WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Wearable devices like smartwatches continually track physical activity, urging folks to take more daily steps for their health. Now, a new study suggests this gentle technological nagging could be of great benefit to people whose hearts are giving out. Heart failure patients whoContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Few people know more about stroke prevention and brain health than neurologist and epidemiologist Dr. Bruce Ovbiagele. And one of the first things he’d like you to know is that you have a “tremendous” amount of control over your own strokeContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As more people are advised to shun meat, a new study from Australia adds to evidence that a vegetarian diet can help improve heart health. A review of 20 prior investigations found that folks who followed a vegetarian diet for six months, onContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In yet another example of inequities in U.S. health care, new research indicates that many women and minority men who need statins to protect their heart aren’t getting them. “The recommendation to use statins to treat and prevent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has beenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many women are not being counseled about heart disease after giving birth, a new study finds. Only 60% of at-risk women said they were advised about heart health at their postpartum checkup, researchers say. About 90% of U.S. women have a doctor visitContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) — The extreme heat and choking wildfire smoke blanketing wide swaths of the United States this summer are actively dangerous to heart health, a new study reports. Days where soaring heat combines with fine particulate air pollution can double a person’s risk of aContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Heart disease is a high risk for people with HIV, but a new study finds that taking statins significantly reduces the risk of serious heart incidents. People with HIV who took a daily statin pill lowered their risk of stroke, heart attack orContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — New guidelines detailing how to care for people with heart disease come with some easy-to-grasp warnings for patients. The chronic coronary disease guidelines from the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology, published Thursday in the AHA journal Circulation, areContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — After a night of partying, 29-year-old Bethany Moeddel felt nauseous and had a headache. A hangover, she figured. She couldn’t sleep it off, though, because it was a big day. Her boyfriend’s younger brother was receiving his first communion. Moeddel madeContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Hmong American adults who have a stroke tend to be much younger than their white counterparts and may be more likely to have a less common type that causes bleeding in the brain, a new study suggests. The research, published WednesdayContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 19, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Despite worse symptoms and living about the same distance from comprehensive stroke centers, women with a severe type of stroke are less likely to be sent to these facilities than men, a new study reveals. Researchers at the University of Texas Health ScienceContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — It doesn’t matter if you exercise every day or squeeze it all into the weekend. If you do the recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week, you’ll get heart benefits, a new study finds. Both regimens protect you fromContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Crystal Cuadra-Cutler lives for soccer. And soccer has added a lot to her life. The Gilroy, Calif., resident is a chapter president for the American Outlaws, a group known as “U.S. Soccer’s craziest fans.” Whether it’s her local Major League SoccerContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Patients could find lifesaving benefits in using a home blood pressure cuff. New research finds that home blood pressure monitoring saves lives and cuts costs. It also reduces health care disparities in racial and ethnic minorities and rural residents. Furthermore, regular self-testing betterContinue Reading