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www.health.harvard.edu/blog/categories/health/heart-health Heart Health Studies explore global burden of disease and heart disease in the United States Posted December 14, 2012, 2:39 pm P.J. Skerrett, Managing Editor, Harvard Health If you like numbers and statistics, especially those about health, two reports released this week should keep you occupied for days: the massive Global Burden of Disease [...]
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http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ Our mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all we do. The need for our work is beyond question
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[This was the best summary article on factors related to heart attacks in winter months] Heart Health in Winter Lifeline Screening The holiday season is a time that usually gladdens our hearts as we gather with friends and family. But it’s also a time when our own hearts are under additional stress. During winter, the [...]
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[In the 60's, when meditation become more mainstream. the phrase I would often here is: "If you are too busy to meditate, you are too busy." -- And today the phrase I came across was, "It is important to meditate twenty minutes a day.... If you are too busy to meditate, meditate for an hour [...]
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Personally, I like Carolyn Thomas’s blog the best. I find the website listed as #1, the American Heart Association website, to be very ordinary and not very engaging. Carolyn provides much more individualized and personally relevant information…. Top Ten Online Influencers about heart disease
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“Heavy” Drinking Increases Risk After Heart Attack Even moderately heavy drinking is bad after myocardial infarction By Richard N. Fogoros, M.D. Updated July 04, 2007 Several studies have indicated that light usage of alcohol (one or two drinks per day) may help protect against cardiac disease. However, because alcohol causes so many medical problems, and [...]
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Genes play greater role in heart attacks than stroke, researchers say American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report July 26, 2011 People are significantly more likely to inherit a predisposition to heart attack than to stroke, according to research reported in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, an American Heart Association journal. The study results have implications for [...]
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And this is just “motivational interviewing” that helped…. Imagine how daily phone calls and talking to a therapist who knew the territory of a stroke first hand might be…. Motivational’ interviews reduce depression, increase survival after stroke American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report Study Highlights: * Stroke patients who meet with therapists to discuss [...]
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“Heavy” Drinking Increases Risk After Heart Attack Even moderately heavy drinking is bad after myocardial infarction Richard N. Fogoros, M.D., July 04, 2007 Several studies have indicated that light usage of alcohol (one or two drinks per day) may help protect against cardiac disease. However, because alcohol causes so many medical problems, and because for [...]
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Mayo Clinic The good folks at the Mayo Clinic have the most medically reliable, evidence based medical information on the Web. Medline Plus Sometimes, most of the time, government run websites are bland and boring. This one is well-designed and comprehensive. Center for Disease Control and Prevention In spite of their frequent mis-use by Big [...]
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C-Reactive Protein is a measure of inflammation and is important to keep track of: these research findings continue one of the major themes in this blog — that individual differences make a lot of difference when dealing with medication and test results.. C-Reactive Protein Levels Vary According To Ancestry Medical News Today 29 September 2010 [...]
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Time Magazine February 5, 1973 While Lyndon Johnson was speaking at the L.B.J. Library of the University of Texas at Austin last December, his voice was noticeably weak. At one point he seemed to rub his lips. Then his tone improved, and he finished his speech. What the audience—and later, television viewers—witnessed was a public [...]
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Antagonistic People May Increase Heart Attack, Stroke Risk ScienceDaily Aug. 18, 2010 — Antagonistic people, particularly those who are competitive and aggressive, may be increasing their risk of heart attack or stroke, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. Researchers for the U.S. National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the [...]
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Doctor’s Lounge June 8, 2010 TUESDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) — Healthy people who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve minor aches and pains may raise their risk of dying from heart-related problems, a Danish study finds. The American Heart Association and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration already warn people with heart disease to [...]
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MedicineNet; March 5, 2010 Increasing consumption of sugary soft drinks contributed to 130,000 new cases of diabetes, 14,000 new cases of heart disease and 50,000 more life-years burdened with heart disease in the last decade, a new U.S. study finds. “The finding suggests that any kind of policy that reduces consumption might have a dramatic [...]
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States, accounting for 32 percent of all deaths among women.1 Over 500,000 women die from heart disease each year (65,000 more than men).2 The misconception that heart disease primarily affects men causes many women to overlook the severity of the disease. While [...]
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The Blog Entry at www.myheartsisters.org from April 5, 2010: Every hour you spend watching television each day increases your risk of dying from heart disease by almost a fifth, say scientists in Australia. The findings were reported last month in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association. Prof. David Dunstan, the study’s lead researcher [...]
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1970: Women’s experience and tolerance of cardiac surgery began to appear in medical literature [1] 1980: Increased focus on various health issues concerning women (abuse, breast cancer, menopause, cardiovascular health)[2] 1995: A chapter on cardiovascular disease in women was written for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada[3] 1997: The American Heart Association presented a [...]
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University of Washington (UW) researchers have gathered evidence that dangerous plaques in blood vessels can rupture by overproducing protein-digesting enzymes. Plaques are fat-laden rough spots in the otherwise smooth walls of arteries. When a plaque ruptures, blood accumulates inside of it, a process known as plaque hemorrhage. The plaque enlarges and artery-blocking clots can form. [...]
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Coffee Associated With Reduced Risk of Hospitalization for Heart Rhythm Disturbances ScienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2010) — Coffee drinkers may be less likely to be hospitalized for heart rhythm disturbances, according to a new study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif. The researchers, who note the findings may be surprising because patients [...]
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