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ORLANDO, Fla. - You can't blame this one on McDonald's: Researchers have found signs of heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies. 24 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... in the Journal of the American Medical Association and were reported Tuesday at an American Heart Association conference. ...
The 3 "Must Have" Gifts to Give & Receive this Holiday Season Guaranteed to Reduce Your Stress 24 Nov 2009 01:51 GMT
... Year's Day than any other day of the year? It's true. According to the American Heart Association latest statistics, approximately 2400 people a day die of coronary artery disease in the United ...
NCCU appoints office director DURHAM -- Regina Robinson Alston has been appointed the first director of the Quality Enhancement Plan office at N 24 Nov 2009 01:01 GMT
... B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center, has won the prestigious American Heart Association Research Achievement Award "for transformative discoveries of cellular receptors, seminal findings that have created a ...
Abnormal cholesterol levels may raise risk of heart failure 24 Nov 2009 00:16 GMT
... your risk of heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association Heart failure is a progressive condition in which the heart muscle becomes unable to pump ...
Exercise Important in Teens' Blood Pressure Control 24 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
... carrying heart disease risk factors tend to become adults with those same problems. The American Heart Association recommends that all children ages 3 and older have their blood pressure checked yearly. Diet ...

We know high cholesterol causes heart attacks, but does it also cause heart failure? 24 Nov 2009 01:55 GMT
... an average of 26 years. The team reported today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association that 680 of the participants had developed heart failure. That group included: -- 12.8% of ...
Beta-Blockers Can Have Helpful, or Harmful, Effect on Heart 24 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
... can actually undermine the structure and function of the heart. is published by the American Heart Association. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Patients with heart ...
Merck Shares Phase IIb Study Results at AHA Annual Scientific Sessions 24 Nov 2009 05:17 GMT
... eight weeks after stopping active therapy with anacetrapib. These findings were announced at the American Heart Association (AHA) Annual Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Florida. Anacetrapib is an investigational oral compound currently in ...
Proposed bill requires N.J. restaurant chains to include calorie count on menus 24 Nov 2009 02:31 GMT
... healthier food choices for themselves and their families,' Corinne Wisniewski, advocacy director for the American Heart Association, told the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Services Committee in Trenton. Opponents insisted the ...
Dupuis named EMS Educator of the Year 24 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
... Dupuis is a New Hampshire fire service and EMS instructor, certified fire officer and American Heart Association regional faculty member for BLS, ACLS and PALS, and serves on the New Hampshire Technical ...

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There's hope ' and help ' for overweight kids across nation 24 Nov 2009 02:21 GMT
... getting kids to “make healthy changes.” And the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association four years ago joined forces to create, through their Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a ...
There's hope and help for overweight kids 24 Nov 2009 03:53 GMT
... getting kids to "make healthy changes." And the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association joined forces to create a program called EmpowerME ( www.empower ), to help young people ...
Faye Edith Trapp 24 Nov 2009 04:37 GMT
... follow at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in Winfield. Memorials have been established for the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. Contributions can be made through the funeral home. Arrangements are ...
Marilyn J. Caquelin 24 Nov 2009 01:07 GMT
... may be directed to Leland Volunteer Ambulance Service, Leland United Methodist Church or the American Heart Association. Arrangements were entrusted to Turner-Eighner Funeral Home in Somonauk. For more information or to sign ...
Sartain, Mary-Louise Hunt 24 Nov 2009 01:52 GMT
... husband, J.S. Sartain who passed in 1987. She was a longtime supporter of the American Heart Association, and member of Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. Sartain were members of Rossville First Baptist ...
Margaret M. Famosi 24 Nov 2009 04:33 GMT
... the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St, Framingham MA 01701. ...
iPhone apps put outdoors at your fingertips 24 Nov 2009 05:11 GMT
... computers. Pocket First Aid & CPR Guide $3.99 This reference put out by the American Heart Association offers easy-to-follow guides, photos and videos of basic, life-saving first aid. Since all the info ...
Bake or Boil for Heart-Healthy Fish 24 Nov 2009 04:32 GMT
... to ethnic groups, and future study could identify susceptibility at the genetic level." Source: American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009, November 14-18, 2009 If this story or any other Ivanhoe story ...
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Comment on the FDA Public Health Advisory Regarding a Drug Interaction Between Clopidogrel and Omeprazole 23 Nov 2009 21:52 GMT
... American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Comment on the FDA Public Health Advisory Regarding a Drug Interaction Between Clopidogrel and Omeprazole ...
American Heart Association Taps Husband-and-Wife Philanthropists to Chair Heart Ball 23 Nov 2009 19:25 GMT
... � Pat Becker, Jr. and Tabitha Becker are passionate philanthropists, having devoted much of their time to causes including education ...

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American Heart Association Awards Palmetto General Hospital Get With the Guidelines®' Gold Performance Award for Coronary Artery Disease Treatment and Silver Performance Award for Heart Failure Treatment 23 Nov 2009 14:53 GMT
... Palmetto General Hospital announced that it has received 10 CIGNA ... Palmetto General Hospital was one of 365 ...
Heart Disease and Diabetes 23 Nov 2009 19:00 GMT
... lead to heart disease. Blood pressure tends to increase with age, according to the American Heart Association -- in fact, more than half of the Americans over 65 have high blood pressure. ...
Ag Proposal Gives Meat to The Poor-To Get Rid of It 23 Nov 2009 03:35 GMT
... conscionable to dump products that are disapproved of by the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association and almost every other health group on poorer people because no one else will eat ...
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease 23 Nov 2009 16:30 GMT
... lead to heart disease. Blood pressure tends to increase with age, according to the American Heart Association -- in fact, more than half of the Americans over 65 have high blood pressure. ...
Science News From Weill Cornel: November 2009 23 Nov 2009 08:40 GMT
... funded by stimulus grants from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. According to the American Heart Association, coronary heart disease is caused by atherosclerosis, which likely produces or both. Coronary heart disease ...