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Heart Diagnostic Tests Not as Effective in Women

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Women may need to take matters into their own hands when it comes to keeping on top of heart disease, reports a recent evaluation on the state of current standard diagnostic testing for the killer disease. Today’s routine tests for heart disease tend to focus only on significant blockages in the arteries, something that is [...]

Erectile Dysfunction & Heart Disease Linked

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Impotence ranks almost as high as family history as a predictor for cardiovascular disease, say researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. In one study, males with ED (erectile dysfunction) were at greater risk of suffering from a coronary condition, such as a heart attack or stroke, within seven years. [...]