Home > Medical > Heart Health > News News All sections in Heart » About Heart » Children & Heart Disease » Congenital Heart Disease » Emergency Treatment » FAQs » Diet and your Heart » Health Tips » Heart and Exercise » Heart Attack » Heart Transplants » After a Heart Attack » Multimedia » Heart News » Obesity » Smoking & your Heart » Stress & your Heart » Tests & Procedures » The Heart in Space » Treatment » Women & Heart Disease Health affects benefits of implanted heart device Elderly people may gain as much benefit from having implantable cardioverter defibrillators as younger people, according to a new study. Arrhythmias more common in intense athletes Cross-country skiers who have completed more races at faster speeds have a higher risk of developing a heart rhythm disorder than their slower, less-seasoned peers. Cyber attacks on medical devices a new threat US authorities warned makers of medical devices and hospital networks to step up efforts to guard against potential cyber attacks. Ask Cardiologist » Quiz Is your diet heart-healthy? » Quiz Could I have high cholesterol? » Subscribe Newsletters » Top 10 heart-smart foods Think red for heart health Low blood pressure may weaken brains of some heart patients People suffering from cardiovascular disease who have lower-than-normal blood pressure may face a higher risk of brain atrophy. Heart device 'shock' anxiety may hamper sex life Study found more sexual dysfunction among men, women with implanted defibrillators. High doses of common painkillers increase heart attack risk Long-term high-dose use of painkillers such as ibuprofen or diclofenac is "equally hazardous" in terms of heart attack risk as use of the drug Vioxx, which was withdrawn due to its potential dangers, researchers say. Advanced heart failure still kills 1 in 3 Patients with advanced heart failure have much better survival odds than before, but one in three still dies within three years of their diagnosis. More doctors starting to favour 'wrist route' to heart: study To open clogged heart arteries, more US doctors are taking a new route and threading a catheter through the wrist, rather than the groin. Alzheimer's drugs may benefit heart Research has shown that there are fewer heart attacks and deaths for patients taking cholinesterase inhibitors. PTSD after heart attack linked to poor sleep Problems with shut-eye may increase along with rise in stress disorder symptoms, study says. load more articles advertisement From our sponsors Don’t be taken by surprise this winter, keep your defences up with Vital Hop, skip and jump through winter with Hill’s Pet Nutrition Age-related bone loss is higher in women Conduct your most important Medihelp business from your mobile phone
Health affects benefits of implanted heart device Elderly people may gain as much benefit from having implantable cardioverter defibrillators as younger people, according to a new study.
Arrhythmias more common in intense athletes Cross-country skiers who have completed more races at faster speeds have a higher risk of developing a heart rhythm disorder than their slower, less-seasoned peers.
Cyber attacks on medical devices a new threat US authorities warned makers of medical devices and hospital networks to step up efforts to guard against potential cyber attacks.
Low blood pressure may weaken brains of some heart patients People suffering from cardiovascular disease who have lower-than-normal blood pressure may face a higher risk of brain atrophy.
Heart device 'shock' anxiety may hamper sex life Study found more sexual dysfunction among men, women with implanted defibrillators.
High doses of common painkillers increase heart attack risk Long-term high-dose use of painkillers such as ibuprofen or diclofenac is "equally hazardous" in terms of heart attack risk as use of the drug Vioxx, which was withdrawn due to its potential dangers, researchers say.
Advanced heart failure still kills 1 in 3 Patients with advanced heart failure have much better survival odds than before, but one in three still dies within three years of their diagnosis.
More doctors starting to favour 'wrist route' to heart: study To open clogged heart arteries, more US doctors are taking a new route and threading a catheter through the wrist, rather than the groin.
Alzheimer's drugs may benefit heart Research has shown that there are fewer heart attacks and deaths for patients taking cholinesterase inhibitors.
PTSD after heart attack linked to poor sleep Problems with shut-eye may increase along with rise in stress disorder symptoms, study says.