heart problems

(Inderscience Publishers) Research published in the inaugural issue of the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics looks set to add an information-age approach to diagnosing heart problems.

CHICAGO (AP) -- For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems....

CHICAGO -- For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future heart problems.

NEW YORK -- Aggressively treating diabetes doesn't prevent heart problems and deaths any better than standard treatment for lowering blood sugar, Australian researchers reported Friday.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Aggressively treating diabetes doesn't prevent heart problems and deaths any better than standard treatment for lowering blood sugar, Australian researchers reported Friday....

(Mayo Clinic) People recovering from acute heart problems such as heart attack and heart surgery are more likely to develop habits to control heart attack risk factors when they meet regularly with cardiac "disease managers," according to researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

These managers are nonphysician cardiac rehabilitation specialists who lead long-term follow-up programs that last three years.

With these risk factors under control, heart patients are likely to live longer and have fewer heart problems, the Mayo researchers conclude.

(BioMed Central) Drinking water disinfected by chlorine while pregnant may increase the risk of having children with heart problems, cleft palate or major brain defects, according to a study published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health.

Diabetic men with trouble keeping an erection could be at increased risk of heart problems, suggests a study.

Children who survive cancer face a much greater risk of heart problems later in life than their brothers and sisters who did not have cancer, new research shows....

The use of beta blocker drugs before surgery to cut the risk of heart problems may be counter-productive, research suggests.