MONDAY, March 20, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Dates have long been a snack full of sweetness and significance. Cultivated for at least 6,000 years, the palm date tree plays a role in several religious faiths. Among Muslims, a taste of date is given to infants as a ceremonialContinue Reading
FRIDAY, March 17, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Is the secret to happiness a warm puppy? A good marriage? A rewarding career? Or something else entirely?Happiness means different things to different people, but a growing body of research suggests keeping a smile on your face may help add yearsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 16, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Research shows adults need seven to nine hours of sleep each night for optimal health, and children need more. But what’s happening during those hours that’s so important, and what’s the danger of cutting sleep short? A growing body of researchContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Steering clear of red meat, dairy and processed foods in favor of vegetables, fruits, nuts, extra virgin olive oil and whole grains will do a woman’s heart good, a new review shows. How much good? Australian investigators concluded that women who most closelyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Richard Horton woke up one morning needing to use the bathroom. He got out of bed, took a couple steps and stumbled into the wall. The 55-year-old insurance broker told his then-wife, Bridgette Horton, he thought he might be having aContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 15, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Even modest weight gain above the average puts kids at risk for high blood pressure, new research shows. “Hypertension during youth tracks into adulthood and is associated with cardiac and vascular organ damage,” said lead study author Corinna Koebnick of Kaiser Permanente SouthernContinue Reading
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — LeeAnn Walton rushed from work to a fitness club in New York City to lead a yoga class. Her classes had become so popular that she was booked daily at locations in and around Manhattan. Teaching yoga was a side job.Continue Reading
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Tamie Felty was waiting for her wife, Amy Burnett, to get dressed for brunch when she heard a crash in the bedroom. “Hey, what’s going on in there?” Felty called out. She heard Burnett try to say something, but it madeContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — You can find health advice almost anywhere these days. But finding reliable information and figuring out how to apply it can be overwhelming. So to help sort things out, American Heart Association News is launching “The Experts Say” as a newContinue Reading
MONDAY, March 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Ordering special heart scans before a major surgery to gauge risks may be unnecessary, a new study suggests. Researchers found that surgeons can instead estimate patients’ risk of heart attack or death by reviewing existing images of the chest captured months earlier duringContinue Reading
THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — On March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, everyone wanted to know: “What is this disease, and how can we stop it?” After three years of terrible loss – including more than 1.1 million U.S. deaths,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, March 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — In yet another example of the mind-body connection, people with depression symptoms may face an increased risk of having a stroke, as well as a worse recovery afterwards. A new international study, published online March 8 in the journal Neurology, found about 18%Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A quicker, safer option for treating an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation might be just months away. Atrial fibrillation is currently treated with drugs or a procedure known as thermal ablation. Thermal ablation uses extreme temperatures to disable areas of the heart causingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, March 8, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Blood pressure measurements taken in a medical office can vary widely between visits, new research finds, offering further support for guidelines that call for supplemental home monitoring. “These large variations in blood pressure measurements pose a great challenge to determine whetherContinue Reading