_ High blood pressure / hypertension New Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Save Lives and Money By article Adhering to new hypertension guidelines could prevent thousands of heart attacks and deaths each year ΓÇô without increasing health care … Read More→
Heart Health 6 Heart-Healthy Habits for February, American Heart MonthΓÇ¿ By article Despite decades of medical research and public campaigns to ease the problem, heart disease is the No. 1 killer in … Read More→
_ Diabetes Heart Health Surprise! Cutting ΓÇ£BadΓÇ¥ Carbs DoesnΓÇÖt Reduce Risk of Diabetes & Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Research led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore resulted in unexpected findings about … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Heart Health Herbs, Spices and Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Spices and herbs may do more than add a flavorful touch to food ΓÇô researchers say itΓÇÖs possible that they … Read More→
_ Heart Health A New Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease Risk By Jane Farrell article Researchers appear to have found an improved way of diagnosing cardiovascular disease risk. An investigation at the University of Texas … Read More→
Breast cancer High blood pressure / hypertension Calcium Channel Blockers DonΓÇÖt Up Breast Cancer Risk By Jane Farrell article Women who take calcium channel blockers, a common type of medication to control high blood pressure, are not at increased … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition High blood pressure / hypertension 4 Amazing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure Naturally By Jane Farrell article Blood pressure, sometimes referred to as arterial blood pressure or hypertension, is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon … Read More→
_ Heart Health Stroke Life after Heart Attack and Stroke By Jane Farrell article Increasing numbers of people are surviving heart attacks and stroke, but they may suffer a sharper, decline in physical abilities … Read More→
_ Heart Health A Genetic Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Researchers have discovered possible genetic links between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The two conditions have long been known … Read More→
_ Heart Health Senior Health Valve Replacement Is Often Low Risk for Older Patients By Jane Farrell article Patients who are 90 years or older and have a narrowed heart valve can safely be given a valve replacement, … Read More→
_ Heart Health New Hope for Healing the Heart By Jane Farrell article Researchers from UCLA have discovered that cells that form scars in the heart can change into the kind of cells … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Heart Health Fall Fruit and Vegetable Guide By Jane Farrell article With fall come brisk days, turning leaves ΓÇô and a bounty of tempting, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here, the experts … Read More→
_ Heart Health A New Tool to Detect Atrial Fibrillation By Jane Farrell article Thanks to a new technology, a web camera can distinguish whether someone is suffering atrial fibrillation, a potentially serious heart condition. A project by researchers from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, showed that subtle changes in skin color can be used to detect the kind of uneven blood flow caused by atrial fibrillation. The technology was developed in a partnership between the university and Xerox. The findings were published in the journal Heart Rhythm.
_ Heart Health Drinking Tea Reduces Non-CV Mortality By Sondra Forsyth article Drinking tea reduces non-cardiovascular mortality by 24% according to a study of 131,000 people presented at European Society for Cardiology Congress in Barcelna on August 31st 2014 by Professor Nicolas Danchin from France.
_ Heart Health Wine DoesnΓÇÖt Protect Couch Potatoes from CVD By Sondra Forsyth article Evidence suggesting that mild to moderate consumption of wine protects against cardiovascular disease has been accumulating since the early 1990s. Now, however, researchers have shown that wine only protects against cardiovascular disease (CVD) in people who exercise. That was the finding of the In Vino Veritas (IVV) study presented at the European Society for Cardiology Congress in Barcelona on August 31st 2014 by Professor Milos Taborsky from the Czech Republic.
_ Heart Health Mobile App for Emergency Cardiac Care By Sondra Forsyth article When dealing with acute cardiovascular diseases, instant access to the best recommendations can save lives. This fact led the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) of the European Society for Cardiology (ESC) to develop a user friendly interactive application that lets healthcare professionals have immediate access to diagnostics pathways on their mobile devices.
_ CPR YouTube CPR Videos Not Reliable By Sondra Forsyth article If you want to learn CPR, better not trust a YouTube video to be your teacher. According to Turkish researchers, only a handful of CPR and basic life support (BLS) videos available on YouTube provide instructions that are consistent with recent health guidelines. The study was published in August 2014 in Emergency Medicine Australasia, the journal for the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM).
_ Heart Health New Statin Guidelines an Improvement By Sondra Forsyth article New national guidelines can improve the way statin drugs are prescribed to patients at risk for cardiovascular disease, a Yale University study has found. The research, published August 25th 2014 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, also showed the new guidelines produce only a modest increase in the number of patients being given the drugs.