News tagged with 'Heart Disease'

President Obama is walking a tight rope with his approval ratings dropping, Republicans and Progressives are both expressing disapproval (for different reasons) in advance of his talk to the nation tonight.

Communities can play as important a role in combating obesity as individual choice, this report suggests.

A new study in the journal Stroke suggests Women who are otherwise healthy but suffer from feelings of hopelessness are at a higher risk of suffering a stroke.

A scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association on Monday suggests curbing sugar intake, a recommendation likely to rile food and beverage companies.

Court documents released Monday help tell the story of a cocktail of drugs and half dozen doctors attending to Michael Jackson to help him fight insomnia. Propofol and a dozen other drugs led to his death, and Jackson becomes one of more than 20,000 deaths a year due to prescription drugs.

The new head of the newly created Center for Tobacco Products, under FDA authority, has been named. The center will be able to regulate ingredients in tobacco products for the first time. Big Tobacco is already planning a lawsuit challenging restrictions on advertising.

If you were born in 2007, your life expectancy just went up to nearly 78 years, the highest it’s ever been, the government reports today.

While Americans debate health care, Americans are not as healthy as Britons, even those with insurance. Reforms may only deliver a 10 to 25 percent change in overall health.

One Panama City Beach, Florida public health doctor tried to get his healthy eating message across via electronic signs, but angered donut and hamburger vendors. Instead, he lost his job.

Rats fed a high-fat diet for just nine days showed a sharp decline in their physical endurance and cognitive ability. Researchers already blamed the diet for heart disease and obesity. Now the rat study will be carried out on humans to see what a junk food diet might be doing in the long-term.

Pitchman Billy Mays had cocaine in his system, an autopsy finds, which contributed to the development of heart disease. He also had prescription amounts of painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs.

Millions of kids aren’t getting enough vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, possibly increasing their risk for heart disease, bone problems and other health risks. In sheer numbers, 7.6 million children have a vitamin D deficiency while 50.8 million have insufficient levels.

A new report by the Institute of Medicine suggests exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides sprayed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War might put veterans at increased risk for heart disease and Parkinson's.

Researchers from Boston found they could regenerate damaged heart muscle with a growth factor known as neuregulin 1, which appears to spark the process of cell division. The implications are huge for humans who have suffered a heart attack. 

Despite the fears of Big Brother, the city of New York has managed to remove trans fats from restaurants, school lunches, baked goods, and street vendor food. Removing the artificial artery-clogging fat should cut down on coronary artery disease that kills one half million Americans a year.