Category Archives: Heart Health

When you experience stress, your blood pressure goes up. Your heart beats faster and your blood vessels narrow, creating a potentially dangerous situation. Thankfully, these effects don’t last very long, and soon your blood pressure will lower. But can these episodes have a long-term impact on your health and put you at risk for high ...click here to read more

New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association shows how women with peripheral artery disease (PAD) and depression experience longer, worse recovery. The results were found after one year of receiving specialty care for PAD. “This is the first study to document how depressive symptoms may complicate PAD recovery even among patients ...click here to read more

According to research released in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, psychological stress found in the inferior frontal lobe of the brain could have an association with chest pain in people with heart disease. The study was designed to examine how activity in the inferior frontal lobe of the brain affects the severity of angina. Stable angina, or ...click here to read more

You might have heard of CoQ10’s effects on heart health and anti-aging. But it might go much further than that. It could help you deal with bad breath as well. What makes Coenzyme Q10, or CoQ10, so amazing is that it’s found in every cell in your body. In fact, you make it yourself. It’s ...click here to read more

Keeping healthy veins might not be your top priority. That’s completely understandable. After all, you’ve got other things to worry about. But showing a little love to your veins every day can help you avoid unsightly spider veins and potentially painful varicose veins. It might be hard to believe, but there are roughly 60,000 miles ...click here to read more

If you’re relying on statins to minimize your risk of heart attack, you need to keep reading. New research is leading to serious questions regarding their benefits. Challenging conventional wisdom, a new review of 35 studies is suggesting statin medications don’t offer much benefit in lowering the risk of heart attack, stroke, or preventing death. ...click here to read more

What do you think about protein shakes? I’m not talking about plant-based protein shakes, either. I’m talking about whey protein. The stuff bodybuilders guzzle after a workout. Useless to you, right? Wrong. Whey protein could help lower cholesterol. Whey is one of the proteins found in dairy products. As a supplement, it is a by-product ...click here to read more

Erectile dysfunction (ED) might be one of the few outside indicators of high blood pressure. The inability to achieve or sustain a quality erection is not only frustrating but a sign of how blood is moving through your body. One study found that nearly half of men between 40 and 79 with high blood pressure ...click here to read more

New research finds that a plant-based diet can lower blood pressure even if small amounts of meat and dairy are also consumed. The study from the University of Warwick suggests that any effort to increase plant-based foods into a diet could benefit blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart attacks. Researchers reviewed 41 studies ...click here to read more

If you want to cast a line for better heart health, try eating more fish. In 2018, The American Heart Association (AHA) doubled down on its recommendation to eat fatty fish. Eating just two small servings of fish per week could shore up some significant rewards. In Circulation (the AHA’s official journal), researchers from Harvard ...click here to read more

Approximately one billion adults worldwide have high blood pressure. The health problem affecting 30–45% of the population is continuously being monitored and studied. New research is now focusing on how wealth can affect those who suffer from high blood pressure. A new study presented at the 84th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society ...click here to read more

Hopefully, you’re not stressing over the coffee controversy. Some say it’s good for you—others say coffee is unhealthy. Science generally says it’s nothing to worry about. Just don’t count on it to save your life. Caffeinated coffee, in particular, causes some people concern. Caffeine, known for its stimulating and energizing effects, can present danger in ...click here to read more

For people with high blood pressure, getting plenty of exercise is extremely important. However, some people feel that if they live in an area with high air pollution, they should not exercise outdoors as it may do more harm than good. According to new research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation, people who ...click here to read more

If you have high cholesterol, you should avoid foods with saturated fat, right? It seems like a pretty simple concept. Not so fast. What has been a general recommendation for years continues to come under scrutiny as a potential falsehood. Recent research is contributing to the growing evidence that dietary saturated fat may not pose ...click here to read more