_ High blood pressure / hypertensionNew Blood Pressure Guidelines Could Save Lives and Money By articleAdhering to new hypertension guidelines could prevent thousands of heart attacks and deaths each year – without increasing health care … Read More→
Heart Health6 Heart-Healthy Habits for February, American Heart Month By articleDespite decades of medical research and public campaigns to ease the problem, heart disease is the No. 1 killer in … Read More→
_ Diabetes Heart HealthSurprise! Cutting “Bad” Carbs Doesn’t Reduce Risk of Diabetes & Heart Disease By thirdAGE articleResearch 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 HealthHerbs, Spices and Heart Disease By thirdAGE articleSpices and herbs may do more than add a flavorful touch to food – researchers say it’s possible that they … Read More→
_ Heart HealthA New Understanding of Cardiovascular Disease Risk By thirdAGE articleResearchers 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 / hypertensionCalcium Channel Blockers Don’t Up Breast Cancer Risk By thirdAGE articleWomen 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 / hypertension4 Amazing Foods That Lower High Blood Pressure Naturally By thirdAGE article Blood pressure, sometimes referred to as arterial blood pressure or hypertension, is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon … Read More→
_ Heart Health StrokeLife after Heart Attack and Stroke By thirdAGE articleIncreasing numbers of people are surviving heart attacks and stroke, but they may suffer a sharper, decline in physical abilities … Read More→
_ Heart HealthA Genetic Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Heart Disease By thirdAGE articleResearchers have discovered possible genetic links between type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The two conditions have long been known … Read More→
_ Heart Health Senior HealthValve Replacement Is Often Low Risk for Older Patients By thirdAGE articlePatients who are 90 years or older and have a narrowed heart valve can safely be given a valve replacement, … Read More→
_ Heart HealthNew Hope for Healing the Heart By Jane Farrell articleResearchers 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 HealthFall Fruit and Vegetable Guide By Jane Farrell articleWith fall come brisk days, turning leaves – and a bounty of tempting, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here, the experts … Read More→
_ Heart HealthA New Tool to Detect Atrial Fibrillation By Jane Farrell articleThanks 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 HealthDrinking Tea Reduces Non-CV Mortality By Sondra Forsyth articleDrinking 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 HealthWine Doesn’t Protect Couch Potatoes from CVD By Sondra Forsyth articleEvidence 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 HealthMobile App for Emergency Cardiac Care By Sondra Forsyth articleWhen 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.
_ CPRYouTube CPR Videos Not Reliable By Sondra Forsyth articleIf 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 HealthNew Statin Guidelines an Improvement By Sondra Forsyth articleNew 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.