Patients with a heart attack in general have had experience worry about sex because they do not want to return to the hospital. In fact, the risk of myocardial infarction during sex is actually very small.

“The heart attack should not hinder a person to enjoy sex. Furthermore, the risk of heart attack is again, if the sex is a very small,” said Dr. Edward Havranek, Denver Health Medical Center kardiologis.

He added that the amount of physical activity, a person may be issued where sex is actually smaller than expected. “Much smaller than the snow,” he said.

Experts from the Mayo Clinic says, pressure on the heart during intercourse can be said almost the same as walking fast or climbing stairs. Therefore, the sexual activity as any activity carried out, be careful not to fear but.

The topic of sexual relations pascaserangan this heart to one of the topics at a meeting of heart experts discussed American Heart Association.

The doctors say to have sex after the patient feel safe and secure can be a little movement or position, two steps can go high. When pain arises in the breast, it is a sign you should stop and consult your doctor.

In a study of 1184 men and 576 women aged 60 years and never had a heart attack in the eye, a heart pascaserangan year, said two-thirds of male respondents and 40 percent of those surveyed women remain sexually active.

The men are generally more sexually active and trying to keep his sex life after a heart attack. However, most patients say they can dare to have sex when the doctors said they safe for the heart.

Young adults with hyperthyroidism face a 44 percent risk of stroke compared with those with normal thyroid function, according to a study published in Stroke, Journal of the American Heart Association.

“Strokes of undetermined cause accounts for between one third and one-quarter of all ischemic strokes among young people,” said Ching-Herng Lin, Ph.D., lead study author and professor at the School of care management Health, Faculty of Medicine Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan. “To the best of our knowledge, hyperthyroidism has not been considered a risk factor for stroke in the group 18 to 44 years.”

Hyperthyroidism, also known as overactive thyroid is a common endocrine disorder that affects approximately 0.5 percent (1 in 200 people) to 2 percent (1 to 50) of the world’s population, including a large group of young adults, said Lin. This condition causes an overproduction of thyroid hormone, which speeds up the metabolism and causes symptoms such as sweating, weight loss, diarrhea and nervousness.

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Nerve growth factor (NGF) has improved the functioning of the heart muscle damaged by a new study in mice – a discovery that could provide a new treatment for humans, researchers report in the journal Circulation Research, a journal of the American Heart Association .

NGF is a small protein important for the survival of certain nerve cells. However, recent studies indicate that NGF is important for a variety of body processes nerves beyond help.

The study is the first to explore the role of NGF in the heart of the cell in health and healing rather than its influence on cardiac nerves.

“It’s the last survey indicated that factors affecting growth over the body part for which you are appointed,” said Costanza Emanueli, PhD, lead study author, a reader (associate professor) University of Bristol in England and a member British Heart Foundation Senior Research. “The most significant finding was that NGF gene therapy improved survival suffered a heart attack.”

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