_ 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→
_ Obese but Healthy? Not Really By Jane Farrell article Extra weight can raise the risk of heart attack by more than 25 percent, researchers have found, even if a … 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→
_ Medical Care DonΓÇÖt Skip These Important Health Tests By Sondra Forsyth article With the healthcare system is crisis, tons of red tape, and fewer doctors accepting insurance, managing oneΓÇÖs health has become … Read More→
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_ From Gardening to the Gym, "Social Prescribing" Improves Health By Jane Farrell article People who suffer from chronic conditions are likelier to engage in healthy activities if they have outside support to help … Read More→
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_ Sex and Chronic Health Problems By Jane Farrell article People living with a chronic health condition often wonder if they can or should be having sex. Whatever your issue, … Read More→
_ Healthy Diet & Nutrition Deadlines, Doughnuts, and Desk Work: Office Habits That Harm Your Health By Jane Farrell article Have you ever skipped lunch when youΓÇÖre just too busy to leave your desk? Or slipped sugar into your third … 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→
_ Senior Health Shingles Increases the Risk of Heart Attack & Stroke By Sondra Forsyth article Contracting shingles, a reactivation of the chickenpox virus, increases a person’s risk of stroke and heart attack, according to a … Read More→
_ COPD Opioids Linked to Heart Disease in Older COPD Patients By Jane Farrell article Older COPD patients who have recently started using opioids have an increased risk of coronary artery disease-related death when compared … 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→
_ Aging Well Health Alert! Taking 5 or More Meds a Day May Not Be Necessary and May Even Be Harmful By Sondra Forsyth article According to a release from the American Geriatrics Society, “polypharmacy” is the term for when someone takes many (usually five … Read More→
_ Tips for Getting Feet Beach-Ready ΓÇô and Healthy! By Sondra Forsyth article ItΓÇÖs summer and time to hit the beach ΓÇô but, oh, those feet! They may not be ready for prime … 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→
_ Medical Care Traditional Chinese Medicine May Benefit Some Heart Disease Patients By Sondra Forsyth article Traditional Chinese medicine might be effective as a complement or alternative to traditional Western medicine for primary and secondary prevention … Read More→