Published on July 31, 2010 by Technology Slice
Calcium Supplements Can Cause Heart Attack – Researchers said the use of supplements should be reassessed in light of the analysis, published in the British Medical Journal yesterday. They said that because supplements were widely used, the ”modest” increase in heart attack risk could translate into a large burden of disease in the community. The [...]
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Published on June 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Heart Attacks In The U.S. On The Decline – The study, in the New England Journal of Medicine, is the first large survey since the adoption of new treatments and medicines for preventing heart attacks. It examined more than 46,000 heart attack hospitalizations.
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Published on May 12, 2010 by Technology Slice
Working Overtime Is Bad For Your Heart – The finding, from an 11-year study of 6,000 British civil servants, does not provide definitive proof that long hours cause coronary heart disease but it does show a clear link, which experts said may be due to stress. In all, there were 369 cases of death due [...]
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Published on March 15, 2010 by Technology Slice
Stock Market Linked To Heart Attacks – Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a study by North Carolina’s Duke University Medical Centre says. “In analysing our local patient population … during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when stock market values [...]
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