Primary care clinics can play an important role in preserving patients’ brain health using the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 as a guide, as well as addressing six other factors associated with cognitive decline, according to a new American Stroke Association/American Heart Association Scientific Statement, “A Primary Care Agenda for Brain Health. “ The… Continue reading How Doctors Can Help Preserve Patients’ Brain Health
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Psychosocial Well-Being May Help Heart Health in Black Adults
Feeling optimistic, that you have a sense of purpose in life and that you are in control of your environment – characteristics of psychosocial resilience – are associated with having better cardiovascular health among Black adults, independent of neighborhood context, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association… Continue reading Psychosocial Well-Being May Help Heart Health in Black Adults
Healthy Arteries May Be Possible as We Age
Having the blood vessels of a healthy 20-year-old into one’s 70s is possible but difficult in Western culture, according to 2017 research in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension. A release from the association quotes study author Teemu J. Niiranen, M.D., research fellow at Boston University School of Medicine, Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, Massachusetts, as… Continue reading Healthy Arteries May Be Possible as We Age
Seven Ways to Modify Heart-Disease Risk
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), heart disease is the number one killer of women, causing one in three deaths per year. Yet many cases could be prevented by improving a number of factors the AHA calls Life’s Simple 7. Here, from the AHA experts, is an outline of what these factors are and… Continue reading Seven Ways to Modify Heart-Disease Risk
7 Healthy Heart Measures May Reduce Heart Failure Risk
People scoring well on the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple 7 checklist for a healthy heart are less likely to develop heart failure, a condition that reduces blood and oxygen flow to the body, according to new research published in December 2015 in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation: Heart Failure. A release from the… Continue reading 7 Healthy Heart Measures May Reduce Heart Failure Risk