The Harms from Cigarette Smoking
A large study from the BMJ indicates that smokers must quit cigarettes, rather than simply cut back on them, to significantly lower their risk of heart disease and stroke. Statistics demonstrated that those who smoked even one cigarette each day were still about 50% more likely to develop CVD, and 30% more likely to have […]
Health Food for the Heart
A number of studies indicate that nuts, which are typically full of nutritious fats and fiber, can actively lower the risk ofย cardiovascular disease. Due to the foodโs abundance of nutrients and antioxidants, nuts have additionally been studied to help assess their ability in fighting the damage to cells that can trigger cancer. This health food […]
Simple & Preventive Changes to Combat CVD
Cardiovascular disease has theย highest mortality rateย in the United States, and billions of dollars are given to pharmaceutical industries each year in order to combat and reduce risks. Yet recent research on cardiovascular risk factors offers renewed hope and optimism regarding heart disease, demonstrating a number of simple life changes to implement in order to prevent […]
Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Pregnancy
More than one fifth of all pregnancy-associated deaths during a 10-year period in Illinois were the result of cardiovascular causes, and the mortality rate resulting from cardiac causes rose with maternal age, new data study show. Further, of the cardiac-associated deaths, 28.1% of them were potentially preventable, Joan Briller, MD, from the Division of Cardiology, […]
Higher Risk Factors for Women
Fewer women who suffer a heart attack each year in the UK would die if they were simply given the same treatments as men, according to new research. Scientists at the University of Leeds and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden used data from Sweden’s extensive online cardiac registry, SWEDEHEART, to analyze the outcomes of 180,368 […]
Live Longer By Saying “I Do”
In a new study published last week in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers at Emory University in Atlanta found that people with cardiovascular disease who were not married โ- including those who were divorced, separated, widowed or never married โ- had 24 percent higher rates of death from any cause during the […]
Cheese: A Heart Healthy Snack?
Cheese is typically considered more of an indulgence than a health food, but a new review of research suggests that it may not be as bad for you as once thought. In fact, people in the analysis who ate a little bit of cheese every day were less likely to develop heart disease or have […]
The Co-Occurrence of Diabetes & Heart Disease
The number of people living with diabetes has tripled since 2000, leading to enormous financial ramifications: the global cost of the disease is $850 billion each year. The latest estimates from the International Diabetes Federation indicate that one in 11 adults worldwide have diabetes; most have type 2 diabetes, which is strongly linked to obesity […]
Heart Rate Variability
Thinking about your health means understanding your heart health, and paying attention to measures like cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglycerides. There is one more to add to the list: heart rate variability. โHeart rate variability is the variation in the time between each heart beat,โ explains John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, a sports cardiologist at […]
Sitting at Work? Exercise to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk
Regular exercise outside of work can reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome in people whose jobs have them sitting most of the time, according to a small study from Brazil. “If you have a sedentary occupation, especially in a sitting position for hours, you should move yourself out of work at least 150 minutes per […]
