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Critically blocked leg arteries cause veterans' death: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 13 (ANI): The number of veterans who were hospitalised in between 2005 and 2014 required amputation or died due to critical blockages in their leg arteries decline, said a recent study.
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Study reveals high-protein diets boost artery-clogging plaque
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): A new study on mouse reveals that consuming high protein diet spurs unstable plaque, the kind which leads to blocked arteries. And more plaque build-up in the arteries increases the risk of a heart attack.
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Here's what can reduce risk of future heart attacks
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 29 (ANI): A new research has shown that patients who have had emergency heart attack treatment with heart artery stenting - and have significant narrowings in their other untreated arteries - can take advantage from additional stenting to help stop future attacks.
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Never too late to start statins for clogged leg arteries: Study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 3 (ANI): Statins, a class of drugs that reduce illness and mortality in those who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease can also prove effective for those with the peripheral arterial disease even if they start its medication late after diagnosis.
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Pollution and winter linked with higher rate of angioplasty procedures: St
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 23 (ANI): Heavily polluted areas have a higher rate of angioplasty procedures to treat blocked arteries than areas with clean air. Procedures are even more common in winter, the most polluted time of year, suggest researchers.
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Study suggests pain-free exercise for patients with clogged leg arteries
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 20 (ANI): People suffering from the peripheral arterial disease should be given the option of pain-free exercise, suggests a new study, which has been published in the 'European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.'
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New study shows coffee not as bad for heart as claimed in previous studies
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], June 3 (ANI): Contradicting previous studies that claimed coffee is bad for arteries, a new study has suggested that coffee does not make the arteries stiffer.
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World Hypertension Day: Everything you need to know about high blood press
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Mumbai (India), May 17 (ANI): Hypertension commonly known as High Blood Pressure is a common condition in which there is an excessive long term force of blood applied to the artery walls leading to heart diseases. The more blood your heart pumps and the narrower your arteries a
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Scientists clear another obstacle in creating transplant arteries, study s
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 11 (ANI): Scientists are working towards a dream of creating artery banks, similar to blood banks common today with readily available material to replace diseased arteries during surgery.
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Food additives could harden arteries: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that food additives and other cooking ingredients could lead to hardened arteries.
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Michael Philip Jagger to undergo heart surgery
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S], Apr 2 (ANI): The fans of 'Rolling Stones' singer Michael Philip Jagger are disappointed after the dates of his upcoming US and Canada tour were postponed on Saturday, as the singer would undergo heart surgery to replace a valve in his heart, according to reports.
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Diet drinks may be linked with strokes among post-menopausal women
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 15 (ANI): It turns out that drinking multiple diet drinks daily may not be a very good idea for post menopausal women. A new study now finds that it is associated with an increase in the risk of having a stroke caused by a blocked artery, especially small arteries.
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