heart disease

Disparities In Cardiovascular Risk Based More On Socioeconomic Status Than Race, Ethnicity

A new UCLA study suggests that disparities in cardiovascular disease risk in the United States are due less to race or ethnicity than to socioeconomic...
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Aspirin Recommended For Heart Health For People With Diabetes At High Risk

ACC/ADA/AHA Joint Scientific Statement - Taking low-dose aspirin to prevent heart disease is reasonable for adults with diabetes who are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and not at increased risk for bleeding. - Low-dose aspirin therapy is recommended for most men over age 50 and women over 60 with diabetes who have one or more additional heart disease risk...
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Employee CVD Medical, Hospital Costs Reduced By Corporate Health Program

A comprehensive health promotion program reduced cardiovascular disease-related medical and hospital costs, according to a new study. CSX Transportation, a national company with 30,000 employees, developed the program in 2004 to address employees' high rates of cardiovascular disease when compared to national benchmarks and the associated higher healthcare...
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Working Overtime Is Bad For Your Health

People who work three or four hours overtime a day increase their risk of heart disease by 60 per cent, according to a new study published in the 'British Heart Journal'. Doctors found nearly 370 cases where people had fatal heart disease, a heart attack or developed angina. These cases seemed to be strongly linked with the number of hours spent working...
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Overtime work is bad for the heart

Working overtime is bad for the heart according to results from a long-running study following more than 10,000 civil servants in London (UK): the Whitehall II study.read...
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New Research May Suggest Another Role For A Molecule To Help Prevent Heart Damage, UK

Scientists have some evidence that a molecule called C-peptide may help prevent some of the cardiovascular complications that people with diabetes are at risk from. Researchers from the University of Leeds found that a naturally occurring substance, C-peptide, may protect the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart from the potential damaging effects of living with...
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$8.5 Million Awarded To MU To Explore Tiny Vessels’ Role In Cardiovascular Diseases

One of the largest medical research grants ever awarded to the University of Missouri was announced by MU scientists and administrators. The National Institutes of Health grant will help answer important questions about such prevalent health problems as high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Getting To The Heart Of Cardiovascular Disease Among Latinos In East Los Angeles

The UCLA School of Public Health has announced a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund a Center for Population Health and Health Disparities in partnership with the University of Southern California, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and several community...
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Researchers make advances in understanding causes, treatments and outcomes of liver disease

NEW ORLEANS, LA (May 2, 2010) -- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which may soon be the leading indication for liver transplant, is found to be significantly associated with worse transplant outcomes.read...
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Nearly Half Of American Adults Have One Heart Disease Risk Factor, CDC

Nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes, and one in seven is not aware of having at least one of these chronic conditions, all of which are associated with heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, says a new CDC...
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