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Heart disease is one of the biggest killers of women on Merseyside, yet many do not consider it as big a problem as cancer, health experts say.



A BBC-commissioned study found the life expectancy for women in Liverpool and Halton was 79.2 - a decade less than in Chelsea where they live the longest.



Dr Ewan Wilkinson said surveys show many women wrongly believe heart disease "is a man's illness".



The Experian research looks at age-related issues across… Continue

A diagnostic tool to detect heart attacks using a person’s saliva is now being tested at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center through a collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and researchers at Rice University’s BioScience Research Collaborative.



John T. McDevitt, professor of chemistry and bioengineering at Rice University, and his team of researchers have developed a microchip sensor called the Nano-Bio-Chip that processes saliva and yields on-the-spot results. McDevitt… Continue

Adding to recent controversy about CT heart scans, a new report says doctors shouldn't be doing so-called repeat calcium scans on a routine basis.



Such scans reveal buildup of calcium in the heart's arteries, which has been tied to heart disease, and they are becoming increasingly popular as screening tools in apparently healthy people. (See Reuters Health story of October 25.)



Repeating scans over time in the same person, researchers have argued, would give doctors an… Continue

Everywhere you turn, you are admonished to pay attention to your cholesterol (and to a lesser extent, your triglyceride) levels. Cholesterol and triglycerides are two forms of lipid, or fat, that circulate in your bloodstream. They are both necessary for life itself. Cholesterol is necessary for building and maintaining key parts of your cells (such as your cell membranes), and for making several essential hormones. Triglycerides, which are chains of high-energy fatty acids, provide much of the… Continue