Your heart is essentially your engine. And as you know, a car without a good engine is really not that efficient, even when the other parts are working fine. Making adjustments to your diet and lifestyle can go a long way in ensuring your engine runs smoothly into your later years. In honor of World […]
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Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is the most common abnormal heartbeat, or arrhythmia. The upper chambers, or atria, of the heart beat very rapidly and out of sync, which results in the quivering, or fibrillation, of the heart walls. We look into the common causes of atrial fibrillation.
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There’s good news for people who love foods high in saturated fat: a new study shows that such a diet poses no serious health risk. However, that same study found that a diet high in trans fats is quite dangerous. The study, which was carried out by researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, involved […]
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Love southern food? Many of us do. But new research shows a diet filled with fried chicken, sweet tea and greens cooked in bacon fat can increase your risk of a heart attack. The study, which was led by University of Alabama epidemiologist James Shikany, involved an examination of dietary data associated with roughly 17,000 […]
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The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new heart failure drug that could save thousands–even millions–of lives. The drug is Entresto, which is made by pharmaceutical company Novartis. Excitement around the announcement is high because a clinical trial completed roughly a year ago showed that patients using it saw their risk […]
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What’s the best way to gauge someone’s heart health? Test their hand strength. At least, that’s the finding of a new study recently published in The Lancet. The study, which was carried out by medical researchers at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, involved almost 140,000 patients from 17 different countries. All of the participants were […]
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