Category Archives: Heart Health

Every year, you celebrate a birthday. But just because your age increases by one year annually, your internal organs could be much older or younger depending on your lifestyle. In particular, your heart doesn’t simply age like you do. It can age much quicker or slower depending on your lifestyle habits. One lifestyle habit that ...click here to read more

Do you know what MINOCA stands for? If you’ve never heard of this acronym, it stands for Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries. But what does MINOCA mean for you? MINOCA is an umbrella term that refers to a type of heart attack that occurs from blocked arteries. There was a recent study on the ...click here to read more

A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found that a sensitivity to an allergen found in red meat can lead to a build-up of plaque in the arteries, increasing patients’ risks of developing heart attacks or stroke. The sensitivity is spread by lone star tick bites, which has caused people ...click here to read more

There is a trend in the diet world of increasing your intake of protein and reducing your intake of carbohydrates. At first, this style of eating can lead to drastic weight loss, but is it safe? A new study finds that high protein diets can increase the risk of heart failure among middle-aged men. The ...click here to read more

Much of our cholesterol in the body is produced by the liver, but a good portion of it comes from our diet. To prevent high cholesterol, your doctor will advise you stick to a diet low in cholesterol. Some foods are naturally high in cholesterol and these foods are often advised against if you’re looking ...click here to read more

The University of California Davis Department of Nutrition recently published a study on the benefits of consuming mangoes. Mangoes contain mangiferin, quercetin, gallotannins, and gallic acid, which are considered polyphenols. The researchers behind this study feel that the benefits of mangoes may be derived from the polyphenols in the fruit. The researchers examined the effects ...click here to read more

Gout is a form of arthritis that affects the joints, caused by excess levels of uric acid in the bloodstream, which eventually form uric acid crystals in the joints. Previous research has linked gout to an increased risk of myocardial infarction (heart attack). Although rates of heart attack have decreased slightly in recent decades, nearly ...click here to read more

It’s no surprise that to live a healthy life, you need a healthy heart. Your heart is responsible for supplying the body with oxygenated blood, and when the rest of your body gets oxygenated blood it can perform at its best. A new study has uncovered another benefit to maintaining a healthy heart in older ...click here to read more

If you live with eczema, you may have to worry about your heart health. Eczema is a skin condition where the skin becomes inflamed, red in color, cracked, itchy, and rough. Researchers are now uncovering a possible link between the skin condition and matters of the heart. The researchers found a small increase in non-fatal ...click here to read more

Diet plays a large role in cholesterol levels. When your doctor suggests that you have elevated cholesterol levels, the first thing they will recommend is to change up your diet. This means eating healthier by limiting your intake of processed foods and foods that are high in saturated fat because saturated fat has been found ...click here to read more

Cholesterol deposits around the eyes are a sign of high cholesterol. The condition is also referred to as xanthelasma. Although cholesterol deposits around the eyes may not always signify high cholesterol, it’s still important to check your blood as many other conditions cite this as a symptom. Cholesterol deposits around the eyes do not cause ...click here to read more

There is a large area of science being studies that involves aging and how to slow it down or possibly even reverse it. The latest findings in this scientific area come from researchers at the University of Colorado who uncovered that chemically altering a natural supplement could reverse aging of blood vessels. By reversing this ...click here to read more

A new study from the researchers at John Hopkins has found that postmenopausal women with more male sex hormones than female hormones are at an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. The literature on this topic is not entirely lacking in evidence to support this, either. Women are generally at a lower risk of developing heart ...click here to read more

While many of us suffer from skin concerns, for most of us, they clear up after high school or university. Up to one in ten adults will suffer from atopic eczema at some point in their life and, for some, it continues throughout adulthood. The causes of this inflammatory skin condition are well understood – ...click here to read more