Among more than 6,000 men aged 55 to 88 with type 2 diabetes followed for five years, those with erectile dysfunction at baseline were 19 percent more likely to have a heart attack, 35 percent more likely to develop heart disease and 36 percent more likely to have a stroke.
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Depression linked to diabetes: What is the missing link?
An Archives of Internal Medicine study by An Pan's Harvard team found women with depression were 17% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes and those on antidepressants 25% more likely, while women with diabetes were 29% more likely to become depressed. Cause remains unknown.
Drug
Vytorin more effective than simvastatin in lowering cholesterol in some patients
A trial found Vytorin cut cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease patients by 17 percent against placebo, which critics say does not show Zetia adds to simvastatin. An Italian trial in diabetic heart patients found Vytorin 10/20 cut LDL 32.2 percent against 20.8 for simvastatin 40 mg.
Diet
Study explains why Mediterranean diet prevents heart disease
A small trial asked 24 people with high cholesterol to eat a diet rich in the monounsaturated fats found in olive oil, and HDL rose within a month. The piece sets this against a trial in which the statin combination Vytorin modestly cut cardiovascular events in chronic kidney disease patients.
Heart & Blood
Job stress, cholesterol boost cardiovascular disease risk
Among 17,415 healthy women followed over a decade in the Women's Health Study, those reporting high job stress faced 40 percent higher risk of heart attack, stroke, bypass surgery, angioplasty or death. Job insecurity tracked with risk factors but not with events.
Environment
Ionizing radiation boosts cardiovascular disease death risk
Health Canada researchers followed 337,397 workers occupationally exposed to ionizing radiation and recorded 3,533 cardiovascular deaths between 1951 and 1995, with risk rising alongside cumulative dose. They caution that non-radiation risk factors went unadjusted.
Miscellaneous
Leading death causes in the U.S.
CDC's National Vital Statistics Reports counted 2,423,712 U.S. deaths in 2007, led by heart disease at 616,067 and cancer at 562,875. Life expectancy was 77.9 years and infant mortality 6.75 per 1,000 live births, ranking the U.S. 46th of 224 countries.
Lifestyle
Chronic cigarette smoking linked to cardiovascular disease
The FDA proposed nine new graphic cigarette warning labels for public comment. A mouse study in the American Journal of Physiology found long-term smoke exposure produced hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, oxidative stress, less available nitric oxide and mild cardiac enlargement.
Supplements
Garlic oil protects against heart disease in diabetes patients
Hsiu-Chung Ou's team fed diabetic rats garlic oil or corn oil and saw changes in the garlic group that protected against heart damage. The researchers credit garlic oil's antioxidant properties and note it holds as many as 20 potentially beneficial substances.
Miscellaneous
September 26th is World Heart Day
World Heart Day marks its tenth year with the theme 'Workplace Wellness: Take Responsibility for Your Own Heart Health.' Cardiovascular disease kills more than 17 million people a year. The post lists steps for individuals and employer measures such as free blood pressure screening.
Heart & Blood
Negativity Linked to Heart Ailments
Dutch researchers pooled 49 studies of 6,121 heart patients and found those with Type D personalities, marked by negative moods and emotional reticence, were three times as likely to have cardiovascular problems and three times as likely to suffer clinical depression or anxiety.
Sci-Tech
Researchers Study Cinnamon Extracts
Over 12 weeks, 22 obese volunteers with prediabetes took either 250 mg of a dried water-soluble cinnamon extract twice daily or a placebo. The extract improved several antioxidant measures by 13 to 23 percent, and that improvement tracked with falling fasting glucose.
Vitamins
Important Vitamin Deficiency Linked to Arterial Stiffness
In a trial of 44 black teenagers, 2,000 IU of vitamin D a day reduced central arterial stiffness and on average brought participants to sufficiency, while the 400 IU dose recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics did not.
Heart & Blood
Should McDonald's offer free statins?
Researchers led by Darrel Francis weighed the heart risk added by a daily Quarter Pounder with cheese and a small milkshake against the risk cut by statins in trials of 42,848 patients, and found most statins offset the extra fat. They suggest a free statin served alongside the meal.
Heart & Blood
Emerging Research Suggests Heart Disease Could Have a Natural Fix!
Ninety patients with multiple cardiovascular risk factors took daily oral L-arginine or placebo. Those on L-arginine showed greater large artery elasticity and lower systemic vascular resistance, along with falls in systolic blood pressure and aldosterone levels.
Disease
High cholesterol at young ages raises heart risk
Among 3,258 adults followed from ages 18 to 30 for two decades, 44 percent with average LDL above 160 mg/dL had coronary calcification 20 years later, against 9 percent of those under 70 mg/dL. The article quotes an observer questioning how strongly LDL drives the risk.
Watch-List
New Warning About Excessive “Agent Orange” Toxin in Baby Formula and Breast Milk
Dr. Mercola writes that as the EPA reviews a proposed safe exposure limit for dioxin, research indicates a nursing infant takes in 77 times that amount and adults 1,200 times. Dioxin is a byproduct of incineration, smelting, chlorine bleaching and pesticide making, and builds up in animal fat.
Disease
Heart pump gives Dick Cheney 58 % chance of 2-year survival
Dick Cheney, 69, received a left ventricular assist device for end-stage congestive heart failure. The Washington Post reports only 8 percent of such patients survive two years, while the pump raises that to 58 percent. Risks include clots, stroke, infection and kidney failure.
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