Vascular

“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

Dr. John Scurr, a vascular surgeon at London's Middlesex Hospital, advices passengers, who fly long haul flights, that there is nothing to fear. The death of a woman on board an airliner, while she was flying a long distance flight, has sparked off this sudden debate that long flights can be fatal to many people. Dr. Scurr says this fear is unfounded and that people are just ove...

Abbott Laboratories to buy Biocompatibles' cardiovascular stent business

Abbott Laboratories said it has agreed to acquire the cardiovascular stent business of Biocompatibles International PLC for $234.5 million in cash. Abbott said the deal will strengthen its portfolio of products and will expand its international presence in the vascular business for polymer-coated stents - tiny metal tubes that keep blood vessels open.// Abbott has been the exclusive U...

Fitness levels in Men Correale with risk of Cardiovascular disease

Being physically fit can dramatically reduce men's deaths from heart disease - even when their cholesterol rates are high, reports a research study.//The above finding holds good regardless of the cholesterol level in men. Infact, men can cut by half their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they are physically fit.The study which analysed the variuos cause and effect relationship wi...

High iron levels may cause Cardiovascular Disease in women

A new study following the growing percentage of iron levels among people living in heavily industrialized nations and the potential risk of cardiovascular disease among men with high iron levels, has shown that women with high iron levels// could also find themselves at risk for cardiovascular disease. The study carried out by researchers from the Emory University involved a total of 3...

Erectile dysfunction (ED) signals vascular disease

Erectile dysfunction, a problem few men discuss with their physicians, can be an early warning sign of cardiovascular disease. Risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity and smoking are the same as those associated with impotence. It is estimated that Erectile dysfunction affects 40 million men, yet just 10 percent seek treatment, partly...

Drug Effective for Vascular Dementia

Researchers studying a potential new drug for vascular dementia find it can help treat the cognitive impairment typical of the condition.// Vascular dementia -- or VaD -- is usually associated with cardiovascular disease. About 15 percent to 20 percent of all cases of dementia are attributed to VaD. Unlike Alzheimer’s disease, which robs people of their cognitive abilities slowly over...

Air Pollution said To Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Researchers say, though common sense would suggest air pollution leads to respiratory-related deaths rather than cardiovascular-related deaths, //new research shows that may not be the case. The researchers aren’t sure how air pollution increases the risk for cardiovascular disease, but suspect it may lead to inflammation, and thus greater blockage of the arteries, and changes in the ne...

Link Between Alcohol Consumption And Cardiovascular Disease

A new study shows alcohol consumption may benefit the cardiovascular system in seniors by lowering // blood levels of inflammatory markers. Researchers studied nearly 2,500 seniors ages 70 to 79 who consumed moderate levels of alcohol (one to seven drinks per week), consumed high levels of alcohol (more than eight drinks per week), and did not consume any alcohol. Researchers...

Beer Found To Be Effective In Fighting Cardiovascular Disease

Latest researcher show that a few alcoholic beverages a month may reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease in men // with high blood pressure. Researchers found weekly and daily drinkers in their study had a significantly lower risk of death by nearly 30 percent when compared to nondrinkers. There was also a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease death as alcohol intake incre...

New Guidelines Found To Benefit Cardiovascular Treatment

A more intensive cholesterol treatment might be an option for people at high risk for heart attack and death from cardiovascular disease say // researchers based on findings of a recent study. After examining five major clinical trials involving cholesterol-lowering medications, specialists recommend that very high-risk people set a goal of low-density lipids (the “bad” cholesterol) lev...

Women With A High-Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Under treated

Heart disease is at least six-times more likely to kill high-risk women compared to women without cardiovascular disease // say researchers based on findings of a recent study . 8,353 women who had cardiovascular disease or who were at high risk because of diabetes or multiple risk factors were studied. The women were assessed for three years to determine how doctors managed their choles...

Diet and exercise to improve vascular function

Lifestyle changes can affect cardiovascular diseases for better in as early as eight weeks, say a study//presented at the Sixth Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. Combined effect of personalized exercise regimen with Mediterranean type diet may bring about serious changes in vascular function and effectiveness for people who have a high risk of card...

People who fight wars may be at high risk of cardiovascular disease

Men who have fought wars are more likely to have cardiovascular risks than men// who didn’t. Men who have survived wars are more likely to be heavy drinkers of alcohol, heavy smokers of tobacco and with high tendency of becoming obese. War veterans are four times likely to be taken to drinking more than two pegs of alcohol a day than becoming never drinkers, and 1.6 times more likely...

Low glycemic diet effective for reducing cardiovascular risk

Researchers from Children's Hospital, Boston, US, have reported that a diet// with low glycemic load will be much beneficial for people suffering from cardiovascular disease than the conventional low fat diet. A Glycemic index measures how the food affects our blood sugar. Glycemic Index (GI) ranks foods on their effect on the blood sugar level. The index ranges from 1 to 100. Some foo...

Air pollution to affect diabetes patients’ cardiovascular risks

Diabetes patients may be at higher risk of cardiovascular disease from the// heightened air pollution levels. The days when air pollutions are at higher levels, there had been more reports of hospitalization of diabetic patients. Research has pointed out that on the days the air contains more pollutant particles, the ability of the blood vessels to control blood flow gets impaired in...

Need for considering cardiovascular risks before giving HAART for HIV/aids patients

Physicians treating HIV/AIDS patients with highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) needs to be careful// of the cardiac risks involved, says researchers from Belgium. Highly active antiretroviral treatment can dramatically improve the quality of a HIV/AIDS patient’s life expectancy. This is especially helpful for patients with advanced HIV-1 disease. For this patients will have...

Lower risk of cardiovascular disease from tight glucose control

Research has proved that tight glucose control can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in people// with diabetes type 1. Keeping a tight glucose control on the blood sugar levels mean that for patients with diabetes is to keep their blood sugar as close to the normal levels as possible. Conventionally this can be achieved by regular testing for blood glucose levels, following a di...

Leisure walks with low cardiovascular exercises work best for weight loss

Walking at a leisurely pace for a good distance along with some cardiovascular exercises work best// for losing weight in obese people. Researchers of Colorado University had found that slow paced walks can help obese people burn more calories than past faced walks they do to get into shape and lose some weight. The amounts of calories that get burned per pound of body weights remain s...

Amputation may depend on availability of vascular surgeons

Patients suffering from peripheral arterial disease may lose their limb to amputation if there are //no vascular surgeons to attend to them. Research findings report that areas of the country where there are more vascular surgeons, report less number of cases where patients of peripheral arterial disease have suffered through an amputation. Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is often no...

Obesity and Physical inactivity is associated with Diabetes and Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Comorbidities

According to a study by the researchers at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center both physical inactivity and obesity was found to be strongly// and independently associated with diabetes and diabetes-related comorbidities. The association between obesity and physical inactivity with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular comorbidities has already been established. In th...

New Ways To Treat Vascular Birthmarks

According to the series of research reports published in the new issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery it is possible to treat vascular birthmarks with treatment procedures like laser therapy and other procedures. // Vascular birthmarks can be internal, or form an external birthmark and can be disfiguring, especially if formed on the face. The researchers had present...

Stem cell cure for peripheral vascular disease: New hope on the horizon

Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) is a near-pandemic condition that threatens millions with loss of limb, and also life. It is the build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries outside your heart.// Stem cell therapy enables patients’ own bodies to repair damaged blood vessels and grow new ones thus restoring blood flow and oxygen to damaged tissue. TheraVitae, Ltd, a private, mu...

Resilin Protein from Flea can be used for cardiovascular disease

Researchers from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific an Industrial Research Organisation have found an active gene in the legs of fleas, which produces resilin. Resilin in flea is found to// help the flea to jump and leap at incredible heights and it also helps the flies to beat their wings at an incredible speed of 200 times/second. Scientists have taken the genes responsible for res...

Obesity Common Thread In Pregnancy Complications And Cardiovascular Woes

Recent research suggests that women who develop complications with the placenta during pregnancy appear to also have an elevated risk for later cardiovascular problems // . The study, published in the current issue of The Lancet, found that a woman's risk of premature cardiovascular disease doubled when she had one of several disorders involving the placenta, including pre-eclampsia, ge...

Olive Oil Found To Preserve Cardiovascular Health by Improving Function

Time and over again, the good health benefits of Olive Oil has been argued by dieticians and doctors. A new study conducted has revealed that it may preserve the cardiovascular health as well owing to the high concentration of phenolic compounds//. Researchers from Spain compared the effects of consuming phenol-rich olive oil against olive oil devoid of phenol related compounds. The hi...

Novel Rules And Regulations For Cardiovascular Catheterization Labs.

A novel set of regulations was established by The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI). They were basically for the welfare of the patients// who underwent cardiovascular implantations and other invasive procedures, doctors and other staff members. All the cardiological procedures have become more complex and needs extra care in the sterilization unit. <br...

Cardiovascular Disease More Common Among Erectile Dysfunction Patients

A new study conducted at the University of Texas has revealed that men suffering from impotence/erectile dysfunction are more likely to develop heart problems compared to their counterparts. // More than 100 million men are believed to be afflicted with the disease worldwide with approximately 10 million in the US alone. There are many factors that contribute to this disease including...

3-D Projection Of Heart For Diagnosis Of Cardiovascular Disorders

A new form of cardiovascular ultrasound based on virtual reality can now help doctors to have a 3-D representation of the human heart and thereby help in speedy and accurate diagnosis // . The three-dimensional animated images or 'holograms' of the heart thus obtained allows doctors to 'dive' into the beating heart and examine its interior. The ultrasound-generated 3D images of hear...

New Cardiovascular risk guidelines drafted

Professor David Woods with other scientists from British Cardiac Society, the British Hypertension Society, Diabetes UK, HEART UK, the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society // and the Stroke Association have collaboratively drafted guidelines for preventing cardiovascular risks of heart attacks, stroke and hardening of leg arteries. The new guidelines is drafted to reduce the risk of developing he...

Unfit teenagers and adults have a higher risk of cardiovascular diseases.

As an awakening comes a study that states that about one-third of adolescents and 14 percent of adults (aged 20 to 49 years) in the U.S. have poor cardio respiratory //fitness. This results in an increased total cholesterol and blood pressure levels. The study is published in the December 21 issue of JAMA. There has been a strong correlation between poor fitness and death from CVD and...

Cardiovascular disease risk increased due to physical inactivity and low fitness

Professor Mercedes R. Carnethon and colleagues, Feinberg School of Medicine have reported in Journal of American Medical Association that physical inactivity and obesity // reduces the cardio-respiratory fitness leading to increase in total cholesterol and blood pressure levels leading to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. The researchers conducted their survey in U.S. population in two a...

Statins reduces cardiovascular risk but no cancer risk.

Statins which is used for reducing the cardiovascular risk by lowering the cholesterol levels was also reported by some researchers that it has anti-cancer benefits. Two individual studies by Professor // Michael White, University of Connecticut and Professor Eric Jacobs, American Cancer Society have found that statins don’t reduce the incidence of cancer and has disagreed with some researchers...

Obesity Increases The Risk Of Cardiovascular Diseases

A research was conducted by Lijing l. Yan, PhD., M.P.H., of the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Peking University, China, and colleagues on the effects of overweigh during the early years of life with illness and death. // The Chicago Heart Association study conducted a survey and which included 17,643 men and women. They were studied from 31 year of a...

Aspirin Serves To Reduce Cardiovascular Events

A recent study has revealed that there is a significant reduction in the case of cardiovascular events as a result of the use of aspirin, both in the case of men and women. In the case of men, the chances of heart attacks are reduced, // while in the case of women, the possibilities of strokes occurring are reduced. The exact role of aspirin in bringing down such risks are not yet known....

Is Aricept, the Alzheimer’s Drug Safe to Use against Vascular Dementia

Eisai is the company which markets Aricept with Pfizer Inc. Aricept is already approved in most markets to treat mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease //, but at present it was being tested in patients with vascular dementia, the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease. But the shocking results show that about eleven patients have died while taking Aricept during a...

Blood Clots, A Common Feature Of Vascular Dementia And Alzheimer's

A new study conducted by researchers at University of Manchester now reveals that spontaneous blood clots may be associated with two diseases, Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer's disease//, the results of which can be cited in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). This finding could eventually pave way for improved strategies to either treat or prevent dementia. Although previous studies hav...

Micro vascular Disease Enabled with a Superior Test, Courtesy: Women’s Heart Progra

Advanced diagnostic tests for micro vascular cardiac disease on the lines of what the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has on offer, will be a good boost// to the researchers to develop novel methods to treat this disease. This disease is found to afflict women much more than men. “Only in recent years have physicians become aware of micro vascular disease - a dysfunction of the heart’s sm...

Blacks and East Asians Prone To Side Effects of Cardiovascular Drugs

A new study conducted to analyze the incidence of adverse drug reactions in cardiac patients has revealed that it is more common in blacks and those of an East Asian origin//, the results of which are published in the British Medical Journal. The results of the present study highlight that difference in ethnicity may play a crucial role in determining the extent of harm of a specific...

Canadians Need To Check Their BP to Avoid Cardiovascular Complications

According to a Canadian survey it was found that Canadians who are at a risk or those suffering from high Blood pressure are at an increased risk of suffering// from cardiovascular diseases. Statistics shows that about 9 out of 10 Canadians suffer from hypertension. Hence to educate the Canadians the Hypertension Prevention and Control program is set out to illustrate various ways to reduce their...

Green Tea Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

Despite heavy smoking by the Asians the chances of developing cardiovascular disease and cancer are very low due to high consumption of tea, especially green tea//. "We do not yet have a full explanation for the 'Asian paradox,' which refers to the very low incidence of both heart disease and cancer in Asia, even though consumption of cigarettes is greater than in most other countries,...