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Keeping The Heart Young
A gene, P13K, appears to play a big role in cell generation and aging in the heart. Mice who had the gene suppressed had less thickening of heart tissue and better overall function. The findings likely apply to humans as well... more
11/06/09

Whole Grains Lower BP Risk
Men who add more whole grains to their diet reduce their risk of hypertension or high blood pressure, a recent Harvard study has found. The study targeted men, but women see the same benefits... more
11/02/09

Doctor Visits: Race Matters
African American patients tend to have less informative communication with their healthcare providers than do whites. The good news is that patients can help the process by... more
09/22/09

Weight Loss Renews Heart
Your heart is more forgiving than you may think. The hearts of people who lost significant amounts of weight (45 pounds over a year) regained much of their ability to hold blood and... more
09/21/09

Come On and Get Happy!
Postmenopausal women who had a positive, as opposed to pessimistic, outlook lived 16% longer. This new finding expands on work done with men. Attitude adjustment is possible... more
08/31/09

So Easy, A Child Can Do It
Children as young as 9 years old can learn and apply CPR effectively, raising the possibility of in−school training and a new corps of kids who can save lives... more
08/28/09

Silent Strokes Still a Risk
For those over 60, especially those with high blood pressure, the risk of having a silent or unnoticed stroke is greater than anyone expected. These strokes are likely to cause modest deficits... more
08/19/09

Protein Lowers Blood Pressure
Eating a little more vegetable protein (think whole grains, beans and tofu) reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Glutamic acid appears to be the source of the benefits...more
07/31/09

Red Yeast Rice, Natural Statin
When red yeast is grown on rice, it produces an effective, natural statin that lowered cholesterol by 31 points without side effects. But is it an unregulated drug, or is it a dietary supplement?...more
07/21/09

Telehealth Aids Heart Patients
Using the phone and Internet to provide follow-up services to patients, particularly heart patients, can greatly improve their health, reducing smoking, lowering blood pressure and...more
07/08/09

The Breakfast Of Arteries
Eating a low-glycemic index breakfast, such as high-fiber cereal, can actually improve your arteries’ ability to dilate and may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease...more
07/02/09

Exercises Ease Sleep Apnea
Tongue and throat exercises can reduce the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The exercises helped increase oxygen intake...more
06/8/09

Hidden Salt – How to Find It
What’s the first thing you should do to reduce the amount of salt in your diet? We’ll give you a hint: It does not involve putting away your saltshaker, but you do need to plan to...more
05/28/09

Walk Easy, Far, and Often
After a heart attack, longer, slower, and more frequent exercise is better for your heart than the three-times-a-week program of vigorous exercise that is so often recommended...more
05/26/09

Brief Exposure, Big Response
It doesn’t take long for air pollution or secondhand smoke to begin to affect your heart and cardiovascular system. Researchers saw risky changes after just ten minutes...more
05/12/09

Fructose Poses Risk to Heart
Sweeteners might seem a simple subject, but unfortunately, the truth is fructose has a negative effect on cholesterol and triglyceride levels, while glucose does not...more
05/08/09

Lipoic Acid & Triglycerides
A study of fat rats with high triglyceride levels has found that when they were given the coenzyme lipoic acid, their skyrocketing levels were cut in half...more
04/28/09

You Can Mend A Broken Heart?
It has long been thought that heart cells cannot regenerate. Not true, according to a study that used a novel approach more common to archeology than to medicine...more
04/24/09

3 Grams Less Can Save Lives
We’re talking about salt, of course. A computer model predicts that if Americans reduced their salt intake by just 3 to 6 grams a day, it would save up to 800,000 life-years over the next decade...more
04/16/09

Drug Ads Need To Offer More
Direct-to-consumer advertising should do more to present the benefits of drugs, as well as side effects, so consumers can make better-informed decisions with their doctors. Drug fact boxes help... more
03/11/09

Exercise, How Much is Enough?
Numbers may not lie, but they can confuse. There is a great deal of inconsistency among the various exercise guidelines out there today. What's a person to do?... more
03/09/09

Synthetic HDL, A New Weapon
HDL is the good cholesterol. Now, scientists have produced a synthetic version of high density lipoprotein that may eventually help soak up the "bad" cholesterol that clogs arteries and causes cardiovascular disease...more
02/03/09

Leg Pain? Walk the Walk
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects 1 out of 16 people over 40. It can cause leg pain, but many don’t even know they have it. The best treatment is to keep moving. ...more
01/30/09

Sleep More, Lower Your BP
The more people sleep, the better the condition of their arteries. The effect seen was equivalent to a 17-point drop in systolic blood pressure. Women especially... more
1/27/09

A Song in Your Heart
Like laughter, listening to music you like may actually help promote cardiovascular health by dilating arteries. But it has to be music you like... more
12/26/08

Metabolic Syndrome
This cluster of factors that often leads to heart disease and diabetes and stroke appears to be influenced by poor dental health, lack of calcium and... more
12/23/08

Triglycerides Rising
Our rising triglyceride levels are not a good sign. As they go up, so does the risk of stroke. Diet is the key to controlling them...more
12/11/08

My Boss Is Killing Me
A new study has found what you may have suspected if you have ever had trouble with a boss: The stress of a bad boss can put you at risk for heart disease...more
12/09/08

Young Kids, Old Arteries
Obese children have arteries that are similar to those of middle-aged adults. Researchers were surprised to see signs of atherosclerosis in children whose average age was 13...more
12/08/08

Clot-Busting Ultrasound
Using ultrasound in conjunction with clot-dissolving drugs can help prevent deep vein thrombosis and ultimately, heart attacks and strokes. Clots form because...more
12/05/08

Aspirin -- A Mixed Picture
Aspirin does not appear to prevent heart attacks, at least not in people who have never had one. And the risks remain...more
10/28/08

Surviving A Heart Attack
When it comes to cardiac arrest, it is not just what you do, but also where you live that can make a difference. Communities need to check... more
10/18/08

Statins, Not For Women ?
Cholesterol-lowering statins like Lipitor® may not work for women, according to a new study. For men, the picture is different... more
10/14/08

Killer Salt: Another Look
A high-salt diet remains a sure way to develop hypertension, the high blood pressure that increases the likelihood of heart disease and stroke. And genes won’t... more
10/02/08

Life, Death and Coffee
Coffee drinkers have a lower mortality rate, even from cardiovascular disease, according to a new long-term study medication as they should...more
9/2/08

Treatment Twofer: Depression, Hypertension Respond to Integrated Therapy
People with depression also have hypertension, and their depression can mean they do not take their blood pressure medication as they should...more
8/1/08

Optimism Pays Off for Heart Patients
Men who feel they are at low risk for heart disease are probably right - a case of positive thinking paying off perhaps? more
7/31/08

How to Increase "Good" Cholesterol
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) -- "good" cholesterol -- is associated with lower risk of heart attack or stroke...more
6/12/08

Treating Heart Risk in the Obese -- Pills Are Not Enough
Overweight people with hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol may think that the medication they take will protect them from heart disease...more
6/3/08

Aspirin and Hypertension
According to a new study, people with pre-hypertension who are treated with aspirin may experience significant reductions in blood pressure...more
5/28/08

Using Breakfast to Stabilize Blood Sugar
What you eat for breakfast can reduce the insulin rollercoaster and your risk for heart attack, stroke, type 2 diabetes and heart failure...more
5/6/08

CHD Patients: Exercising the Least and Needing It Most
People with coronary heart disease (CHD) are less likely than those without the disease to exercise regularly...more
4/1/08

Seeing It Coming
Knowing all the warning signs of heart attack and what to do about them, can greatly improve outcomes...more
3/17/08

U.S. Leads Europe in Strokes
American's are up to twice as likely to suffer a stroke as their European counterparts...more
3/13/08

Triglycerides: the New Cholesterol?
A new study of triglicerides shows they need to be monitored just like cholesterol...more
2/22/08

Eat Less Or Exercise More? A Little of Either Will Help Your Heart
Even a minor weight loss improves the elasticity of heart tissue...more
1/23/08

Calcium & Heart Attack in Older Women
Calcium helps our bones, but may raise the risk of heart problems in women over 55...more
1/18/08

Men, Women and Aspirin
An aspirin a day is a) good for you; b) bad for you; c) both of the above...more
â12/4/07

Vitamin E: Yes and No
Vitamin E is good for some, but not for all...more
9/18/07

Smoke Cigarettes and Heal Slower
Smoking actually interferes with the healing process...more
6/21/07

"Good" Fat Protein May Protect Blood Vessels
Good fat protein battles inflammation...more
6/6/07

What Do You Know About Stroke?
Clot-busting drug can help decrease long-term effects of stroke...more
5/9/07

Belly Fat and Disease
Excess belly fat contributes to increased inflammation? more
3/15/07

St. Valentine's Gift from Medicare
Medicare patients can receive screening for aneurysms...more
2/5/07

USA #1 -- in Treating Hypertension
US docs better at treating hypertension than Western European counterparts...more
1/23/07

Heart Failure: Fatter Is Better?
Higher BMI = lower death rate? more
1/9/07

All or Nothing at All
Only reducing smoking is not enough to avoid health consequences...more
11/28/06

Pregnant Smokers May "Program" Their Kids to Smoke
Smoking pregnant women = smoking kids? more
11/28/06

Folic Acid Cuts Heart Disease Risk
Using folic acid as a cheap and simple way of combatting heart disease and strokes... more
11/28/06

Does Prostate Cancer Treatment Cause Diabetes and Heart Disease?
A common treatment increases risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease... more
9/22/06

It Is the Humidity
High humidity increases risk of heart attack...more
7/18/06

The Eyes Have It
A quick way to identify potential stroke victims...more
4/19/05

Briefer Is Better
Researchers find that 10 minutes of intense exercise may be more effective...more
9/30/04

Infected Hearts
Researchers wonder whether heart attacks may result from an infection...more
3/28/02

CV Roto Rooter
Keeping clogged arteries open may not always, even with surgery, be easy...more
12/6/01

Young Blood, Old Bodies
A new study shows that exercise can slow down the aging process for our blood vessels...more
7/24/00

Low Cholesterol and Heart Problems
Low cholesterol may not necessarily mean a healthy heart...more
5/18/00



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