"Coronary disease" is a term used to describe a condition that affects the heart. It occurs when the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle get narrow or blocked, reducing blood flow to the heart. This can lead to chest pain, heart attacks, or other heart-related problems.
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If this gene were switched off with medications it could reduce the risk
of coronary disease significantly.
One study even found that animal companionship is conducive to higher survival rates
in coronary disease.
The key step in turning this discovery into a new lead
for coronary disease prevention, however, was to unravel the three - dimensional structure of the molecules.
In terms of your heart health, anxiety can increase the risk of developing
coronary disease by 26 %.
While none of these are clinically approved therapies, the new study linking these genes to
reduced coronary disease and lower triglycerides suggests the line of investigation is worth pursuing, he added.
The reason is that yet another study has suggested that waist - to - hip ratio is much more sensitive than body mass index (BMI) at predicting risk of
subsequent coronary disease.
The study was unique in that it was the first one to only use data from individuals who had never had
coronary disease before.
Alternatives: If you're among the many millions of older Americans without
known coronary disease who are taking these drugs, ask your doctor or other health care provider about treating your slightly elevated cholesterol with a combination of sublingual (under - the - tongue) vitamin B12 (1,000 mcg daily), folic acid (800 mcg daily) and vitamin B6 (200 mg daily).
As for the mystery gene implicated in the new study, Stitziel said he and researchers in his lab are now working to unravel the role of SVEP1 in
coronary disease risk.
Another found that patients with
coronary disease who listened to music for 20 minutes exhibited significant reductions in heart rate, respiratory rate, myocardial oxygen demand, and anxiety, both immediately after and one hour after the intervention.
Aged garlic extract has been studied most often for its potential role in
preventing coronary disease through the reduction of arterial plaque, the lowering of blood pressure and cholesterol levels and the ability to inhibit blood platelets from sticking together.
$ 725,000 for the family of a patient who died as a result of the misdiagnosis of
coronary disease as acid reflux.
Doctors recommend statins for people without known
coronary disease whose LDL, or «bad» cholesterol is 190 mg / dL or higher, the heart association says.
Naturally the cardiologist who put in multiple stents feels gratified to have saved the patient's life with unsuspected,
advanced coronary disease.
«But for a long time it was not clear that high triglycerides were a cause of
coronary disease rather than a marker of it.
Diabetes was the lone risk factor that seemed to have a weakened impact
on coronary disease over time.
And according to the findings of a report recently presented at the American College of Cardiology conference in New Orleans, report that people who fast regularly have a 58 % lower risk of
coronary disease compared with those who never fast.
ON THE DAILY: The Australian Heart Foundation recommends about 500 mg / day of DHA and EPA and 2 g / day of ALA to
lower coronary disease risk.
And, as this 2010 study from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition concludes, «there is no significant evidence for concluding that dietary saturated fat is associated with an increased risk of CHD
[coronary disease] or CVD [cardiovascular disease].»
The sedentary or inactive life style that has swept the country has led to heart attacks and
coronary disease becoming the number one cause of death and disability in the United States but the sad thing is it doesn't have to happen if people would only get of their backsides and become more active.
Studies reveal that white noise can even aggravate stress - induced conditions like migraines, high blood pressure, and
even coronary diseases.
Unlike routine ailments, a critical illness -
like coronary disease or cancer - can involve treatments that cost lakhs of Rupees, spread over many years.
«It's important to keep in mind that CT scans and stress tests are used to
diagnose coronary disease — whether someone has plaque in the arteries,» Brown said.
This is probably because whole grains contain antioxidants, phytoestrogens and phytosterols that are protective
against coronary disease.
All of this led to the BMJ paper's authors to recommend the Mediterranean Diet and daily brisk walking to
prevent coronary disease and diabetes 2, both caused by chronic inflammation.
«We wanted to focus on arteries because that's where most of the damage is caused
in coronary diseases,» said George Truskey, the R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke.
«With the speed of this scanner, we can now provide completely noninvasive diagnosis and even risk assessment
for coronary disease.»
Grainger's team sampled serum (blood with the clotting cells removed) from 36 people
with coronary disease diagnosed by angiography and 30 healthy people.
The study «Dietary fats, carbohydrate, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women» examined the angiographic progression
of coronary disease in relationship to diets.
Ambient noise [increases] general stress levels and aggravating stress - related conditions such as high blood pressure,
coronary disease, peptic ulcers and migraine headaches.