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Heart attack patients with psoriasis are 26 percent more likely to die from cardiovascular disease, or suffer from recurrent heart attacks or strokes, and are 18 percent more likely to die from all causes than those without the inflammatory skin disease. Researchers studied nearly 50,000 patients who had experienced their first heart attack between 2002 and 2006, following the 462 patients with psoriasis for an average of 19.5 months and the 48,935 controls for an average of 22 months.

Panic attacks that seem to strike out-of-the-blue are not without warning after all, says psychologists. A new study found significant physiological instability one hour before patients reported feeling a panic attack. The patients wore portable recorders around-the-clock that monitored bodily functions like respiration and heart rate. The findings suggest potentially new treatments for panic, and re-examination of other "unexpected" medical problems, including seizures, strokes and manic episodes.

New research shows no risk in combining two commonly-prescribed treatments for patients at risk of heart attacks and strokes.

A major new international study has revealed that aspirin, statins, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are prescribed far too infrequently. They are cheap, preventive medicines that could prevent a huge number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes.

(University of Warwick) New research from Warwick Medical School published today in the European Heart Journal shows that prolonged sleep deprivation and disrupted sleep patterns can be linked to strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular disorders which often result in early death.

Strict heart rate control in atrial fibrillation patients is not beneficial over lenient control, according to new research. The antiplatelet drug clopidogrel, plus aspirin, might be considered to reduce the risk of major vascular events, including stroke in patients who are poor candidates for the anticoagulant drug warfarin. Catheter ablation is useful to maintain normal sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation.

(Southern Methodist University) Panic attacks that seem to strike out-of-the-blue are not without warning after all, says psychologist Alicia Meuret, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. A new study found significant physiological instability one hour before patients reported feeling a panic attack, Meuret says. The patients wore portable recorders around-the-clock that monitored bodily functions like respiration and heart rate.

New research shows that prolonged sleep deprivation and disrupted sleep patterns can be linked to strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular disorders which often result in early death.

(European Society of Cardiology) Mortality rate following a heart attack has fallen by more than 50 percent in Europe over the past 25 years. However, because only minor advances in the medical treatment of AMI are expected over the next decade, it is through organizational changes in the pre-hospital phase that mortality rate will continue this decline to below 5 percent.