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Blood Pressure-Lowering Diet May Also Reduce Risk of Heart Disease, Especially in African Americans

Johns Hopkins study suggests long-term benefits to eating fruits, veggies, foods low in saturated fat
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Going live to the beating heart

Max Planck scientists succeed in filming organs and joints in real time using magnetic resonance imaging ...
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Study links male Y chromosome variants with the risk of coronary heart disease

Genetic link investigated by University of Leicester team ...
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People at “intermediate risk” of heart disease with elevated hsCRP benefit from statin therapy even if cholesterol levels are normal

Women and men with a 10-year cardiovascular disease risk of 5 percent or more and normal cholesterol levels but high levels of hsCRP, a protein associated with inflammation, could reduce their risk substantially with statin therapy, according to new research ...
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Stopping the Heart Could Be Key to Successful Aneurysm Repair

AGH Neurosurgeons Use New Approach To Access Difficult to Reach Aneurysms...
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Breathing symptoms emerge as a key target of therapy in acute heart failure

Study finds that a lack of ongoing dyspnoea relief predicts longer hospitalisation and worse outcome ...
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Experiments show blood pressure drugs could help fight frailty

Dilation of blood vessels restores muscle synthesis in elderly...
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New Tool Measures Strengths of Bonds that Keep Blood Clots from Washing Away

New work from the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute at Children's Hospital Boston shows that the bonds that hold wound-healing platelets in place have a special kind of stickiness that keeps them from being swept away in a rush of pulsing blood....
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Common Hypertension Drugs Can Raise Blood Pressure in Certain Patients

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Study Suggests Routine Blood Test Could Help Avoid Unwanted Effect ...
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Even Modest Weight Gain Can Harm Blood Vessels, Mayo Researchers Find

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy young people who put on as little as 9 pounds of fat, specifically in the abdomen, are at risk for developing endothelial cell dysfunction. Endothelial cells line the blood vessels and control the ability of the vessels to expand and contract. ...
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