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American Heart Association scientific meeting news tip A protein involved in cellular inflammation may increase the risk of plaque containing blood vessels associated with inflammatory gum disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2012 Scientific Sessions in Chicago. The protein, CD36, is found in blood cells, as well as many other cell types. Research has shown that CD36 may increase the harmful...

American Academy of Periodontology supports statement from American Heart Association; additional studies needed to determine causality CHICAGO, April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Periodontology (AAP) supports the American Heart Association's (AHA) scientific statement "Periodontal Disease and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: Does the Evidence Support an Independent Association?" recently published in Circulation. The statement concludes that...

CHICAGO, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FoodMinds, which was recently ranked by O'Dwyer's as the #5 food and beverage public relations firm in the U.S., continues to grow this year with a new Chicago office location, eight new client partnerships and an expanding roster of employees. New Client Partnerships FoodMinds secured eight new client relationships in the first quarter of 2012, expanding its portfolio at a rapid rate with leading food and ingredient companies, commodities...

DUBLIN, Ohio, April 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Choice Financial is supporting the work of the American Heart Association in Cleveland at a level that will impact many individuals and families that are battling heart disease. The company collected donations at their 433 locations totaling $135,430 by asking customers and employees to purchase a red heart to support the work of the American Heart Association. CCFI donated an additional $10,000 to the drive, bringing the total...

Chest pain patients educated about their future heart attack risk and involved in deciding care options were more likely than less-aware patients to opt out of stress testing, according to research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal. Chest pain, the second most common reason people seek emergency care at U.S. hospitals, accounts for 8 million patient visits and about $8 billion in healthcare costs annually, researchers said. "To...

If your brother or sister had a stroke, you may be at least 60 percent more likely to have one too, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics. The findings come from the first large study to examine the combined influence of age, gender and sibling history on stroke risk. The study focused on ischemic strokes, which are caused by blood vessel blockage that cuts off blood flow to part of the brain. Ischemic strokes are by...

People with a history of high cholesterol who come from higher income countries or countries with lower out-of-pocket healthcare expenses, as well as those from countries with high performing healthcare systems, defined using World Health Organization (WHO) indices, tend to have lower subsequent cholesterol rates, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. "We found that patients living in countries in the highest third of gross national income or WHO...

NEWTOWN, Pa., April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HeartSine(®) Technologies, Inc., a world leader in personal and public access defibrillators, today announced Forward Hearts, a new program to celebrate individuals who have been saved with a HeartSine Automated Electronic Defibrillator (AED). Forward Hearts allows individuals who have survived a sudden cardiac arrest event as a result of a HeartSine defibrillator to save another's life by giving a HeartSine donated samaritan® 300P...

Fitness initiative coincides with American Heart Association National Walking Day, and healthy concessions options DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Texas, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport today unveiled a new walking path inside Terminal D, designed to give traveling passengers an option to exercise while on the go. The DFW LiveWell Walking Path, measuring seven-tenths of a mile, is aligned with the tiled DFW Art Program floor...

People who have a cardiac arrest that can't be helped by a defibrillator shock are more likely to survive if given CPR based on updated guidelines that emphasize chest compressions, according to research reported in the American Heart Association journal, Circulation. "By any measure — such as the return of pulse and circulation or improved brain recovery — we found that implementing the new guidelines in these patients resulted in better outcomes from cardiac arrest," said Peter J....