When someone goes into cardiac arrest, getting medical help promptly can improve their chance of survival. If defibrillators were installed in more locations where people gather, the patient can get help before the time when they could experience brain damage or die, which is between four and six minutes. A study released in Circulation on [...]
July 2009
One of the things you can do to help reduce your risk of developing heart disease is to increase the amount of fiber in your diet. It helps to remove toxins from your body and lowers your risk of developing the following medical conditions: Cancer Cardiovascular Disease Diabetes Gastrointestinal Diseases Hypertension Obesity Osteoporosis Adding Fiber [...]
A heart attack is such a serious health threat because once the heart muscle has been damaged, it can’t repair itself. Researchers have found that injecting the damaged muscle with a protein that stimulates growth may help to reverse the damage. The protein that researchers are so excited about is called NRG1 (neuregulin1). This protein [...]
Does taking Vitamin E supplements lower your risk of heart disease? It may be too soon to tell. Vitamin E is found in seeds, nuts, tomatoes, broccoli, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin. It is also added to some ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Since this Vitamin contains antioxidants and may help to reduce inflammation, it makes sense that [...]
It looks like your mother was right when she told you to drink your milk. British researchers at the University of Cardiff and the University of Reading have discovered that drinking moo juice regularly can lower your risk of heart disease by up to 20 percent. Milk does contain saturated fat, as well as sugars, [...]
Being overweight increases your risk of heart disease and stroke. If you are trying to lose weight and improve your health, diet alone won’t help you to reach this goal. To achieve permanent weight loss, you need to include exercise and strength training in the mix. Exercising regularly helps improve your health in several ways. [...]
The asthma drug Xolair has been linked to heart failure, blood clots, stroke, heart enlargement and cardiac arrhythmias. The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will be assessing the preliminary results to determine whether “further regulatory actions are necessary to protect patients.” The medication has been approved for use by children over the [...]
Most people who die from a heart attack are killed by ventricular fibrillation. This means the normal electrical signals of the heart are disrupted and replaced by chaotic signals that mean the heart isn’t beating regularly and pumping blood throughout the rest of the body. When this occurs, medical personnel have only a short window [...]
Most of us associate losing weight with going on a diet. We think that if we cut back on calories or limit ourselves to only a few “magic” foods we will shed unwanted pounds quickly and reach our ideal weight. The truth is that diets don’t work. If you want to achieve a healthy weight, [...]
If you are going to have a heart attack, the Garden State is where you want to be. According to the results of a new study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, patients treated in New Jersey hospitals were the least likely to die or be readmitted within 30 days after being treated. Other [...]
