Home as good as hospital for cardiac rehab
January 1, 2009 — NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Home-based rehabilitation is no worse than hospital-based programs for helping patients get better after a heart attack or surgery to clear blocked heart arteries, and may be more accessible for patients, research from the UK shows.
Smoking ban lowers heart attacks in one US city
January 1, 2009 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A smoking ban caused heart attacks to drop by more than 40 percent in one U.S. city and the decrease lasted three years, federal health experts reported on Wednesday.
Heart health for the holidays
December 26, 2008 — TORONTO (Reuters) -- Dropping temperatures and eggnog won't create new heart problems, but cold weather and some holiday-related behaviors can exacerbate existing conditions, and deaths from heart disease hit their peak every December and January, with spikes on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, according to a University of California-San Diego study.
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