_ Atrial Fibrillation Heart Health Atrial Fibrillation: Men Develop It Earlier and Weight Is A Factor By Jane Farrell article Men develop a type of irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, about a decade earlier than women on average, and … Read More→
_ Cardiac Rehabilitation Heart Health Tai Chi: An Alternative for Patients After Heart Attack By Jane Farrell article An update from the American Heart Association on an alternative exercise for people who might not like physical activity: The … Read More→
_ Heart Attack Heart Health Stopping Aspirin Therapy Can Be Dangerous: Study By Jane Farrell article EditorΓÇÖs Note: Here, from the American Heart Association, an update on aspirin therapy and why it may be risky to … Read More→
_ Heart Health Eat Up: Skipping Breakfast Can Cause Hardening of The Arteries By Jane Farrell article Skipping breakfast is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis, or the hardening and narrowing of arteries due to a … Read More→
_ Heart Health Meditation Might Be Useful Addition to Heart-Healthy Lifestyle and Medical Treatment By Jane Farrell article Meditation has the potential to reduce some risk factors for heart disease, but the gold standard for lowering risk remains … Read More→
_ Heart Health Adults without Partners Monitor Blood Pressure Less Frequently By Jane Farrell article Having a lower education level and no partner is associated with a lower frequency of home blood pressure monitoring, according … Read More→
_ Heart Health Widely Used Heart-Attack Test Said to Be Ineffective By Jane Farrell article New research indicates that a widely ordered blood test has no efficacy in evaluating patients with suspected heart attack. The … Read More→
_ Heart Health Stress, Your Brain - and The Risk of Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article The brain may have a distinctive activity pattern during stressful events that predicts bodily reactions, such as rises in blood … Read More→
_ High blood pressure / hypertension Intensive Blood Pressure Control for Long-Term Health and Quality of Life By Sondra Forsyth article [EditorΓÇÖs note: An August 9th 2017 release from Trinity College Dublin urged caution regarding aggressively lowering blood pressure in older … Read More→
_ High blood pressure / hypertension A Neglected Factor in Female Hypertension? By Jane Farrell article Doctors treating women with high blood pressure should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels … Read More→
_ Stroke Fewer than Half Of Stroke Patients Are Prescribed Recommended Cholesterol-Lowering Medication By Jane Farrell article Nationwide, fewer than half of stroke patients discharged from the hospital received a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medications called statins, and … Read More→
_ Heart Health Long Working Hours Increase the Risk of Developing Atrial Fibrillation By Sondra Forsyth article People who work long hours have an increased risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (AFib), … Read More→
_ Heart Health Miniature Human Heart Created from Rat Heart By Jane Farrell article Creating a miniature human heart from an animal model sounds like futuristic science fiction, but itΓÇÖs already been done. According … Read More→
_ Heart Health Hospitalizations for Heart Failure Are on the Decline, but Rates Remain Higher for Blacks Than Whites and for Men Than Women By Sondra Forsyth article The number of people hospitalized for heart failure in the United States declined about 30 percent between 2002 and 2013, … Read More→
_ Heart Health Update: Heart Disease and Women By Jane Farrell article Here, an update from the American Heart Association (AHA), an update on the progress made against heart disease in women, … Read More→
_ Stroke Equine and Music Therapy May Help Stroke Survivors By Jane Farrell article Horseback riding and rhythm-and-music therapies may improve stroke survivorsΓÇÖ perception of recovery, gait, balance, grip strength and cognition even years … Read More→
_ Heart Health Study: CT Angiography May Be Better at Predicting Future Cardiac Episodes By Jane Farrell article According to new research, CT angiography better predicted the risk of future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance … Read More→
_ Heart Health Some Heart Medications May Increase Risk of Falls By Jane Farrell article Older adults who take non-selective beta-blockers, a class of cardiovascular medication, may be at higher risk of falling compared with … Read More→