Heart Disease Signs

• Here’s why even ‘mild’ heart defects may affect kids’ school performance

  Children born with heart defects, even minor ones, perform worse than other kids on third-grade reading and math tests, a new study finds.

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  Feb 24, 2017
  
• Social medicine: How doctors are working family, friends into patients’ recovery

  Doctors run blood tests and hand you prescriptions for medicine. But what if they gave your family and friends homework to help you stay healthy, too?

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  Jan 2, 2017
  
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• Folic acid linked to drop in heart defects

  Research suggests the B vitamin also appears to lower the risk of some potentially fatal congenital heart defects in children.

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  Aug 30, 2016
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• Gum disease is linked to heart disease, Dutch study suggests

  A report from The Netherlands adds to the evidence tying chronic gum disease to heart disease and stroke.

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  Aug 25, 2016
• How menopause affects heart disease, diabetes and stroke risk in women

  New research suggests the years leading up to menopause is when women are most at risk for developing heart disease, diabetes and stroke.

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  Aug 4, 2016