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Home > News > Canadian Cardiovascular Congress > 2009

Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009

Here is the latest news from the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta.

The Foundation welcomes a united Canadian hypertension organization
Heart patients running the red light on traffic restrictions
Puberty a gateway to heart disease for Canada’s teens
Smoking gun: just one cigarette has harmful effect on the arteries of young healthy adults
The True North – strong when salt free
Angina in the legs? Time to alert patients and physicians.
Canadian cardiology team clears the way for lifesaving breast cancer treatment
Genes not destiny when it comes to heart diseases
Aerobic exercise helps elasticity of arteries in seniors
South Asian Canadians failing to get exercise message
The heart attack myth: study establishes that women do have same the heart attack symptoms as men, and then some



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