm/20100201/us_heart_disease_americans Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:47:19 GMT Reuters - Decades of progress in the United States on cutting cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking are being stalled by rising obesity rates, and heart disease will kill around 400,000 Americans this year, experts said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/hl_afp/healthusmedicinehearttechnology afp/20100126/healthusmedicinehearttechnology AFP health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:16:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/hl_afp/healthusmedicinehearttechnology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264540562692-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PNCN3cCcxY7La8xNHouNew--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Doctors perform heart surgery. Cardiologists could soon have 3-D images of patients' coronary arteries at their fingertips and better treat heart disease thanks to a new software unveiled by researchers on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Arnaud Roux)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Cardiologists could soon have 3-D images of patients' coronary arteries at their fingertips and better treat heart disease thanks to a new software unveiled by researchers on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100126/hl_afp/healthusmedicinehearttechnology"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100126/capt.photo_1264540562692-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=PNCN3cCcxY7La8xNHouNew--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Doctors perform heart surgery. Cardiologists could soon have 3-D images of patients' coronary arteries at their fingertips and better treat heart disease thanks to a new software unveiled by researchers on Tuesday.(AFP/File/Arnaud Roux)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100126/hl_hsn/earlyekgseemstoimproveoddsafterheartattack hsn/20100126/earlyekgseemstoimproveoddsafterheartattack HealthDay health Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:48:52 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report that people with chest pain who are given an electrocardiogram by paramedics before reaching the hospital don't wait as long to receive treatment to open their arteries. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/hl_nm/us_isotope_supply_ge nm/20100125/us_isotope_supply_ge Reuters health Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:30:41 GMT Reuters - The U.S. Department of Energy has selected a unit of General Electric Co to begin research on a domestic supply of medical isotopes, which are used in millions of diagnostic scans to test for cancer, thyroid or heart disease. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/heart/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100122/hl_nm/us_cholesterol_teens_usa nm/20100122/us_cholesterol_teens_usa Reuters health Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:54:59 GMT Reuters - One in five American teens has unhealthy cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease in adults, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.