Posted 4:51 PM 3/11/2013
March 11, 2013 (San Francisco) -- Hardening of the arteries may not be such a modern problem after all.
Scans of mummies from four geographical regions across a period of 4,000 years suggest that atherosclerosis was more common in ancient populations than (More)
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Posted 7:39 PM 2/20/2013
Feb. 20, 2013 -- More American women are aware of their risk for heart disease than ever before, but huge gaps in knowledge still remain.
A new survey shows that the number of women who know that heart disease is their leading cause of death has nearly doubled since 1997: from 30% in 1997 to 56% today.
Awareness has roughly doubled since 1997 among all of the (More)
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Posted 3:24 PM 1/31/2013
Jan. 31, 2013 -- The risk of hospitalization or death from heart disease is almost a third lower in vegetarians than in people who eat meat and fish, according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Oxford in England say the health benefits of not eating meat likely stem from having lower (More)
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Posted 7:06 PM 1/29/2013
Jan. 29, 2013 -- Older women with heart problems may be at greater risk for mental changes that are thought to signal the beginnings of a type of dementia, a new study shows.
Called vascular dementia, it is a type of mental decline that's thought to be caused by (More)
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Posted 7:00 PM 1/14/2013
Jan. 14, 2013 -- Young and middle-aged women who eat blueberries and strawberries regularly may help lower their risk of a heart attack later.
In a new study, researchers wanted to focus on whether substances known as anthocyanins are good for the (More)
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Posted 4:56 PM 12/19/2012
Dec. 19, 2012 -- Oklahoma may want to rethink parts of its official state meal -- designated by the legislature in 1988 -- which includes barbecue pork, chicken fried steak, sausage, biscuits and gravy, fried okra and squash, strawberries, black-eyed peas, grits, corn, cornbread, and pecan pie.
A new survey released today by the CDC suggests that close to 99% of adults in the Sooner State have one or more risk factors or behaviors that increase risk for (More)
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Posted 5:10 PM 12/5/2012
Dec. 5, 2012 -- It's never too late to start reaping the benefits of a heart-healthy diet.
A new study shows older people with established heart disease who ate the most heart-healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, fish, and nuts had a much lower risk of dying or having another (More)
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Posted 4:16 PM 11/29/2012
Nov. 29, 2012 -- A little aromatherapy may relieve stress, but long exposures to vaporized essential oils may actually harm your health, a small new study suggests.
Researchers in Taiwan set up an experiment that was (More)
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Posted 7:02 PM 11/19/2012
Nov. 19, 2012 -- Unemployment and a history of job loss may raise the risk for heart attack, a new study suggests.
The risk of heart attack may be highest during the first year of unemployment. And the more jobs a person loses, the higher the risk, the study shows.
The findings are published in the Archives of Internal (More)
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Posted 7:05 PM 11/13/2012
Nov. 13, 2012 -- Transcendental Meditation is good for the heart, according to a new study.
The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. It found that African-Americans with (More)
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