News Briefs: Heart disease fear.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  July 22, 2008 ;     40 words ...SOME nurses lack basic training in treating the UK's biggest killer, heart disease. More than one in four are uncomfortable seeing patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), while one in eight had never had any basic training in it, according to a poll.

Nurses 'untrained in heart disease'

The Independent - London;  July 22, 2008 ;     81 words ......BRIEF *A poll of 800 nurses has found that many lack basic training in treating Britain's biggest killer - heart disease. More than a quarter (28 per cent) are uncomfortable...with the condition, while 14 per cent have had no basic training in how to deal with it. The poll was ...

WINNING THE WAR ON HEART DISEASE.(News)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  December 20, 2003 ;     473 words ...Byline: HELEN CLARKE DEATH rates from heart disease in one of Britain's worst blacks pots...1996,Knowsley had one of the highest heart disease mortality rates in the country -with...statistics show that deaths through heart disease have plummeted by more than 40% over...

INDUSTRY CANADA: Living with heart disease -- 1996/97.

M2 Presswire;  January 1, 1999 ;     787 words ......April 1999-INDUSTRY CANADA: Living with heart disease -- 1996/97 (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...reported that they had been diagnosed with heart disease. Although women accounted for less...with men who had been diagnosed with heart disease, women were more likely to have at...

Heart disease: what can you do?(preventing heart disease)

The Network News;  March 1, 2003 ;   Pearson, Cindy;   787 words ......else can women do to prevent heart disease? The Network gets this question...a woman's risk of developing heart disease. We've written this article...what is currently known about heart disease, and to encourage women to take...

Studies show heart disease symptoms different for women

University Wire;  February 24, 2006 ;   Lydia Roy;   541 words ......Northern Star) (U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. -- Heart disease is the leading cause of death for American...especially those over age 65. In fact, heart disease is four to six times more likely to...University, recognized this issue. "Heart disease is also the leading cause of death...

Prevention Is The Best Cure For Heart Disease

The Culvert Chronicles;  July 10, 2008 ;   Anonymous;   402 words ...(NewsUSA) - In America, heart disease kills someone every 35 seconds...save lives, the best "cure" for heart disease lies in its prevention. Cardiologists...can detect the earliest signs of heart disease, like high blood pressure or high...

The risk is real Patients -- and many doctors -- still don't know how...

Dayton Daily News;  February 8, 2005 ;   Kevin Lamb klamb@DaytonDailyNews.com;   703 words ......considered Carol Howard might have heart disease until she suddenly passed out 12 years...women needn't concern themselves about heart disease. Her doctors seemed to agree. Little...then about popular misconceptions that heart disease is for men, the American Heart Association...

Studies show heart disease development in young women

University Wire;  March 15, 2005 ;   Courtney Thomas;   671 words ......Times) (U-WIRE) BLACKSBURG, Va. -- Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women over the...the American Heart Association, but heart disease begins to develop at a young age and...20 percent of women said they view heart disease as their greatest personal health problem...

A Deadly Myth // Women Not Free of Risk From Heart Disease

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 13, 1994 ;   Greg Beaubien;   787 words ......enduring myth that it strikes only men, heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in the...people - hold on to the delusion that heart disease is reserved for men," writes Edward...Diethrich, M.D., in his new book, Women and Heart Disease. "All the while, a silent epidemic...

By the time you read this page, a Scot will have died of heart disease;...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  November 22, 2000 ;     787 words ......hour a Scot is killed by coronary heart disease, giving the nation the unenviable...every family has been affected by heart disease, yet many still refuse to change their habits. Heart disease and strokes are the main cause of...

Study Explores Heart Disease Risks

AP Online;  January 7, 1999 ;   EMMA ROSS, Associated Press Writer;   714 words ......AP Online 01-07-1999 Study Explores Heart Disease Risks LONDON (AP) -- Half of men and a third of women will develop coronary heart disease after the age of 40, according to a...improvements in dietary habits and lifestyle. Heart disease -- the biggest killer in most of the...

LIFETIME RISK OF HEART DISEASE CHARTED FOR MEN AND WOMEN.(News)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 8, 1999 ;     460 words ......percent lifetime risk of developing heart disease from clogged arteries, and a woman...first such lifetime risk estimate for heart disease this weekend in the British journal...researchers found the risk of developing heart disease persists into old age: At 70, one in...

Killer heart disease stalking women, too

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 17, 1991 ;   Howard Wolinsky;   365 words ...Contrary to common belief, heart disease is an equal opportunity killer. It...here Wednesday. "I find it ironic that heart disease and stroke today are still thought...Antonia Novello told the Women and Heart Disease Conference sponsored by the American...

CDC Report Provides First State-Specific Data on Persons Living With Heart...

PR Newswire;  February 15, 2007 ;     698 words ...Significant Differences in Heart Disease Prevalence among States and U.S. Territories...variation in the prevalence of coronary heart disease (a narrowing of the arteries that feed...the percentage of people living with heart disease in all 50 states and U.S. territories...