Work Out Harder to Heal Your Heart
Extended bed rest is a thing of the past for post-heart attack care, and today we know it's by far in your best interest to get up and move around again as soon as possible. Yet a recent study suggests...
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Four Heart-Healing Supplements You Need Now
Several nutrients help patients immediately after a heart attack. The four nutrients below can help anyone who has had a heart attack...
Fried Foods That Won't Harm Your Heart
Researchers in Spain have some good news for people who enjoy eating fried food—cooking in olive or sunflower oil is not...
Aspirin Works As Well As Warfarin for Heart Failure Patients
A major head-to-head trial finds that aspirin is equally as good as warfarin (Coumadin) in preventing stroke and death in heart failure...
Drug-Coated Balloons Open Arteries Blocked By Narrowed Stents
Balloons coated with a drug used to open blocked stents in heart arteries restore blood flow and also reduce bleeding in some...
FDA OKs Valve That Does Not Require Open-Heart Surgery
The first artificial heart valve that can be 1 implanted without open-heart surgery has been approved by the US Food and Drug...
Standard Heart Tests Fail to Show True Risks
You may think that you are at low risk for a heart attack because the heart tests that your doctor has ordered...
New Treatment Lowers Tough-to-Treat Cholesterol As Much as 72%
Researchers report that injections of a novel "monoclonal antibody" lowered LDL cholesterol levels in patients with high cholesterol by as...
Why Low Cholesterol May Not Be Good for You
When it comes to cholesterol, the message that most of us have been hearing for years is-"lower your cholesterol, lower...
Midlife Blood Pressure Control Can Lower Lifetime Heart Risk
Blood pressure changes in middle age can affect your lifetime risk for heart disease and stroke, a recent study suggests. “This study...
Better Blood Pressure Readings—Ask Your Doctor About This Device Now
You may have heard of the phenomenon "white-coat hypertension," which describes people who only experience high blood pressure in the...
More Than 80% of Blood Pressure Readings Are Wrong
Here's a disturbing bit of news. A recent study reports that 81% of blood pressure measurements taken by doctors and...