Category Archives: Heart Health

If you’re about to kick back with a TV dinner and post up for a night of primetime television, consider yourself warned: it could be one of the worst things you can do for your heart. Yeah, I know, you’ve heard it before; too much sitting can raise the risk for heart disease, stroke, heart ...click here to read more

Physicians regularly recommend lowering LDL cholesterol for heart disease prevention, but a new study shows how reducing it too much can be a risk for hemorrhagic stroke. It was found that participants with LDL cholesterol levels below 70 mg/dL had a higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke. A Pen State-led study examined the relationship between low-density ...click here to read more

Most people like to exercise caution: they put seat belts on, look both ways before they cross the street, and lock their doors when they leave home. So, why is that when it comes to what they put in their body, caution gets thrown to the wind? Put simply, people don’t eat enough fruits and ...click here to read more

We know that environment can play a significant role in how healthy we are, but a new study suggests that it can specifically impact the risk of arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome. The research, soon to be published in the Journal of Public Health, shows that air pollution and living in apartment buildings may be ...click here to read more

When it comes to taste, give me a slab of prime rib or a thick steak on the grill over a chicken breast any day of the week. But for health purposes, maybe I’ll stick with the chicken – or so traditional wisdom goes. A new report published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition ...click here to read more

A brand-new study is showing just how much heart health impacts brain health. And the result is that the two seem absolutely inseparable. The largest and longest study of its kind—featuring nearly 8,000 people and lasting 15 years—showed that if heart health falters, thinking ability and memory do too. During the study, which featured healthy ...click here to read more

Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil, collaborating with colleagues at Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom, have reported a discovery about how stress may affect heart rate and auditory attention. This new report shows that brain activity related to auditory perception parallels heart rate, which offers a new perspective for the ...click here to read more

A new study published in the European Heart Journal has found that patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation have an increased risk of dementia, even in people who have not suffered a stroke. This is the largest study to investigate the association in an elderly population. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often abnormally fast ...click here to read more

According to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, those who have suffered a heart attack or angina may show accelerated signs of cognitive decline. This was one of the most extensive longitudinal studies investigating the progression of cognitive decline before and after coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease ...click here to read more

A recently published study suggests that heart attack survivors with chronic mood disorders such as depression may have more of a risk of premature death. Compared to those who do not suffer from mood disorders, patients who have experienced a heart attack and show signs of mood disorders have been linked to more extended hospital ...click here to read more

People often wish there was a potion that was the magical key to youth and everlasting life. Unfortunately, that’s a no go. But unsalted tomato juice might help. Tomato juice can get a little dicey. High in nutrients and valuable antioxidants, it’s often praised for its potential to improve health. Until reality sets in: most ...click here to read more

A new study has found an association between air pollution and atherosclerosis, a condition marked by hardened blood vessels that make it difficult for blood to move through the body. This begs the question: Are you doomed? There’s not much you can do about the air you breathe. Human beings have to be outdoors, at ...click here to read more

A new study out of Japan has raised the question of whether regular consumption of unsalted tomato juice may be a cost-effective intervention against high blood pressure and LDL-C level cholesterol. Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for the most deaths in the United States, and this new research could offer a new way to lower the ...click here to read more

White coat hypertension, the condition where a patient’s blood pressure readings are higher when taken at a doctor’s office compared to other settings, has now been linked to an increase in heart disease. The condition has long been recognized as more of an imposition, but this new study goes to show just how dangerous it ...click here to read more