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ACC/AHA guidance for preventing heart disease, stroke released: Adopting heart healthy habits, understanding risk and rarely using aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke among recommendations

The choices we make every day can have a lasting effect on our heart and vascular health. Adopting a heart

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Blood test to diagnose heart attacks is flawed, warn researchers: One in 20 patients had test levels higher than recommended limit — study results could help to avoid misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment

The blood test used to diagnose a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) in patients admitted to hospital can be misleading,

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How the heart sends an SOS signal to bone marrow cells after a heart attack: In the SOS response, the bone marrow releases reparative progenitor cells to try to heal the heart

Human cells shed exosomes. These tiny extracellular, membrane-bound vesicles can carry cargo for cell-to-cell communication, ferrying diverse loads of proteins,

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NSAID impairs immune response in heart failure, worsens heart and kidney damage: This adverse NSAID effect is caused by dysfunctional molecular and cellular mechanisms

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are widely known as pain-killers and can relieve pain and inflammation. However, prolonged use raises

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