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...looks as though older women with heart disease who want to avoid further cardiovascular problems may have to do it the old-fashioned way: eat right, exercise and quit smoking. The much touted alternatives of hormone-replacement therapy and antioxidant vitamins...
...reputation as the heart's primary nemesis, half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. That's because though scientists have identified some 250 other risk factors, from obesity to gum disease, they have never found a better indicator of the health of one's cardiovascular system than the levels of good and bad cholesterol in the blood...
...study, led by Dr. Paul Ridker, director of the hospital's center for cardiovascular-disease prevention, is likely to be the talk of the annual meeting of the American Heart Association this week in Chicago. Not only does it provide the strongest evidence to date that inflammation plays a key role in heart disease, but it also supports the growing suspicion among medical researchers that inflammation is a major culprit behind a wide range of disorders, including cancer...
DIED. BILLY GUY, 66, earthy baritone for the Coasters, the 1950s vocal quartet best known for novelty songs like Yakety Yak and Charlie Brown; of cardiovascular disease; in Las Vegas. Guy, above right, was lead singer on the group's 1957 hit Searchin...
WONDER DRUG Aspirin packs a protective punch against cardiovascular disease, but surgeons have long been worried that it could trigger bleeding after a bypass operation. A study of more than 5,000 patients, however, found aspirin to be well worth the risk if given within 48 hours of the surgery, since it greatly lowered chances of death or nonfatal circulatory complications--regardless of gender, race, age or the disease's severity...