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Providing patient-centered care consistently in clinical practice requires practitioners who are able to recognize that different clinical situations require different approaches and are skilled......

The risk of high blood pressure is clearly related to social status. These are the findings of Anita Rieder and Thomas Dorner from the Institute of Social Medicine within the Centre for Public......

Watching films with stressful scenes can trigger changes to the heart's beating pattern, reports a new study. "This is the first time that the effects have been directly measured and although the results varied from person to person we consistently saw changes in the cardiac muscle. If someone already has a weakened heart, or if they experience a much more extreme stress, the effect could be much more...

A new stent has been effective at keeping arteries open in the lower extremities of patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) for more than four years. PAD is a chronic, progressive circulatory disease in which plaque builds up in the arteries that carry blood to the rest of the body. Over time, the plaque can harden and narrow the arteries, restricting blood flow. This condition affects between...

Women who go through menopause early -- at ages 40 to 45 -- have a higher rate of heart failure, according to a new study. Smoking, current or past, raises the rate even more. The authors' analysis of the data showed that women who went through menopause naturally at this early age had a rate of heart failure some 40% higher than women who went through menopause the usual age between 50 and 54. (The...

The Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling for global policy change relating to heart failure. An international white paper, Heart failure: preventing disease and death worldwide, will be presented at an endorsement event on 16 May 2014 in Athens, Greece, immediately before the Heart Failure 2014 Congress. Approximately 15 million people are living with...

Overdosing on high-intensity exercise may actually increase the risk of death from a heart attack or stroke in those with existing heart disease, suggests research. Similarly, a second study suggests that young men undertaking endurance exercise for more than five hours a week may increase their risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm in later life. ...

It's becoming increasingly clear that people with bicuspid aortic valves may also be at a higher risk of developing aortic aneurysms, a cardiologist researcher says. Up to 2 per cent of the population has a genetic abnormality in which their aortic valve has only two cusps or hinges ensuring that oxygenated blood from the heart is directed to the rest of the body -- a condition known as bicuspid aortic...

The harmful effect of smoking is aggravated if the person has high blood levels of PCB, research shows. This indicates that environmental contaminants interact with other risk factors for various diseases -- a field the researchers claim is under-researched. Also in former smokers the risk of dying was considerably higher among those who had high levels of PCB in their blood compared with those who...

Even if treated, hypertension and high cholesterol are increasingly common for people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to a new study. The finding leads the study authors to recommend greater emphasis on cardiology in HIV treatment and research. Researchers report the prevalence of high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol was high in the study population's patients living with...

Despite Benefits, Many Patients at High Risk for Cardiovascular Events Not on StatinsMany people at high risk for cardiovascular events, including those with coronary artery disease, diabetes or......

Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and 'organ-on-a-chip' technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease....

Bullied children may experience chronic, systemic inflammation that persists into adulthood, while bullies may actually reap health benefits of increasing their social status through bullying......

Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in the Western world, with heart failure representing the fastest-growing subclass over the past decade....

A new study by The University of Manchester has shed light on why athletes are more likely to have abnormal heart rhythms....

As minimally invasive therapies are increasingly used to treat diseased heart valves, newly published recommendations provide guidance on best practices for providing optimal care for patients. The document offers first-time guidance from four professional medical associations on developing and maintaining a transcatheter mitral valve therapy program, emphasizing collaboration between interventional...

Intensive insulin treatment prolonged life by more than 2 years in patients with diabetes after a heart attack, compared with standard treatment for diabetes, a long term follow-up trial has shown. The trial, involving 620 patients with type 2 diabetes, began in 1990. Patients who were admitted to hospital with a suspected heart attack received either intensive insulin treatment, or standard glucose-lowering...

This study provides the first evidence that foreclosed properties may increase neighbors' blood pressure. Neighborhood environment is an important social determinant of cardiovascular health, including blood pressure. The scale of the recent U.S. housing crisis has prompted the public health community to seek a better understanding of how foreclosure activity might impact health. The number of foreclosures...

The socioeconomic status of congestive heart failure patients does not influence hospital rankings for heart failure readmissions, a study has concluded. While research results show heart failure patients with a higher socioeconomic status were less likely to be readmitted, the overall impact of socioeconomic status on heart failure readmission rates was very minimal. The study also concludes that...

Despite several previous studies stating the contrary, a new study suggests resveratrol - an antioxidant found in red wine - does not decrease chances of developing CVD or cancer....