A NEW WAY TO PREVENT STROKES

Stents, long famous for their success in propping open clogged arteries near the heart, are now being used in neck arteries in an effort to reduce strokes, and the technique is highly promising.

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WHAT IS HEART DISEASE?

Cardiovascular disease is a very broad term. Cardiovascular disease refers to diseases of the heart (cardio) and diseases of the blood vessels (vascular), hence cardio-vascular disease. However, diseases affecting the heart are referred to as heart disease.

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RAISE CHOLESTEROL TO PREVENT STROKES?

Would raising good cholesterol levels be better at preventing heart attacks and strokes rather than just lowering bad cholesterol levels in when treating patients? In other words, wouldn't it be better to do both - raise the good and bring down the bad? This question may be answered by researchers who have set up a large international trial.

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UPDATED PREVENTION GUIDELINES FOR CVD

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology (ACC) today issued updated guidelines regarding risk reduction strategies for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease.

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WOMEN AND MEN BEING DIAGNOSED WITH CVD

A survey by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality found that 12.9 million women and 11.7 million men age 18 and older reported being told by a doctor they have cardiovascular disease. In terms of percentages, just over one of every 10 women and men (11.6 percent and 11.4 percent, respectively) had a diagnosed cardiovascular condition.

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VASCULAR ''MICROPARTICLES'' MAY HELP SPUR DISEASE

High levels of circulating "microparticles," shed from cells that line the body's blood vessels, may prompt heart valve dysfunction and disease, a U.S. study suggests.

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HEART DISEASE STILL KILLING MILLIONS OF WOMEN

Angioplasty, bypass surgery and cholesterol-lowering medications are among the many interventions that have brought a sharp decrease in heart disease deaths in recent years. But, as Dr. Sharon Hayes of the Mayo Clinic points out, there is one big problem.

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MANY WOMEN STILL MISINFORMED ABOUT HEART DISEASE

It's a health message that doctors have been directing at women for some time, but too often it fails to get through: The classic sign of a heart attack isn't always searing pain in the chest, usually lasting several minutes.

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