A miracle pill based on a chemical found in tomato skin could cut the risk of strokes, and slow down the progression of cancer, according to the findings of a study undertaken by scientists of Cambridge University. The ‘tomato pill’ called Ateronon, contains a chemical known as lycopene, which had previously helped in unclogging blocked arteries by breaking down fatty deposits in the arteries. The Cambridge University study authors also found…

Heart patients can have their stem cells extracted, grown in lab and injected back safely into the heart suggests a study conducted at the University of Louisville and Brigham & Women’s Hospital. The study published in the medical journal, The Lancet shows that the treatment, called the Stem Cell Infusion in Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (SCIPIO) trial, did not lead to any negative effects in the year after treatment.

Researchers from the University of Dundee have developed a combination of blood tests, which will help detect even low-level damages to the heart. Lead researcher Professor Allan Struthers, head of cardiovascular and diabetes medicine at the university, and his team are hopeful that the blood test will identify the heart disease at early stage, preventing events like a heart attack or sudden cardiac death.

Job stress increases the risk of heart diseases and deaths from coronary diseases said UK researchers after analysing 13 existing European studies. A demanding job over which you have no control can prove a deadly combination said the report published in the Lancet medical journal.

Spouses of heart attack victims are at an increased risk of depression and anxiety, even if their partner survives, said researchers from Duke University Medical Centre. The research was conducted using Danish registries, including the National Civil Status Registry that included over 16,000 spouses of people who died from a sudden heart attack and over 44,000 spouses of patients who survived a sudden heart attack between the years 1997 and…

People with high levels of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) in their urine are more likely to have narrow coronary arteries, a new study published in PLos One reveals. BPA, a chemical which has been used for over 40 years in food packaging and metal can liners, is likely to narrow coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart.

In one of the largest heart disease studies ever, published in journal PLoS Medicine, the University of Cambridge scientists have found that a low-fat diet, if not replaced with omega 6 rich diet, may not be a prevention for heart diseases. The research studied diets of 25,000 Britons aged between 40 and 79 and found that people, who consume foods that contain omega 6, the fatty acid found in vegetable…

An international team of researchers found that eating eggs in breakfast can increase the risk of heart disease. The research, published in the British Medical Journal, studied the health of more than 43,000 middle-aged Swedish women who were over 15 years. It was found those who stuck to Atkins-style diets, low in carbohydrates and high in protein (‘LCHP’), were at a 28 per cent higher risk of having a cardiovascular…

Nuffield Health survey found that 57% of women in the UK had a waist larger than the healthy size and are therefore in the “high health risk” category as research suggests that fat around the waist can engender diseases like breast cancer, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Researchers found that more than half of British women had a body mass index (BMI) exceeding the healthy 18-25 range. Half of…

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health suggest eating red meat everyday increases the risk of premature death from heart disease, diabetes and cancer. A study spearheaded by Dr An Pan from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard finds link between high consumption of red meat and increased mortality rate. Researchers after observing the diets of 121,000 people for up to 28 years found the deaths of 23,926 participants…