NEWS / HEART

Women and Heart Disease: Playing the Long Game

A simple blood test can predict a heart attack or stroke in women long before it happens, paving the way for early treatment. >

High Blood Pressure Raises Your Risk of Alzheimer's

Keeping your BP low or under control is one of the best things you can do to reduce your risk of developing Alzheimer's and other dementias. >

A New Warning on Chocolate

The flavonoids in chocolate are good for you, but cocoa also delivers something not-so-healthy -- heavy metals like mercury and cadmium. >

Not Everything is Better with Bacon

Cutting back on our consumption of processed and unprocessed meat could cut rates of diabetes, colon cancer and heart disease. >

Climate Change Can Be Heartbreaking -- Literally

Rising temperatures and extreme weather events don't just hurt the environment. They are reversing progress in treating heart disease. >

Lowering Blood Pressure for Mom and Baby

Hypertension during pregnancy is more common as BP guidelines are reduced and maternal age rises. Why are treatment rates still the same? >

Changes in Heart Risk Calculations Could Cut Statin Use

Refinements in the way heart risks are calculated could mean the number of people for whom statins are indicated is reduced by almost half. >

The Kind of Help Heart Patients Need

One of the best things heart patients can do for themselves is to eat a heart-healthy diet. Yet few are given nutritional counseling. >

Fish Oil Supplements Pose Risks for Some

If you don't have heart problems, avoid taking these supplements. Fish oil can actually raise your risk of A-fib, heart failure and stroke. >

The Ultra-Processed Way to an Early Death

Ultra-processed foods are addicting. They also offer little nutrition. Eating them regularly raises your risk of cancer and heart disease. >

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