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  Long-Term Exposure to Fine Particles of Traffic Pollution Increases Risk of Heart Disease

  April 18, 2013 — Long-term exposure to fine particle matter air pollution in part derived from traffic pollution is also associated with atherosclerosis independent of traffic ... > full story
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  Inpatients Who Have STEMI Heart Attacks More Likely to Die Than Outpatients

  April 17, 2013 — A new study finds that patients who suffer a STEMI heart attack while hospitalized are 10 times more likely to die than patients who suffer a STEMI outside the ... > full story
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  L-Carnitine Significantly Improves Patient Outcomes Following Heart Attack, Study Suggests

  April 12, 2013 — L-carnitine significantly improves cardiac health in patients after a heart attack, say a multicenter team of investigators in a study. Their findings, based on analysis of key controlled trials, ... > full story
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  New Procedure Safely Opens Blocked Carotid Arteries, Experts Say

  April 11, 2013 — Doctors have become the first on the West Coast to perform a new, less-invasive procedure to help clear plaque-ridden carotid ... > full story
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  Manipulating Calcium Accumulation in Blood Vessels May Provide a New Way to Treat Heart Disease

  April 9, 2013 — Hardening of the arteries, or atherosclerosis, is the primary cause of heart disease. It's caused by calcium accumulation in the blood vessels, which leads to obstruction of blood flow and heart ... > full story
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  New Link Between Heart Disease and Red Meat: New Understanding of Cardiovascular Health Benefits of Vegan, Vegetarian Diets

  April 7, 2013 — A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis -- or the hardening or clogging of the ... > full story
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  MRI Measure of Blood Flow Over Atherosclerotic Plaque May Detect Dangerous Plaque

  April 5, 2013 — Researchers have shown that using magnetic resonance imaging to measure blood flow over atherosclerotic plaques could help identify plaques at risk for ... > full story
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  Shift of Language Function to Right Hemisphere Impedes Post-Stroke Aphasia Recovery

  April 4, 2013 — In a study designed to differentiate why some stroke patients recover from aphasia and others do not, investigators have found that a compensatory reorganization of language function to right ... > full story
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  Course of Cardiovascular Events More Predictable: A Protein Enables Risk Assessment

  April 4, 2013 — Medical researchers have managed to predict the probability of a cardiovascular patient suffering a heart attack, stroke or arterial occlusion within three months. In the long-term, this knowledge ... > full story
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  Eating More Fiber May Lower Risk of First-Time Stroke

  March 28, 2013 — Eating more fiber may decrease your risk of first-time stroke, according to new ... > full story

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