Heart Attacks More Likely in Cold Weather
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MUNICH, Germany - People with high blood pressure seem to be more vulnerable to heart attacks when the temperature drops, new research shows.    The findings, presented Monday at a conference of the European Society of Cardiology, are not surprising because cold weather makes the blood vessels constrict, making it harder for blood to move through, but the study is the first to document that variations in the weather increase the occurrence of heart attacks in people with high blood pressure...
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Despite boasts of Canada&#39;s superior healthcare system, heart attack patients might wish they were sick in the United States. That&#39;s because a new study suggests US patients fare much better than their northern neighbours.
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Stress tests aimed at detecting  blocked arteries in patients may miss more than half the cases  of early heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Employees who drag themselves to work while sick - even with a simple cold â-an double their risk of heart disease, new research shows.
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Fall marks start of more than cold and flu season    HealthDayNews -- Not only is fall the start of the cold and flu season, it's also the time of year when sinus infections become more common.    "The cooler, dry weather associated with the fall allergy season will cause an increase in the frequency and severity of sinus infections and sinus headaches, especially in seasonal allergy sufferers...
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People with certain types of sleep problems may be at greater risk for heart problems.
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NEW YORK  - People who have trouble exercising on a treadmill are at increased risk of suffering a heart attack or other heart-related event and of dying, according to results of a study.
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TORONTO - Doctors in the United States tend to treat heart attacks more aggressively than their Canadian counterparts, which improves chances of survival for patients, researchers say.
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A heart attack at night is more deadly for hospital patients than during daylight hours, a new study shows.
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Cold snaps and air pollution can  trigger heart deaths, and breathing dirty air day in and day  out may help heart disease develop in the first place,  researchers said on Sunday.
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If you're under 40 and smoke, your risk of having a heart attack is significantly greater than someone your age who doesn't, a new study finds. According to the report, male smokers between the ages of 35 and 39 were almost five times as likely to have a nonfatal heart attack as were nonsmokers.
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Stress is a cause of heart attacks after all and is nearly as important as smoking, according to a study. The Interheart study among 29,000 people in 52 countries, half
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The 36-year-old South Asian immigrant didn't seem like a typical candidate for a heart attack. He was lean, a nonsmoker and had healthy blood pressure, although his cholesterol levels hovered just above normal. But when his chest pain lasted for an hour, he headed for the emergency room.
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People who are ill with respiratory or urinary tract infections face a higher risk of heart attack or stroke while they are sick, researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - People who seem to always be looking for a fight may find themselves at greater risk of heart disease, a new study suggests.
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People who have migraines experience more chest pain similar to angina than people who don&#39;t, but the people with migraines are no more likely to have heart attacks, a study has found.
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The pressure of meeting an important deadline at work increases the risk of suffering a heart attack within 24 hours by a factor of six, Swedish doctors say.