Read more heart disease stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1742/heart-disease.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:16:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74686/go-ahead-scream-at-your-boss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe next time your boss makes you want to scream, go ahead and do it—sort of. A Swedish study shows that people who suffer in silence at work have twice the risk of a heart attack or heart disease compared to those who vent their anger. So-called "covert copers"...http://www.newser.com/story/74686/go-ahead-scream-at-your-boss.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:14:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74401/alcohol-good-for-mens-hearts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDrink up boys, it’s good for you—or for your heart at least, says a new study. Drinking cut heart disease risk by 35% to 50% in the survey conducted in Spain. It followed 15,500 men and 26,000 women, and found that daily heavy drinking did wonders for...http://www.newser.com/story/74401/alcohol-good-for-mens-hearts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 10:59:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74317/transcendental-meditation-slashes-heart-attack-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTranscendental Meditation's tangible—and significant—health benefits have been confirmed by another pair of heart-disease-related studies. In one, a nine-year look at black Americans with heart disease, those who practiced TM had a 50% lower risk of heart attack, stroke, and death compared to a control group using traditional preventative...http://www.newser.com/story/74317/transcendental-meditation-slashes-heart-attack-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 13:17:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74258/heart-disease-pharaohs-had-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a finding that pokes holes in the thinking that our modern fast-food lifestyle is behind heart disease, scientists have discovered that Egypt’s mummies, too, had hardened arteries. “Atherosclerosis is not just a disease of modern times,” one researcher tells WebMD . “It’s part of the human condition.” CT scans found...http://www.newser.com/story/74258/heart-disease-pharaohs-had-it-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 19:20:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74097/men-at-40-face-1-in-8-chance-of-cardiac-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 40-year-old American male has a one-in-eight chance of sudden cardiac death in his lifetime, according to a new study that's stunned even cardiologists, one of whom calls it "fairly astonishing data." The study shows women's odds much lower at one in 24, and black men's risk even higher than...http://www.newser.com/story/74097/men-at-40-face-1-in-8-chance-of-cardiac-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 6:58:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70501/popular-kids-become-healthier-adults.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChildren with few friends at school are much more likely to suffer poor health as adults, according to a new study. Swedish researchers asked 6th graders in 1966 which children they preferred to work with at school, then matched that data with hospital admissions between 1973 and 2003. They found...http://www.newser.com/story/70501/popular-kids-become-healthier-adults.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 2:15:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69971/chili-peppers-could-help-heart-attack-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCapsaicin, the chemical that makes chili peppers so spicy, could turn out to be the newest—and oddest—heart drug, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scientists applied the chemical to the abdominal skin of mice then induced heart attacks; their hearts suffered 85% less cell damage than the mice treated...http://www.newser.com/story/69971/chili-peppers-could-help-heart-attack-victims.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 9:22:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68639/thick-thighs-decrease-heart-disease-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTake off the skinny jeans and beef up those thighs, or you could be bound for an early grave. People whose thighs had a circumference less than 23.6 inches were more likely to suffer from heart disease and premature death than those with more svelte gams, according to a...http://www.newser.com/story/68639/thick-thighs-decrease-heart-disease-risk.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 11:17:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68240/aspirin-harmful-for-healthy-people-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHealthy people shouldn’t be taking aspirin, according to a new study. The drug doesn’t actually reduce the risk of heart attack, as many of the “worried well” have long believed, British scientists told a medical conference, but it does nearly double the risk they’ll be hospitalized with internal bleeding. Those...http://www.newser.com/story/68240/aspirin-harmful-for-healthy-people-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 31 Aug 2009 12:34:00 CDT