New research on heart disease and its prevention, from Science Daily:
Plaque-causing bacteria can jailbreak from the mouth into the bloodstream and increase your risk of heart attack, says a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology.
Survival rates in heart failure patients with reduced levels of vitamin D are lower than in patients with normal levels, according to a major study at University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands.
Recent research has now demonstrated that iron deficiency affects at least one-third of non-anaemic chronic heart failure patients, according to a presentation at the European Society of Cardiology's Congress 2010 in Stockholm.
Researchers have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker -- a method to measure cortisol levels in hair -- to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks.
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