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• Get Healthy: Your Middle-Aged Heart Will Thank You

  July 7 (HealthDay News) -- Your diet isn't all that healthy, and you haven't been ...

• Opening Clogged Arteries Helps Women After Heart Attack

  July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Contradicting some earlier reports, a new study finds that women ...

• Drug-Coated Stents Reduce Repeat Artery Procedures

  June 24 (HealthDay News) -- Heart patients who got drug-coated stents did better than those ...

• New Source of Heart Stem Cells Found

  June 23 (HealthDay News) -- Newly-identified stem cells located on the surface of the heart ...

• Genetic Disorder Drug Helps Reverse Heart Muscle Enlargement

  May 30 (HealthDay News) -- Tests on mice suggest that the drug BH4 may hold ...

• New Guidelines Issued for Implanted Heart Devices

  May 15 (HealthDay News) -- New guidelines for implanted heart devices such as pacemakers and ...

• Home Monitoring Program Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients

  May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Remote monitoring can improve the condition of mobile heart failure ...

• Compact Heart Assist Device Approved

  April 21 (HealthDay News) -- A compact heart assist device designed to fit women and ...

• Genetic Medicine Making Inroads Against Disease

  March 18 (HealthDay News) -- In fields as varied as heart disease, bone health and ...

• Glaucoma May Boost Cardiovascular Death Risk in Blacks

  March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Black people diagnosed and treated for glaucoma and those with ...

• Heart Disease Deaths Over-Reported in New York City

  Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that in-hospital deaths from heart disease are ...

• Anxiety Raises Heart Attack Risk

  Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Older men who suffer from chronic anxiety substantially increase their ...

• Drink a Little, Stay Active, Save Your Heart

  Jan. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking in moderation and keeping physically active is the formula ...

• Study Sheds Light on Origins of Sudden Cardiac Death

  Dec. 28 (HealthDay News) -- New information about a deadly heart rhythm disorder called ventricular ...

• U.S. Heart Disease Death Rates Falling

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While cardiovascular disease (CVD) death rates in the United States ...

• Bystolic Approved for High Blood Pressure

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new beta blocker called Bystolic (nebivolol) has been approved ...

• Diagnosis of Heart Attack Can Be Wrong

  Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- When doctors in the emergency room believe that someone is ...

• Abdominal Fat Tied to High Risk for Coronary Trouble

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Abdominal fat is a strong independent risk factor for heart ...

• High Blood Pressure Key Factor for Cardiovascular Disease

  Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 75 percent of American adults with conditions that increase ...