Category Archives: Heart Health

So maybe you can’t drink from the fountain of youth, but the kettle? That’s a whole different story. More research is showing the anti-aging effects of green tea, and a new study shows regularly consuming the heralded beverage can add time and health to your life. The latest study, published in the European Journal of ...click here to read more

If you feel tired, irritable, or have low energy, it may be due to an irregular heartbeat. These common symptoms belong to a syndrome called burnout, which is associated with a potentially deadly heart rhythm disturbance. An estimated 17 million American’s experience atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart arrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation (AF or ...click here to read more

When it comes to blood pressure and overall health, most specialists take a close look at systolic blood pressure. But depending on what you’re looking for, diastolic blood pressure might show you a lot. Systolic blood pressure is the top number in a blood pressure reading and is generally recognized as an indicator of heart ...click here to read more

Skipping breakfast is one thing you must absolutely avoid if you’re serious about battling cholesterol. Why? For a number of reasons. The first is that breakfast is a great opportunity to include more nutrition into your day. Research indicates that breakfast eaters tend to do a better job of hitting daily nutritional targets each day. ...click here to read more

Ever thought of running a marathon? It might be the anti-aging key you’re looking for in 2020. A recent study followed 138 healthy first-time marathoners as they trained for the London Marathons of 2016 and 2017. They ranged in age from 21–69, and virtually all of them showed big benefits—especially the older ones. The benefits ...click here to read more

If the idea of a superfood is strange to you, you’re certainly not alone. The terminology can be confusing and potentially dangerous if you don’t understand it. So let’s take a closer look at what it actually means. Superfood is a fun way of saying “something really nutritious.” They tend to feature a number of ...click here to read more

A new study released, called the most comprehensive and longest analysis of its kind, has found a strong link between non-HDL cholesterol levels and long-term cardiovascular events such as heart disease and stroke. The research published in the The Lancet extends existing information because it suggests that increasing levels of non-HDL cholesterol may predict long-term ...click here to read more

Reducing blood pressure is one of the main health concerns of our time. Over 100-million Americans have it, and it severely jacks up the risk for a heart attack or stroke. You’ve heard that you should eat more veggies, less salt, and processed food advice before. And that’s all great information. But what you really ...click here to read more

We’re going there: New Year’s resolutions. You might not make a formal declaration, but I’m sure that somewhere in the back of your mind, there’s something you’re hoping to accomplish in 2020. For many people, it’s getting healthier. More specifically, it’s losing weight. The problem with this resolution is twofold. The first is that most ...click here to read more

For those with symptomatic heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation, reducing alcohol should be a new year’s resolution. An Australian study of 140 volunteers published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found that eliminating alcohol consumption dramatically cuts the number of episodes of heart rhythm disturbance among moderate and heavy drinkers. AF ...click here to read more

Look, I hate to ruin the part this season, but there’s something I need to tell you: heart attack risk goes up in the winter. Ten percent more people die from a heart attack or stroke in the winter than summer, and the demands of the holidays make this a high-risk time of year. The ...click here to read more

New research shows an inflammatory marker that is associated with dementia. The marker called sCD14 has been found to be related to brain atrophy, dementia, and cognitive decline. The study published in the journal Neurology looked at more than 4,700 participants from two large community-based heart studies. These included 1,588 participants from the Framingham Heart ...click here to read more

Obstructive sleep apnea has been proven to cause various health problems such as chronic heart failure and stroke, but a new study adds elevated nighttime blood pressure to the list. According to research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, those who suffer from obstructive sleep apnea may be at risk for elevated blood ...click here to read more

Online cognitive behavioral therapy has shown new possibilities for the treatment of fibromyalgia. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for pain symptoms connected with fibromyalgia. Maria Hedman-Lagerlöf, a doctoral student at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and colleagues found that patients who receive CBT experience fewer symptoms ...click here to read more