Y! Health Heart & Vascular Health News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Heart & Vascular Health News, updated continuously. en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:01:36 PST Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Yahoo! Health 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif Blood Thinner Combos Risky for Heart Attack Patients (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/bloodthinnercombosriskyforheartattackpatients.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/bloodthinnercombosriskyforheartattackpatientsFri, 11 Dec 2009 14:04:01 PSTHealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Heart attack patients face a higher risk of being admitted to the hospital for bleeding when they take more blood-thinning drugs, such as warfarin and aspirin, a new study has found.Child cancer survivors have higher heart risk-study (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_cancer_heart.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_cancer_heartTue, 08 Dec 2009 16:37:01 PSTReuters - Children and young people who survive cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing heart disease as young adults because of the cancer treatment they received, researchers said Wednesday.Prostate Hormone Therapy May Up Heart Risks (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/prostatehormonetherapymayupheartrisks.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/prostatehormonetherapymayupheartrisksMon, 07 Dec 2009 20:49:51 PSTHealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Diabetes, heart attacks and other cardiovascular problems appear to be more common in men with prostate cancer who are treated with androgen deprivation therapy, which reduces or eliminates the male sex hormones that can promote cancer growth, a new study has found.Body mass and waist size can predict heart disease (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_heart_bmi.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_heart_bmiMon, 07 Dec 2009 14:17:32 PSTReuters - Measuring body mass index or waist size in overweight people can accurately predict the risk of heart disease, Dutch scientists said on Monday.Adult Stem Cells Can Repair Damaged Heart (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/adultstemcellscanrepairdamagedheart.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/adultstemcellscanrepairdamagedheartFri, 04 Dec 2009 20:49:37 PSTHealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Adult stem cells appear to help repair heart attack damage, a new study shows.Vitamin D May Be Tied to Heart Disease Via Genes (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/vitamindmaybetiedtoheartdiseaseviagenes.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/vitamindmaybetiedtoheartdiseaseviagenesThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:50:43 PSTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- New research points to the possibility of a genetic link between vitamin D and heart disease.Study finds hospitals speeding heart attack care (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/us_med_faster_heart_care.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/us_med_faster_heart_careThu, 03 Dec 2009 06:26:26 PSTAP - Hospitals are giving faster care to lots more heart attack patients, a speed-up sure to be saving lives.Heart Attack Treatment Speeds Up Nationwide (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/heartattacktreatmentspeedsupnationwide.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/heartattacktreatmentspeedsupnationwideWed, 02 Dec 2009 20:49:16 PSTHealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A nationwide program to get faster treatment for people with the most severe kind of heart attack has dramatically reduced the time between hospital arrival and lifesaving angioplasty.For some women, trans fats could be deadly (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_trans_fats.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_trans_fatsWed, 02 Dec 2009 06:49:33 PSTReuters - For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new study suggests.Ginkgo Won't Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke in Elderly (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/ginkgowontpreventheartattackstrokeinelderly.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/ginkgowontpreventheartattackstrokeinelderlyThu, 26 Nov 2009 20:48:25 PSTHealthDay - TUESDAY, Nov. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Among people aged 75 and older, the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba does not prevent heart attacks, stroke or death, a new study finds.