Heart Disease Still the Leading Cause of Death

Heart Disease Still the Leading Cause of Death

Nationally, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., but cancer is the top killer in several subgroups and geographic regions. Cancer is the leading cause of death in Hispanic populations as well as non-Hispanic Asians and Pacific Islanders. It is...
Importance of Love and Connections

Importance of Love and Connections

Canadian researchers studied 222 survivors of heart attacks. Six months after the heart attack those who were depressed were four times more likely to be dead than those who weren’t depressed. These findings were independent of cholesterol levels, blood...
Important Touchy-Feely Stuff

Important Touchy-Feely Stuff

Rabbits were placed on a high-cholesterol diet thinking they would all get heart disease. They were stacked in cages to the ceiling. Those in the higher cages got significantly more heart disease compared to the lower ones. It was found the technician caring for them...
Long-term Risks of Teenage Obesity

Long-term Risks of Teenage Obesity

Researchers in Israel found when late teens are obese their risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in adulthood increases significantly. Here are a few of the hazard ratios: Coronary heart disease deaths: HR 4.9 Total cardiovascular mortality: HR 3.5...
Rotating Night Shifts Seems to be Hard for the Heart

Rotating Night Shifts Seems to be Hard for the Heart

A long-term study covering 24 years of follow-up using data from the Nurses’ Health Studies with almost 190,000 participants reveals those who had a history of working 3 or more night shifts per month for at least 5 years had significantly higher rates of...
A Healthy Diet in Early Adulthood Yields Big Dividends Later

A Healthy Diet in Early Adulthood Yields Big Dividends Later

Young adults who ate more than 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day were found to have healthier hearts 20 years later. Those who ate the most fruits and vegetables were 26% less likely to have calcified plaque in their arteries compared to those who ate the...
Is Butter Back?

Is Butter Back?

In an almost 30 year study, researchers found when people replace saturated fat (mainly found in meats and dairy products) with refined carbohydrates they do not lower their risk of heart disease. Those who replace saturated fats with unsaturated fats or whole grains...

Long Work Hours Associated with Stroke Risk

Researchers analyzed data from more than 600,000 adults free of coronary heart disease, and almost 530,000 free of stroke at baseline. They found those working 55 hours or more week had a 33% increased risk of stroke. Risk for heart disease increased by 13%. This data...

Healthy Diet Helps Low-income Population

Low-income U.S. adults who eat a healthy diet experienced about 20% lower risk of heart disease and cancer. Almost 78,000 adults, half who had an annual income less than $15,000, were followed from 2002 to 2009. The quality of their diets was evaluated using...

Heart Hope for Obese Children

Researchers compared a plant-based diet and the American Heart Association (AHA) diet for heart-health effects on 28 obese children. After only four weeks, both diets showed significant improvements but those on a plant-based diet had additional...

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