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→
Know the Heart Attack Symptoms in Women By blog The medical community has placed a great deal of emphasis on heart health, from preventive measures such as exercise and […]
_ 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→
Press The Pause Button and Connect with Your Heart By blog Let’s talk about how to be present when communicating with family, friends and loved ones. There are times when it's […]
_ 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 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→
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 […]
_ 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→
_ New Superfoods to Tackle Heart Disease & Diabetes By article A new generation of superfoods that tackle heart disease and diabetes could be developed following research into a protein that … Read More→
_ Heart Health Crucial Heart-Disease Devices Benefit People of Color By Jane Farrell article Racial and ethnic minorities who get implantable devices to treat heart failure derive the same survival benefit as white patients, new research shows. But non-white patients are getting the devices at a much lower rate. The study, one of the largest to compare the survival benefits of the devices by race and ethnicity, looked at 15,000 patients from 167 medical practices across the U.S. The findings are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
_ Cholesterol Drug Good for Diabetic WomenΓÇÖs Hearts By Sondra Forsyth article The cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate cuts cardiovascular disease risks by 30 per cent in women with type-2 diabetes, according to a study done at th University of Sydney in Australia and published in August 2014 in Diabetologia. A release from the university quotes study chairman Professor Tony Keech as saying, "The finding is good news for women. The study shows that fenofibrate reduced the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, or having a stroke or other adverse cardiovascular event by 30 per cent in women and 13 per cent in men."
_ Heart Health Good Neighbors May Curb Heart Attack Risk By Sondra Forsyth article Although some studies suggest that the factors such as area violence and noise can negatively affect cardiovascular health, few studies have looked at the potential health enhancing effects of positive local neighborhood characteristics. This prompted the authors of an article published in 2014 in BMJ to track the cardiovascular health of over 5000 US adults with no known heart problems over a period of four years, starting in 2006. Their average age was 70, and almost two thirds were women and married (62%).
_ Heart Health A Non-Invasive Procedure That Helps Heart Patients By Jane Farrell article A minimally invasive procedure can significantly reduce the likelihood of heart disease-related deaths among adults with atrial fibrillation. A long-term study from the University of MichiganΓÇÖs Frankel Cardiovascular Center found that the procedure, catheter ablation, helps atrial-fibrillation patients lower their risk of dying from a heart attack or heart failure.
_ Heart Health Women With a Heart Attack Fare Worse Than Men By Sondra Forsyth article While awareness campaigns may be getting women to go to the hospital more quickly during a heart-attack, a new look at hospital data shows women have longer hospital stays and are more likely than men to die in the hospital after a heart attack. For the study published online July 21st 2014 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers from Yale School of Medicine analyzed 230,684 hospitalizations for heart attack in patients age 30 to 54 from a total of 1.1 million hospitalizations reported in a national database from 2001 to 2010.
_ Heart Health Potassium May Save Lives for Heart Patients on Diuretics By Sondra Forsyth article Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that patients taking prescription potassium supplements together with loop diuretics for heart failure have better survival rates than patients taking diuretics without the potassium. The degree of benefit increases with higher diuretic doses. The team, including senior author Sean Hennessy, PharmD, PhD, associate professor of epidemiology in PennΓÇÖs Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (CCEB), report their findings in a study published online July 16th 2014 in PLoS ONE.
_ Statins Prolong Life for Patients With Diabetic Heart Disease By Jane Farrell article Using cholesterol-lowering statins could help prolong life for people who have diabetic heart disease, a new study has found. Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center published their study in Diabetes Care. ΓÇ£Although our study was not a clinical trial, it did show that people with diabetes and heart disease can still live quite a few years by taking statins,ΓÇ¥ said Don Bowden, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry at Wake Forest Baptist and lead author of the study.
_ Heart Health Cheaper & Better Drug for Heart Attack Procedure By Sondra Forsyth article A study done in the UK and published in The Lancet on July 4th 2014 compares outcomes for two drugs used to prevent blood clot formation during emergency heart attack treatment. The study suggests that use of one of the drugs, heparin, could result in improved outcomes such as a reduced rate of repeat heart attacks, compared to the other drug tested, bivalirudin, which is in widespread use in high-income countries and is around 400 times more expensive than heparin.