Heart attack: aspirin would help patients live longer
People who have suffered a myocardial infarction should take aspirin daily to prevent recurrence, stroke and death. THE ESSENTIAL Adults ...
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Knowing how to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack can save your life
People who can identify the symptoms of a heart attack are more likely to be treated quickly and therefore survive. ...
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Physical inactivity in children is associated with heart damage in adulthood
Hours of inactivity during childhood can predispose to heart attacks and strokes later in life. THE ESSENTIAL Between childhood and ...
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Pain after a heart attack can predict death within 8 years
People who experience moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack are more likely to die within eight years than ...
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This protein increases the risk of early death
High levels of troponin, a protein usually used to diagnose heart attacks, could lead to an increased risk of death, ...
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Vitamin D could prevent heart attacks
The monthly intake of vitamin D by the elderly could reduce the risk of heart attacks. THE ESSENTIAL The monthly ...
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Stroke and heart attack: we now know the people most at risk
We now know the people most at risk of stroke and heart attack. THE ESSENTIAL Women with migraine have a ...
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Two years of life lost for heart attack victims during confinement
Patients who suffered a heart attack during the first lockdown in Spain and the UK are expected to live between ...
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Fatal heart attacks most often occur on Mondays
A recent study observed that serious heart attacks occur more frequently at the beginning of the week. THE ESSENTIAL A ...
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Heart attack: genetic predispositions in women suffering from a form of infarction
Genetics may explain spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a form of heart attack that mostly affects women in their 40s. THE ...
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Heart attack: having strong legs allows better recovery
A study suggests that people with strong legs are less likely to develop heart failure after a heart attack. THE ...
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Atherosclerosis: more powerful treatment may be needed in women
Postmenopausal patients, whose arteries are clogged, are more likely to have a heart attack and would therefore need stronger treatment ...
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Heart attack: long-term anticoagulants limit complications
In patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention after a heart attack, opting for anticoagulant treatment would limit the risk ...
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Heart attack: women are more often rehospitalized
In the year following a myocardial infarction, patients aged under 55 are twice as likely to return to hospital as ...
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Heart attack: long-term use of beta-blockers does not seem to be justified
Taking beta-blockers more than a year after myocardial infarction is not associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes. THE ESSENTIAL After a ...
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Heart attack: a new way to repair the heart
Researchers have discovered a revolutionary new approach to reversing the effects of a heart attack. Through cellular reprogramming, it would ...
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Heart attack: “An increase in cases among young women”
Pre-eclampsia, cannabis, hormonal contraception… These factors, which have never been studied, can predispose to the occurrence of myocardial infarction in ...
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Heart attack: why red meat increases your risk
The way the body digests red meat after eating it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially heart attack, in ...
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Heart attack: these two diets are beneficial for people at risk
Mediterranean and low-fat diets reduce the likelihood of death and heart attack in patients at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. ...
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Heart attack, stroke: This common artificial sweetener is linked to more risks
A new study finds that an artificial sweetener often used to replace sugar in food products is linked to higher ...
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Heart attack or chest pain, what’s the difference?
Differentiating between cardiac chest pain - a sign of myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism - and non-cardiac chest pain is ...
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9 heart-healthy foods
Certain foods are effective in reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack and stroke. THE ESSENTIAL The World Health ...
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MINOCA: a form of heart attack that mainly affects women
MINOCA, also called "myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries", is a type of heart attack that affects mostly women. THE ...
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Heart attack: 3 proteins to minimize the damage of the infarction
Researchers have discovered three proteins that would prevent the risk of suffering from heart failure after a heart attack. THE ...
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Cholesterol: “After my cousin’s heart attack at 20, we all got tested”
Marion learned that she suffered from familial hypercholesterolemia at 14, following the death of her first cousin who had a ...
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Heart attack: A way to heal the scars of the attack has been found
According to a study, injecting tropoelastin a few days after a myocardial infarction could heal the scars left by this ...
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Heart attack: she dies after being refused to the emergency room at Christmas
In Indre-et-Loire, a sixty-year-old could not be taken to hospital on Christmas Eve when she was having trouble breathing. Some ...
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Heart attack: signs to call for help
2 hours is the maximum time to properly manage a heart attack. A 2019 study recalls this delay and reveals ...
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Heart attack: why are they more frequent during the holiday season?
People are more likely to die of a heart attack during the last week of December, according to the American ...
Read moreHeart attack: adapting the treatment to the patient
The pill will be hard to swallow for all the doctors who fight daily to fight against the therapeutic non-compliance ...
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