Heart disease articles


Associated Press DALLAS Heart patients should be regularly screened for signs of depression, the American Heart Association recommended Monday.

Study: Hormones via patches, gels pose reduced heart risk (USA Today)
A study of hormone use in nearly 700,000 Danish women over 50 suggests that when it comes to heart attack risk, patches or gels are safer than the combination pills most American women use.

Heart deaths rocket up in Asia (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Heart disease rates in top Asian countries are rising frighteningly fast, cardiologists say.

Heart Day on the Square (VIDEO) (The Frisco Enterprise)
A benefit festival at Frisco Square was held this weekend to help raise money to help children with heart problems.

5:40 p.m. – New Recommendations for Heart Attack Patients (KARK Little Rock)
Heart attack victims need routine screenings for depression. The American Heart Association says depression increases the risk for a second heart attack — and is common enough to warrant the additional attention.

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