coronary heart disease

The CDC says that the overall rate of coronary heart disease in the U.S. is on the decline, dropping from 6.7% in 2006 to 6% in 2010.

(MedPage Today) -- Reduced renal function is a predictor of a more severe initial presentation of coronary heart disease, a case-control study showed.

Women who start smoking are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men who take up the habit, say researchers.

DENVER (MedPage Today) -- HIV increases the risk of coronary heart disease, independent of other risk factors, researchers reported here.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. The most common heart disease in the United States is coronary heart disease, which often appears as a heart attack.

About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one.

The chance of developing coronary heart disease can be reduced by taking steps to prevent and control factors that put people at greater risk.

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Consumption of Omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.* Omega-3 fatty acids also help maintain triglyceride and cholesterol levels already in the normal range.* Nature Made Omega-3 fish oil products use only oil from wild ocean...

Rarely a day goes by where I don’t hear someone telling me about the hours on end they spend on the treadmill/elliptical/stair climber.

These are the same people who have the same 10 - 20 lbs to lose that just never seem to come off.

Daniel Fabricant, PhD, and vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs for the Natural Products Association is featured in a Nutra Ingredients post responding to a recent study released in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study in question concluded that taking vitamin B did nothing to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events or death caused by coronary heart disease.

“...the study’s exclusion criteria leave much to be desired,” Dr. Fabricant said. From the article:

Background. The new General Medical Services (nGMS) contract was introduced in April 2004 to improve care of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and reduce differences in treatment between patient subgroups.

Objective.

To determine whether the recording of CHD-related health indicators and prescribing of medicines have increased following the introduction of the nGMS contract and whether differences in the treatment of patients of differing age, gender and deprivation have been affected.

Background. In patients with chest pain, GPs have to identify those with coronary heart disease (CHD) to arrange for further investigation and treatment.

Previous studies have shown that only between 8% and 18% of patients have CHD.

In primary care, the history is the most important diagnostic tool.

However, there are only few studies exploring diagnostic criteria that GPs actually use in their daily practice.

Objective. To identify GPs' diagnostic criteria for diagnosing CHD in patients with chest pain.