Exposure to air pollution 30 years ago associated with increased risk of death
Exposure to air pollution more than 30 years ago may still affect an individual’s mortality risk today, according to new…
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Well: Can Too Much Exercise Harm the Heart?
Photo Credit iStock With many of us contemplating marathons or other prolonged endurance events in 2016, we, our spouses and…
Well: Ask Well: Blood Pressure Over Age 70
Photo Credit Stuart Bradford Do you have a health question? Submit your question to Ask Well. Related: Ask Well: Can…
Blood Pressure, a Reading With a Habit of Straying
It turns out that blood pressure can jump around a lot — as much as 40 points in one day in my case — which raises the question of which reading to trust.
The Heart Disease Conundrum
Traditional cardiac risk models, developed by studying mostly white Americans, don’t fully apply to ethnic communities. This is a knowledge gap that must be filled in the coming years.
Google Aims a $50 Million Moonshot at Curing Heart Disease
“Traditional research funding models are often incremental and piecemeal, making it difficult to study a long-term, multifaceted subject,” Andrew Conrad, CEO of the life sciences team at Google. “AHA and Google Life Sciences have committed to a bold new approach.”
For Statins, Cholesterol Care May Be Just the Start
Statins are the world’s leading cholesterol-lowering drugs, firmly established as safe and very effective at reducing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from atherosclerotic heart disease for most people.
The Mediterranean Diet: Is it the Food or the Lifestyle?
For decades, health authorities have argued that the diet of people living in Mediterranean countries, with its emphasis on olive oil, nuts and fresh produce, is a driving force behind the region’s historically low rates of heart disease.
Mending Hearts: A New, Life-or-Death Approach to Funding Heart Research
Cardiologists recently hailed early results of a study suggesting that many lives might be saved if people with high blood…
Heart Scan Can Fine-Tune Risk Estimate for Patients Considering Statins
A new study of people who had an inexpensive heart scan found that half of those who were statin candidates actually had no signs of plaque in their heart and very little chance of having a heart attack in the next decade.