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Heart Disease
Heart disease remains a leading killer in America, but even if you have a family history, heart disease and heart attacks are not inevitable. A healthy diet, regular exercise, cholesterol-lowering drugs and lifesaving surgeries can reduce your risk of having—or dying from—a heart attack.
Journey to a Healthier Heart: Your First Step Begins Now
Whether you’re at risk for heart disease due to diabetes, a family history, excess weight, smoking, or high cholesterol, there are a lot of options and solutions available that can help you protect your heart.Heart Disease News
Amazon Tribe Gives Clues to Heart-Healthy Lifestyles
FRIDAY, May 25 (HealthDay News) — Investigating indigenous Amazonian or African peoples who still follow a hunter-gatherer or forager-horticulturist lifestyle is giving new insights into how diet and lifestyle affect the heart as humans age. Two new studies found that these types of hunter-gatherer or foraging peoples have lower increases in blood pressure related to their [...]
More Evidence Links Calcium Supplements to Heart Attacks
WEDNESDAY, May 23, 2012 (Health.com) — Calcium supplements, widely taken by older people to prevent bone fractures, may be doing more harm than good, a large new study suggests. Researchers tracked nearly 25,000 European adults for 11 years, and found that people who reported regularly taking calcium supplements were more than twice as likely to have [...]
Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. Teens Facing Diabetes
MONDAY, May 21, 2012 (Health.com) — The proportion of U.S. adolescents with diabetes or borderline diabetes has jumped dramatically since the late 1990s, raising the possibility that this generation of young people may face high rates of heart disease and other complications as adults. As of 2008, 23% of adolescents between the ages of 12 and [...]
U.S. Teens Heading for Heart Trouble: Study
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Many American teenagers, including some with a normal, healthy weight, already have one or more risk factors for heart disease, researchers say. About 22 percent of today’s teens have borderline-high or already high LDL cholesterol — that’s the bad type. And 15 percent have pre-diabetes [...]
Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
WEDNESDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — Heart palpitations and high blood pressure are strong risk factors for a common heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation, a new study reports. Atrial fibrillation increases a person’s risk of heart attack, stroke and death. It was already known that high blood pressure is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation, [...]
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