If your parents have a history of high blood pressure, you can significantly reduce your risk of developing the disease with moderate exercise and increased cardiovascular fitness, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal H…
If you eat low-fat dairy foods, you may be reducing your risk of stroke. In a Swedish study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, people who drank low-fat milk and ate low-fat yogurt and cheese had a lower risk of stroke compare…
Chest pain patients educated about their future heart attack risk and involved in deciding care options were more likely than less-aware patients to opt out of stress testing, according to research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a…
Taking vitamin E supplements does not increase or decrease heart failure risk among women, according to a study in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal. The study is the first to investigate the effectiveness of vitamin E t…
Walking briskly for an hour a day can halve the tendency to obesity in people genetically predisposed to the condition, while a sedentary way of life that includes 4 hours or more of TV viewing a day can increase it by 50%, said researchers at an Ame…
People who experience sleep apnea may have more at stake than getting a good night’s sleep. According to an article published in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association, when sleep apnea becomes more severe it may cause …
A nightly breathing treatment may do more than help people with obstructive sleep apnea get a good night’s rest – it may also help prevent heart failure. In a study published in Circulation: Heart Failure, a journal of the American Heart Association, r…
Patients with advanced heart failure should have ongoing conversations with their healthcare providers to make informed decisions about treatment options that match their personal values, goals and preferences, according to a scientific statement publi…
Scientists modified a protein in the heart which dramatically reduced cell damage after heart attacks, according to new research published the American Heart Association journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. The modified protein re…
The longer you have diabetes, the higher your risk for stroke, according to a study in Stroke, an American Heart Association journal. In the study, diabetes increased stroke risk 3 percent each year and tripled the risk for people who had diabetes for …
