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DALLAS, Aug. 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Study highlights: More than 90 percent of heart attack patients who require an emergency artery-opening procedure known as angioplasty, are treated...

GENEVA, Aug. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- International progress on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic respiratory disease, is at grave risk,...

DALLAS, Aug. 15, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Study Highlights: Limiting the use of drug-eluting stents did not increase the risk of death or heart attack, and only slightly raised the need for...

Study Highlights: Depression is associated with a moderately increased risk of stroke. Depressed women taking anti-depressant drugs — particularly selective serotonin reuptake...

Study Highlights: People with multiple siblings who had potentially life-threatening leg blood clots are 50 times more likely to get the same condition compared to people with healthy...

Study Highlights: Researchers used light to control the electrical activity of heart muscle cells The research raises the possibility of light-controlled pacemakers to treat heart rhythm...

Study Highlights: Researchers found differences in artery plaque in people who had stroke and people who didn't. These differences — found in the genetic profile of each plaque...

Study Highlights: More neurology residents feel comfortable using the clot-busting drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) for acute ischemic stroke than ever. Lack of physician experience...

Study Highlights: Researchers found that 2 ½ hours of moderate-intensity physical activity per week can lower the overall risk of heart disease by 14 percent. This is the first review...

Study Highlights: Suffering a Trauma to the Brain May Increase the Risk of Stroke Tenfold Within Three Months This is the First Study to Show a Direct Correlation Between Traumatic Brain...