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Acute Myocardial Infarction Up in People With Epilepsy, 2008 to 2017
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – The prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in people with epilepsy increased from 2008 to 2017, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in Frontiers in...
Feeling Content Helps Shield You From Heart Attack, Stroke
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 – Folks who are content with what they’ve got could be less likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke, a new study suggests. “Our findings support a holistic approach to hea...
Empagliflozin Confers Kidney-Protective Benefits After Acute MI
MONDAY, Sept. 9, 2024 – Empagliflozin confers kidney-protective benefits for patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and an increased risk for heart failure, according to a study presented at...
Urban Noise Exposure May Aid Prediction of Myocardial Infarction
WEDNESDAY, Sept 4, 2024 – Young patients with myocardial infarction (MI) and fewer traditional risk factors often have greater exposure to urban noise, according to a study presented at the European...
Cold Weather Raises Heart Attack Risk
MONDAY, Sept. 2, 2024 – Hospitals see more admissions for heart attacks in the days after cold weather sets in, new research shows. "Individuals may be particularly vulnerable to acute cardiac...
Noisy Neighborhoods Might Raise Heart Attack Risk
TUESDAY, Aug. 27, 2024 – Your heart health before and after a heart attack might be influenced by how loud your neighborhood is, new research suggests. One study found that people under 50 were more...
Too Much Time Watching Screens in 20s Raises Heart Attack Risk
FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 – Spend your youth glued to your phone, computer and TV and you cut your odds of making it to 60, a new study warns. Data from a study tracking the health of more than 4,000...
Wegovy Helps Patients With Heart Failure Avoid Heart Attack, Stroke
FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 – Research has already proven that the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) can slash a person's odds for heart attacks and strokes, and now more data from the...
New 'Platelet Score' Could Gauge Your Odds for Stroke, Heart Attack
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 21, 2024 – An experimental genetic test can gauge a person’s risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots, researchers report. People who scored high on the test had more than d...
Naloxone Might Help Revive People After Opioid-Linked Cardiac Arrest
TUESDAY, Aug. 20, 2024 – The overdose-reversing drug naloxone can help save the lives of people whose hearts have stopped due to an opioid OD, a new study shows. Naloxone rapidly reverses opioid ODs...
Follow-Up Has Improved for AMI, Heart Failure Hospitalization
MONDAY, Aug. 5, 2024 – Follow-up has improved for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and heart failure, but disparities persist in follow-up rates, according to a study published online...
Mental Health Risks Rise in Months After Heart Attack
FRIDAY, Aug. 2, 2024 – Hospitalization for a heart-related emergency can have profound effects on a person’s mental health, a new study finds. People hospitalized for heart attack, stroke or other h...
Artificial Sweetener Xylitol Linked to Heart Attack, Stroke
THURSDAY, June 6, 2024 – Higher amounts of the artificial sweetener xylitol might raise the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new study warns. Xylitol is a zero-calorie sugar alcohol commonly used...
Women, Black and Hispanic Adults Have Lower Angiography/PCI Use in NSTEMI
THURSDAY, May 16, 2024 – Disparities are evident in the interventional management of non-ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and in STEMI incidence and mortality, according to two...
Fewer Americans Are Suffering Most Dangerous Form of Heart Attack
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 – Many fewer Americans are falling prey to the most dangerous form of heart attack, a new study says. STEMI (ST‐segment-elevation myocardial infarction) heart attacks have d...
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