Effects of Almonds on Heart Health
The Heart and Stroke Foundation estimates that every seven minutes in Canada, someone dies from heart disease or stroke. Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of premature death in Canada and many of these deaths are preventable. So, new research into mechanisms behind fighting heart disease is always welcome - particularly when it involves a simple behaviour change that can make a difference.
Research has shown for many years that almonds are a heart smart food; but, new, preliminary research published in this month’s Journal of Nutrition provides further insight into how the antioxidants in almonds may help maintain a healthy heart.
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May 21, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Health | Leave a CommentErectile Dysfunction May Signal Future Heart Disease
Erectile dysfunction is always a matter of the heart, but new research shows that more than romance is at stake. Two new studies of men with type 2 diabetes found that erectile dysfunction (ED) was a powerful early warning sign for serious heart disease, including heart attack and death.
One of the studies also showed that cholesterol-lowering medications could cut the risk of heart problems by about one-third—and suggested that Viagra and other compounds in the same drug family might offer similar protection.
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May 20, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Disease | Leave a CommentRevolutionary Gene Therapy to Treat Heart Patients
A new gene therapy has been developed with the potential to treat heart patients with an injection instead of risky transplant surgery.
This is according to researchers at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex and Imperial College London.
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May 19, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Research | Leave a CommentJuice Prevents Heart Disease
According to French researchers, grapes, apples and their juices protect against developing clogged arteries in hamsters eating a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet.
Dr. Kelly Decorde of the Universite Montpel said that fruit juices had a more powerful anti-atherosclerotic effect than the fruit itself.
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May 17, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Disease | Leave a CommentHeavy Drinking Boosts Heart Disease Risk
Newswise — Despite widespread literature supporting the benefits of moderate alcohol intake, heavy drinkers may be disheartened to discover that drinking to excess results in higher blood pressure, stiffer arteries and more rigid heart muscles in men and enlarged hearts in women, all of which are clear risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD).
According to the data, unveiled today at the American Society of Hypertension’s Twenty Third Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2008), men who drink more than 21 units of alcohol per week and women who drink more than 14 are putting themselves at serious risk of CV events, such as hypertensive heart disease, heart failure and strokes.
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May 16, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Disease | Leave a CommentPatients Getting Trasylol More Likely to Die
A new Canadian study has confirmed that a Bayer anti-bleeding drug Trasylol, used during heart surgery, considerably increased the risk of dying compared to less-expensive alternatives.
Canadian research found that people given Trasylol (also known by its generic name aprotinin) face a 53% increased risk of death.
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May 15, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Research | Leave a CommentObesity and Its Association with Heart Risk
Obesity rates appear high in most but not all ethnic groups in the United States, and extra weight is associated with cardiovascular risk factors and markers of sub-clinical heart disease, according to a report in the May 12 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
The United States, along with many other countries, is experiencing an epidemic of obesity, according to background information in the article. Between 1960 and 2000, rates of obesity increased from 11 percent to 28 percent in men and 16 percent to 34 percent in women. “The obesity epidemic has the potential to reduce further gains in the U.S. life expectancy, largely through an effect on cardiovascular disease mortality [death],” the authors write.
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May 14, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Disease | Leave a CommentViagra Protects Hearts of Muscular Dystrophy Patients
Anti-impotence pills might protect the hearts of patients with a common form of muscular dystrophy.
According to a new Canadian study, people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy often suffer from heart failure, but Viagra might prevent or delay the onset of this condition.
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May 13, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Disease | Leave a CommentAngioplasty After Heart Attack Improves Survival Rate
(DPA) - Heart attack victims who immediately receive an angioplasty have a higher survival rate than those treated with fibrinolytic drugs, which is the usual procedure in many places, according to a report by the Munich-based DMW Deutsche Medizinische Wochenzeitschrift.
Fewer than half of heart attack patients in Germany are given an angioplasty, however, and nearly half of the country’s 439 rural districts lack angioplasty facilities.
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May 12, 2008 | Filed Under Heart Attack | Leave a CommentCaveman Diet for Healthy Heart
You should eat like a caveman if you want healthy heart!
A new study has found that a stone-age diet of berries, nuts, lean meat and fish helps reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
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