According to new research, the first to look at a very recent time period, appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, improvements in heart disease risk like lowering those cholesterol numbers and blood pressure readings account for a significant decline in heart disease deaths.
Changes in behavior and modification of risk [...]
More good news for dark chocolate lovers… a recent report in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism has identified the precise molecular mechanism that explains dark chocolate health benefits come from a compound in the chocolate that protects the heart, and can guard against the damage of a stroke.
The substance [...]
How can you argue with this? A new study published in the May 10, 2010 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine finds that eating nuts on a daily basis can reduce high cholesterol levels and cuts the risk of coronary heart disease. It’s the best evidence yet that eating nuts might [...]
Working extra hours on the job isn’t just tough on your sanity and bad for your social life, it may also increase heart risks by as much as two thirds according to research published online in the European Heart Journal.
No matter what type of work you do, more and more of us [...]
While there’s no denying our taste buds enjoy sugar, a new study brings evidence that it is pretty troublesome for the rest of the body, most especially the heart. The added sugar that is part of so many of our prepared and processed foods are threatening our cardiovascular health, lowering levels of [...]
Consistently high triglyceride levels are a part of your cholesterol report that often gets lots of attention. If you eat more calories than your burn, you body is going to make triglycerides – eating more fats just makes it all the easier for the body. Your doctor will tell you that normal [...]
Need more motivation to lose that weight? How about this? Risk of stroke goes up with your weight according to a new systematic review that includes almost 2.3 million subjects. It seems that the heavier you are, the greater your risk.
“Being obese (but indeed even just overweight) puts an individual at significantly [...]
The hopes of chocolate lovers everywhere have been realized yet again. Research appearing in the highly regarded, peer-reviewed European Heart Journal suggests chocolate each be considered as healthy heart food as eating a small piece every day might lower your risk of heart attack or stroke.
German researchers found that subjects who ate [...]
New research out of Taiwan’s Taipei Medical University finds that younger adults with an overactive thyroid gland seem to have a higher risk of stroke.
The condition, known as hyperthyroidism, before the age of 45 years old was associated with a 44% higher risk of stroke according to the study. Where once strokes [...]
If you’re healthy, without high cholesterol levels, should you be taking cholesterol lowering statins? For some, the controversial and still debatable answer is “yes”. The reason is a compelling one…
Half of all heart attacks (and strokes too) happen in those who appear perfectly healthy, with LDL (bad) cholesterol numbers that are below [...]
