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5 Steps to a Healthy Heart

Posted March 8, 2010 12:38 PM

Heart disease -- or cardiovascular disease -- affects one third of adults. That's 80 million Americans, according to The Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Heart disease also kills more people than any other disease, including cancer. The CDC estimates that every 37 seconds, someone dies from heart disease. So what can you do to improve your heart health? Following these five steps can help you Read more...
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When Does Aspirin Prevent Heart Attacks?

Posted March 8, 2010 12:25 PM

Have you been told to take low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks? You may want to reconsider, assuming you don't show any symptoms. A new study finds that aspirin doesn't prevent heart attacks or strokes in people who have a high risk of heart disease yet show no symptoms. Half of the 3,350 people in the study were given low-dose aspirin after a screening test showed they had a Read more...
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Heart Attack Risk Cut By More Than Half

Posted February 18, 2010 2:31 PM

An inexpensive combination of a cholesterol-lowering drug and one to reduce blood pressure can reduce the incidence of heart attacks and strokes by as much as 60 percent, but prompting patients to begin the regimen and then to stay on it is an extremely difficult task, researchers say. Giving the drugs to nearly 70,000 people with cardiovascular disease or diabetes prevented an estimated Read more...

See also: blood pressure, boomers, cholesterol, heart attack, heart health, heart risk, medications, midlife, prescriptions

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25 Benefits to Drinking Green Tea

Posted February 17, 2010 9:58 PM

SRI LANKA -- Green tea has increasingly become a very popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits. It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health. And if you're not drinking three to four cups of green tea today, you're definitely not doing your health a big favor. Here are the 25 reasons why you should start drinking green tea right now: 1. Read more...

See also: aging, arthritis, bones, Cancer, green tea, health benefits, heart health, obesity, skin

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The Heart-Smart Diabetes Kitchen Cookbook

Posted February 17, 2010 11:26 AM

Diabetics know the perils of excess sugar and carbohydrates in their diet, but they also need to focus on eating heart healthy. "Diabetics tend to be at two to three times the risk for heart disease," said Esther Schuster, a dietitian/diabetes educator and spokesperson for CanolaInfo. The higher blood-sugar levels damage the coronary arteries, making them more prone to Read more...

See also: diabetes, diabetic cookbook, diabetic recipes, heart health, low-carb, recipes, sugar

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Migraine May Signal Heart Disease

Posted February 11, 2010 4:50 AM

If you have migraines, the stomach-turning pain of a blinding headache might not be all you have to worry about. According to a study published in the February 10, 2010, online issue of Neurology, migraine sufferers were about twice as likely to have heart attacks as those who are migraine-free. They also face increased risk for stroke and were more likely to have key risk factors for Read more...
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Dress to Impress ... With a Message From Your Heart

Posted February 3, 2010 5:12 AM

Red alert: It's time to wear your heart on your sleeve, or your skirt, your pants, your dress, your tee-shirt, your lapel... Today, Friday, February 5th, marks the 8th annual National Wear Red Day®. It's all part of The Heart Truth®, a national awareness campaign designed to alert women about their risk of heart disease and motivate them to take action. Beyond symbolizing the heart, red is a Read more...
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Surviving a Heart Attack, One Woman's Story

Posted February 3, 2010 4:17 AM

It never dawned on Rolanda Perkins that she could be at risk for a heart attack. No one in her family had a history of heart disease. She was even exercising regularly for almost a year before it hit. "I was planning my sister's 40th birthday party, and I started feeling tightness in my chest. Nothing eased the pain," she says. Figuring it was indigestion, she went to bed one Read more...
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13 Tips to Reduce Your Salt Intake

Posted February 1, 2010 10:17 PM

While some dietary sodium comes from the salt you sprinkle on food, about three-quarters comes from processed food, including breads and cereals, dairy products and processed meats. Here are some shopping and cooking tips to help you get control of your sodium intake: Tips on How to Shop for Lower Salt Foods Buy fresh, plain frozen, or canned "with no salt added" Read more...
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A Little Less Salt Goes A Long Way Toward Better Health

Posted February 1, 2010 10:10 PM

Here's a small change that can have a big impact on your heart health and our nation's fiscal health. Reduce your salt intake. Using a computer model, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, led by Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, estimated that if we all cut down our salt intake by 3 grams per day (about 1/2 a teaspoon) we'd cut the number of new cases of coronary heart Read more...
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FDA Approves Novel Heart Valve

Posted February 1, 2010 12:27 PM

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials say they have approved a first-of-a-kind heart valve from Medtronic that can be implanted without open heart surgery. The Food and Drug Administration cleared the company's Melody Pulmonary Valve for adults and children with a heart defect that disrupts blood flow between the heart's right chambers and lungs. Patients currently receive replacement Read more...

See also: heart implant, heart valve, replacement valves

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FDA Adds Heart Attack Warning to Diet Pill

Posted February 1, 2010 12:01 PM

WASHINGTON -- Federal health regulators added new warnings to weight loss pill Meridia about the increased risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history of heart problems. The Food and Drug Administration's labeling announcement came on the same day the European Medicines Agency advised doctors and pharmacists to stop using the drug. The agency said "the risks of these Read more...

See also: diet pill, FDA, heart attack, heart health, meridia, stroke, warning

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Finding Clues to Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Posted February 1, 2010 10:46 AM

Wooziness hit Greg Wooldridge just as he and his wife were about to drive home from shopping. Seconds later, the 61-year-old Portland, Ore., man slumped forward in the passenger seat, his heartbeat lapsed into an ineffective chaos. His wife, Anita, pounded the car horn to summon help from store employees, who called 9-1-1. She then pulled her 6-foot-3, 200-pound husband out of the car to Read more...

See also: cardiac arrest, heart attack, sudden

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Cool Odds of Cardiac Survival

Posted January 25, 2010 12:41 PM

JACKSON, Miss. -- Getting the heart pumping after a cardiac arrest doesn't necessarily mean a person will survive. The rush of blood reflowing into the oxygen-deprived brain of a resuscitated patient can often cause damage. As a result, a person may be unresponsive and never wake up. But hospitals across the nation have instituted induced or therapeutic hypothermia programs to Read more...

See also: body temperature, brain, cardiac arrest, hypothermia, survival

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7 Essentials for Heart Health

Posted January 25, 2010 11:53 AM

DALLAS -- Here are the seven secrets to a long life: Stay away from cigarettes. Keep a slender physique. Get some exercise. Eat a healthy diet and keep your cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar in check. Research shows that most 50-year-olds who do that can live another 40 years free of stroke and heart disease, two of the most common killers, says Dr. Clyde Yancy, president of the Read more...

See also: boomers, cholesterol, diet, Exercise, heart health, middle age, midlife, smoking

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Heart Failure Missing Link Discovered?

Posted January 25, 2010 11:46 AM

British scientists say diseased hearts have DNA "marks" not found on healthy hearts. Lead author Dr. Roger Foo of the University of Cambridge in England said the marks -- known as DNA methylation -- are crucial in normal development allowing different cells to become different tissues despite having the same genes. The cells continue to occur throughout life in response to Read more...

See also: dna, genes, heart failure

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TV Addicts Warned of Link to Heart Disease

Posted January 18, 2010 12:14 PM

Every hour spent watching TV each day increases the risk of dying from heart disease, say scientists. Couch potatoes were warned that their lifestyle also increased the risk of death from other causes including cancer. Individuals who spent hours watching television greatly heightened the chances of dying early from heart attacks and strokes, they found. Compared with those watching Read more...

See also: couch potato, heart attack, heart health, tv addict, watching tv

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Long Live Big-Butt Women!

Posted January 18, 2010 11:33 AM

Those curves are making cardiologists smile. A new study out of Oxford University in England found women with "pear-shaped" figures -- ample extra padding around the hips, buttocks and thighs -- are actually at a lower risk for heart and metabolic diseases. "It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers," said Oxford's Dr. Konstantinos Manolopoulos, explaining Read more...

See also: belly fat, big butt, fat, heart health, hips and thighs, metabolic diseases, weight

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Thyroid Can Create Heart Problems

Posted January 18, 2010 10:41 AM

Most people have normal thyroid function, but for those who don't, cholesterol levels may be elevated, causing atherosclerosis, a form of heart disease. January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The thyroid, a butterfly-shaped gland that wraps around the neck's windpipe, produces hormones that are essential to stimulating metabolism, growth and the body's ability to process calories. An Read more...

See also: atherosclerosis, cholesterol, heart health, heart problems, hyperthyroidism, overactive thyroid, thyroid

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Regular Sex can Decrease Heart Disease Risks in Men

Posted January 11, 2010 11:48 AM

Men who have sex at least twice a week can almost halve their risk of heart disease, say doctors. A study says blokes who enjoy regular sex are up to 45 percent less likely to develop life-threatening heart conditions than men who have sex once a month or less. The U.S. researchers behind the findings say doctors should ask men about their sex lives when trying to work out if they are at risk Read more...

See also: frequency of sex, heart attack risk, heart health, sex, sexually active

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