B vitamin Niacin, long used as one of the mainstays in treating the heart, proved to have no benefit in a new large study whose results were recently published. The results of the study showed that the vitamin could also do harm to the heart. For a long time medical healthcare providers have used Niacin to help decrease the amount of LDL “bad” cholesterol, while increasing the HDL “good” cholesterol in their patients. In the recent study just completed, 25,000 participants were used. Those... 

Researcher announced that walking only 10 minutes each day could lower the risk of having a heart attack by up to 50%. Just a small quantity of light exercise has a huge effect on those that live a sedentary lifestyle, said doctors.   The Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Martha Grogan, said that when she tells people that nearly 80% of all heart disease can be prevented, people are very surprised. The doctor said that daily things could be done to make a big difference in the effort to maintain a healthy heart. She... 

A new study by British and U.S. researchers says that women who ate three servings of strawberries and blueberries each week had fewer numbers of heart attacks. Eric Rimm, the senior author is from Boston’s Harvard School of Public Health. Rimm said that strawberries and blueberries were used only because they happen to be the most consumed berries in the U.S. The researchers in Boston along with researchers from England’s University of East Anglia conducted a study amongst more than 93,600 women... 

Eliquis, the anti-clotting drug by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer was approved on Friday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA approval had been long anticipated by many cardiologists and is considered the next blockbuster for Bristol-Myers, which will be in charge of manufacturing the new drug, while Pfizer will market the new drug. The drug was approved by the U.S. regulatory agency for use in lowering the risk of stroke and blood clots in those who have arterial fibrillation, an arrhythmia... 

Patients who have heart attacks and receive blood transfusions due to anemia appear more likely to suffer a second attack or die that those who did not receive a transfusion, says new research just published. Doctors often times order a blood transfusion for patients with anemia, who had heart attacks to help deliver more oxygen to their heart, said researchers of the new study. However, due to a lack of randomize trials and other evidence regarding benefits and or risks of the transfusion practice... 

A recent study shows that older people who have an established heart disease and ate a heart healthy diet that was rich in vegetables, fruits, nuts and fish were at a much lower risk of having a follow up heart attack or dying than people who ate a much more unhealthy diet. The results showed that those people with the best heart healthy diet were 35% less likely to die of a heart attack or stroke, 14% less likely to have a heart attack, 28% less likely to experience heart failure and 19% less likely... 

Just one month after researchers in Boston released data showing that cancer risk could be lowered by multivitamins, new data published on Monday from the same study resulted in disappointing news: using multivitamins does not offer benefits for the prevention of heart disease. In the study, there were 15,000 physicians, all male and all over 50 years of age. They were selected randomly to take one Centrum Multivitamin daily or a placebo for on average of 11 years. Researchers found the multivitamins... 

At present, patients with pacemakers much undergo a repeated number of surgeries to replace the batteries in the pacemaker. However, now there is a new device that was recently tested that converts energy from the person’s beating heart to provide sufficient enough electricity to power the pacemaker. Tests suggest the device could produce up to 10 times more energy than is required. The device is a very big discovery since those using pacemakers could eliminate the need for new batteries when they... 

New Research indicates that levels of cholesterol are falling amongst adults in the United States. That makes medical care providers pleased as LDL or “bad” cholesterol in high levels and total cholesterol are big risk factors for developing heart disease. Between 1988 and 2010, the average levels of LDL, total cholesterol and blood fats known as triglycerides dropped in all groups of adults in the U.S. Levels of “good” (HDL) cholesterol started to increase during that same time frame. The... 

A recent study says that strikes are becoming more commonplace amongst younger people. Medical experts believe the jump in the number of strokes amongst younger people could be due to the risk factors increasing such as the amount of obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes. A lead researcher in the study, Dr. Brett Kissela, a University of Cincinnati vice chairman of Neurology and professor said he wanted to study the rates of strokes in young people after seeing a trend that was disturbing at his...