_ 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→
_ Study: Walnuts May Have Lifesaving Benefits By Jane Farrell article The heart-health benefits of nuts have been known for some time, but now researchers say that walnuts slow the growth … 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→
_ How to Fight Prediabetes and Win By Jane Farrell article EditorΓÇÖs note: Diabetes is one of the most significant health problems today; according the American Diabetes Association, 9.3 percent of … Read More→
_ Vision Health How to Stop Diabetic Eye Disease By Jane Farrell article Diabetes, one of the most serious health issues today, affects more than 9 percent of the U.S. population. Although weΓÇÖre … Read More→
HRT and Your Heart: Friends At Last By blog Menopause is not for weaklings. Dealing with symptoms is at the top of the list, especially with hormones sending you […]
Pets Dogs and Our Health: The Benefits of our Furry Friends By Jane Farrell article For thousands of years, dogs have been domesticated and bred to have qualities humans deemed suitableΓÇôa literal transformation from wild … Read More→
_ Aging Well Why You're Taking Care of Yourself (or Not) As You're Aging By Jane Farrell article People over 50 who feel comfortable with aging are likelier than those who donΓÇÖt to get preventive health care services, … Read More→
_ Aging and Metabolic Syndrome: Why You May Already Have It By Jane Farrell article By Dr. Kevin J. McLaughlin Have you ever wondered why so many older men and women have high blood pressure … Read More→
Post-Menopausal? Don't Let High Blood Pressure Sneak Up on You By blog A few decades ago, we had a totally different definition of “high.” Today, as Baby Boomers, we often associate “high” […]
_ Constipation Solve the Medical Riddle: The Patient Is No Longer ΓÇ£RegularΓÇ¥, Fourth Week By article By Marie Savard MD EditorΓÇÖs note: Welcome to our ThirdAge feature that gives you a chance to play medical sleuth … Read More→
Dementia Patients Getting Iffy Meds By article More than half of nursing home residents with advanced dementia, a terminal illness marked by severe cognitive impairment and functional … Read More→
_ 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.
_ 10 Natural Ways to Control Blood Pressure By Jane Farrell article If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure (a systolic pressure ΓÇö the top number ΓÇö of 140 or above or a diastolic pressure ΓÇö the bottom number ΓÇö of 90 or above), you might be worried about taking medication to bring your numbers down. Lifestyle plays an important role in treating your high blood pressure. If you successfully control your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you may avoid, delay or reduce the need for medication. Here are 10 lifestyle changes you can make to lower your blood pressure and keep it down.
_ 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.
_ 5 Food-Drug Interactions You Want to Avoid By Sondra Forsyth article By Leah Shainhouse You have heard it again and again: Adapt to a healthy lifestyle. If you make sure to eat well, a plethora of diseases can be prevented or managed. However, there are times when you walk into your doctorΓÇÖs office, either for a routine check-up or for some sort of ache or pain and you have no choice. You walk out with another prescription, whether it is to help lower your cholesterol, control your blood pressure or fight off an infection.
_ Doctors Often Don't Talk to Patients about Aspirin By Jane Farrell article Although the health benefits of aspirin have been proven, there arenΓÇÖt many doctors recommending it to patients at risk of heart attack or stroke. Researchers from the University of Rochester based that conclusion after studying a national sample of more than 3,000 middle-aged patients, both men and women. Most of the participants said they couldnΓÇÖt recall their doctor telling them to take aspirin.
_ Medical Care Pharmacists Could Boost Drug Adherence By Sondra Forsyth article Community pharmacists can dramatically help their patients stick to their prescription regimens, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. The findings, published on August 4th 2014 in Health Affairs, suggest also that greater adherence to medications can lead to a reduction in emergency room visits and hospital admissions, thereby lowering health care costs for a variety of chronic conditions including diabetes and asthma.