8 Ways to Prevent Stress and Heart Disease
Even if you are healthy in every other way—you exercise and you eat a truckload of vegetables—stress can still affect your heart. When you’re under …
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Heart Disease Is a Major Killer If You Have Diabetes
If you have diabetes, you’re two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than someone who doesn’t have diabetes. “Cardiovascular disease causes approximately two-thirds …
Heart attack victims are getting younger
The average age of people suffering the most severe form of heart attack is getting younger – a worrisome finding in a new study presented …
New technology allows heart patients to undergo procedure without missing a beat
A team of physicians with the Advocate Heart Institute at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Ill., is the first in the state to utilize …
Midlife fitness reduces risk of stroke later in life
The more fit you are in midlife, the less likely you are to suffer a stroke after age 65, according to new research. “We all …
The average American diet is half junk
Ultra-processed foods – those manufactured pre-packaged convenience foods heavy in extra sugar, salt and fat – comprise nearly 60 percent of the American diet, according …
Do you know your calcium score?
Anyone who has been told they have risk factors for heart disease might want to consider learning their calcium score. So what does that mean exactly? A calcium score reflects whether people have calcium …
Can a positive attitude impact your heart?
Being happy might have more overall health benefits than one might think, according to a study published by the American Heart Association (AHA). The study …
Many heart failure patients don’t return to work
One year after first-time hospitalization for heart failure, one-third of the patients who survived had not returned to work, according to a Danish study presented …