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Calcium Pills May Hurt Men’s Hearts

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE: February 4, 2013

EXCERPT: "The use of calcium supplements, common among older patients today, was linked with an elevated risk for cardiovascular death in men, a large prospective study found."  more

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Xiao Q, Murphy RA, Houston DK, Harris TB, Chow WH, Park Y.  Dietary and Supplemental Calcium Intake and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: The National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study.   JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Feb 4:1-8.

Larsson SC.  Are Calcium Supplements Harmful to Cardiovascular Disease?: Comment on " Dietary and Supplemental Calcium Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality: The National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study"  JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Feb 4:1-2.

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Cardiologist: Awareness Still Lacking of Seriousness of Heart Disease in Women

SOURCE:  Newswise

DATE: February 1, 2013

EXCERPT: "Although heart disease remains the No. 1 killer nationally for women—responsible for one out of every three deaths—many of today’s women still underestimate the seriousness of the disease and their risks, says Liliana Cohen, MD, a board-certified cardiologist with The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group."  more

Genes Provide Clues to Gender Disparity in Human Hearts

SOURCE:  Newswise

DATE: January 24, 2013

EXCERPT: "Healthy men and women show little difference in their hearts, except for small electrocardiographic disparities. But new genetic differences found by Washington University in St. Louis researchers in hearts with disease could ultimately lead to personalized treatment of various heart ailments."  more

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Ambrosi CM, Yamada KA, Nerbonne JM, Efimov IR.  Gender differences in electrophysiological gene expression in failing and non-failing human hearts.  PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e54635

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Treadmill test predicts heart risk in older women

SOURCE: Futurity

DATE: December 6, 2012

EXCERPT: "The exercise treadmill test can accurately predict coronary artery disease in women older than 65, new research shows." more

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Levisman JM, Aspry K, Amsterdam EA. Improving the positive predictive value of exercise testing in women for coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 2012 Dec 1;110(11):1619-22.

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Changes In Carotid Artery During Menopausal Transition May Predispose Older Women To Higher Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: November 8, 2012

EXCERPT: "Substantial changes in the diameter and thickness of a section of carotid artery in perimenopausal women may indicate a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in women,  ..."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

El Khoudary SR, Wildman RP, Matthews K, Thurston RC, Bromberger JT, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Progression rates of carotid intima-media thickness and adventitial diameter during the menopausal transition. Menopause. 2012 Sep 17.


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Stiff Arteries in Women Result in Different HF

SOURCE: MedPageToday

DATE: November 2, 2012

EXCERPT: "Differences in the flexibility of arteries and ventricles between men and women may account for why women are twice as likely to develop heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, researchers suggested. full story."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Coutinho T, Borlaug BA, Pellikka PA, Turner ST, Kullo IJ. Sex Differences in Arterial Stiffness and Ventricular-Arterial Interactions. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Oct 20.


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Healthy women may want to skip resveratrol

SOURCE: Futurity

DATE: October 29, 2012

EXCERPT:  "Healthy women may not benefit from taking resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine thought to reduce the risk of heart disease and diabetes, a study finds."  more

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Yoshino J, Conte C, Fontana L, Mittendorfer B, Imai S, Schechtman KB, Gu C, Kunz I, Rossi Fanelli F, Patterson BW, Klein S. Resveratrol supplementation does not improve metabolic function in nonobese women with normal glucose tolerance. Cell Metab. 2012 Nov 7;16(5):658-64.

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Resveratrol Falls Short in Health Benefits

SOURCE: Newswise

DATE: October 24, 2012 EXCERPT: "Resveratrol, an ingredient in red wine thought to improve insulin sensitivity, reduce risk of heart disease and increase longevity, does not appear to have those benefits in healthy women, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St." more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Yoshino J, Conte C, Fontana L, Mittendorfer B, Imai S, Schechtman KB, Gu C, Kunz I, Rossi Fanelli F, Patterson BW, Klein S. Resveratrol supplementation does not improve metabolic function in nonobese women with normal glucose tolerance. Cell Metab. 2012 Nov 7;16(5):658-64.

 

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Gender Gap In Mortality From Myocardial Infarction

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE: October 18, 2012

EXCERPT: "Women are more likely to die from a myocardial infarction than men, according to research presented at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012. The gender gap in mortality was independent of patient characteristics, revascularisation delays and revascularisation modalities. Women also had longer treatment delays, less aggressive treatment, more complications and longer hospital stays."  more

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Presented by [Guillaume Leurent ] at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2012 meeting, 20-22 Oct 2012, Istanbul,Turkey

Satiety Hormone Tied to Diabetes, Heart Disease

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE: October 9, 2012

EXCERPT: "High levels of a hormone that signals when you’ve had enough may raise the risk of obesity-related diseases, researchers found. ...  But the relationships were significant only for women, who also had an increased risk of breast cancer with higher levels of the hormone, the researchers wrote ...  One reason the relationship may be more powerful in women is because estradiol upregulates expression of neurotensin, so women have a higher lifetime exposure to the hormone, the researchers wrote.". More
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Melander O, Maisel AS, Almgren P, Manjer J, Belting M, Hedblad B, Engström G, Kilger U, Nilsson P, Bergmann A, Orho-Melander M.  Plasma Proneurotensin and Incidence of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Breast Cancer, and Mortality. JAMA. 2012 Oct 10;308(14):1469-1475.


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