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Strokes can be disabling, leaving survivors to confront many challenges during their recovery. Now, a new Asian study shows survivors are at higher risk for attempting suicide, especially if they are younger, less affluent and have a physically demanding job.
Researchers analyzed data from more than […]
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Hispanics born abroad who now live in the United States have higher odds of dying from cardiovascular diseases than U.S.-born Hispanics, a new study shows.
The findings suggest Hispanics born outside the United States — who make up about a third of all U.S. Hispanics […]
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Según un nuevo estudio, los hispanos nacidos fuera de Estados Unidos que ahora viven en ese país tienen más probabilidades de morir a causa de enfermedades cardiovasculares que aquellos que nacieron en esa nación.
Los hallazgos sugieren que los hispanos nacidos en el extranjero […]
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Past studies have shown a link between cardiovascular disease and the number of times a woman has given birth. But giving birth as a teenager may also pose heart-related risks to mothers later in life, a new study suggests.
The study, published Wednesday in the Journal […]
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Many heart attack survivors return to work soon after recovery, but not all of them stay, a new study shows.
The findings, published Wednesday in Journal of the American Heart Association, show one in four survivors leave their job within a year after returning to work.
Earlier studies have […]
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When the crushing headache and other sudden problems first hit Brooke Bergfeld, she assumed they were childbirth-related. The pain came on just a week after her new son was born, after all.
Fortunately for Bergfeld, her mother knew better. She quickly called 911 after recognizing the […]
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Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S. but gets just a fraction of the government’s funding for medical research, according to a new study.
Researchers aren’t sure exactly why there’s such a disparity in funding from the National Institutes of Health, but […]
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Researchers and doctors have long touted the short- and long-term health benefits of breastfeeding, but research published Wednesday shows it also may reduce a woman’s risk of having a heart attack or stroke later in life.
An analysis of data from 289,573 women in China found […]
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Getting enough sleep may be a life or death matter for people with a cluster of heart disease and diabetes risk factors.
In a new study from Penn State University, people with the multiple heart disease and diabetes risk factors known as metabolic syndrome were more […]
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Heart failure patients readmitted to the same hospital within a month are discharged quicker and more likely to survive, according to a new Canadian study.
Among 217,039 heart failure patients in Canada from 2004 to 2013, those readmitted to the same hospital were discharged an average […]
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