_ Atrial Fibrillation Heart HealthAtrial Fibrillation: Men Develop It Earlier and Weight Is A Factor By Jane Farrell articleMen develop a type of irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, about a decade earlier than women on average, and … Read More→
_ Cardiac Rehabilitation Heart HealthTai Chi: An Alternative for Patients After Heart Attack By Jane Farrell articleAn update from the American Heart Association on an alternative exercise for people who might not like physical activity: The … Read More→
_ Heart Attack Heart HealthStopping Aspirin Therapy Can Be Dangerous: Study By Jane Farrell articleEditor’s Note: Here, from the American Heart Association, an update on aspirin therapy and why it may be risky to … Read More→
_ Heart HealthEat Up: Skipping Breakfast Can Cause Hardening of The Arteries By Jane Farrell articleSkipping breakfast is associated with an increased risk of atherosclerosis, or the hardening and narrowing of arteries due to a … Read More→
_ Heart HealthMeditation Might Be Useful Addition to Heart-Healthy Lifestyle and Medical Treatment By Jane Farrell articleMeditation has the potential to reduce some risk factors for heart disease, but the gold standard for lowering risk remains … Read More→
_ Heart HealthAdults without Partners Monitor Blood Pressure Less Frequently By Jane Farrell articleHaving a lower education level and no partner is associated with a lower frequency of home blood pressure monitoring, according … Read More→
_ Heart HealthWidely Used Heart-Attack Test Said to Be Ineffective By Jane Farrell articleNew research indicates that a widely ordered blood test has no efficacy in evaluating patients with suspected heart attack. The … Read More→
_ Heart HealthStress, Your Brain - and The Risk of Heart Disease By Jane Farrell articleThe brain may have a distinctive activity pattern during stressful events that predicts bodily reactions, such as rises in blood … Read More→
_ High blood pressure / hypertensionIntensive Blood Pressure Control for Long-Term Health and Quality of Life By Sondra Forsyth article[Editor’s note: An August 9th 2017 release from Trinity College Dublin urged caution regarding aggressively lowering blood pressure in older … Read More→
_ High blood pressure / hypertensionA Neglected Factor in Female Hypertension? By Jane Farrell articleDoctors treating women with high blood pressure should consider measuring their level of aldosterone, a hormone that at high levels … Read More→
_ StrokeFewer than Half Of Stroke Patients Are Prescribed Recommended Cholesterol-Lowering Medication By Jane Farrell articleNationwide, fewer than half of stroke patients discharged from the hospital received a prescription for cholesterol-lowering medications called statins, and … Read More→
_ Heart HealthLong Working Hours Increase the Risk of Developing Atrial Fibrillation By Sondra Forsyth articlePeople who work long hours have an increased risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation (AFib), … Read More→
_ Heart HealthMiniature Human Heart Created from Rat Heart By Jane Farrell articleCreating a miniature human heart from an animal model sounds like futuristic science fiction, but it’s already been done. According … Read More→
_ Heart HealthHospitalizations for Heart Failure Are on the Decline, but Rates Remain Higher for Blacks Than Whites and for Men Than Women By Sondra Forsyth articleThe number of people hospitalized for heart failure in the United States declined about 30 percent between 2002 and 2013, … Read More→
_ Heart HealthUpdate: Heart Disease and Women By Jane Farrell articleHere, an update from the American Heart Association (AHA), an update on the progress made against heart disease in women, … Read More→
_ StrokeEquine and Music Therapy May Help Stroke Survivors By Jane Farrell articleHorseback riding and rhythm-and-music therapies may improve stroke survivors’ perception of recovery, gait, balance, grip strength and cognition even years … Read More→
_ Heart HealthStudy: CT Angiography May Be Better at Predicting Future Cardiac Episodes By Jane Farrell articleAccording to new research, CT angiography better predicted the risk of future cardiac events than did measures of exercise tolerance … Read More→
_ Heart HealthSome Heart Medications May Increase Risk of Falls By Jane Farrell articleOlder adults who take non-selective beta-blockers, a class of cardiovascular medication, may be at higher risk of falling compared with … Read More→