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Tip Highlights: Community-based remote monitoring program helps lower blood pressure in North Carolina Statins reduced cardiovascular events; didn't increase diabetes in people at low...

Study Highlights: Stem cells from the patient or a donor can be safely injected into diseased hearts. Scarring from past heart attacks was reduced by about 30 percent on average, and some...

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As of 11:10 a.m. PT/2:10 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, the American Heart Association lifted the embargo on the news release for one late breaking...

Study Highlights: A drug that raises high-density lipoprotein (HDL – "good") cholesterol levels didn't help reduce the risk for another heart event or stroke in patients who had recently...

Study Highlights: People with heart disease are much more likely to take preventive medications if they're combined in a single pill known as a "polypill." When patients took medicines...

Study Highlights: Taking a multivitamin daily didn't prevent heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death among men 50 and older. The multivitamin didn't cause harm. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5,...

Study Highlights: Recreational cocaine users may have higher blood pressure, stiffer arteries and thicker heart muscle walls than non-users — all of which can cause a heart...

Study Highlights: Short-term fish oil supplementation didn't prevent irregular heart rhythm after heart surgery. However, supplementation didn't cause any health-related drawbacks...

This news release is featured in a news conference at 8 a.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 5. Study Highlights: For the first time, researchers have genetically engineered tomato plants to produce a...

This news release is featured in a news conference at 8 a.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. Study Highlights: A new probiotic lowered LDL "bad" cholesterol and total cholesterol in patients...