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Study outlines 6 foods that may lower risk of heart disease

Health News // 1 year ago

Study outlines 6 foods that may lower risk of heart disease

Consuming fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts, fish and whole-fat dairy products is key to lowering the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart attacks and strokes.

Annual flu shot many lower risk of death for people with heart failure

Health News // 2 years ago

Annual flu shot many lower risk of death for people with heart failure

People battling heart failure should make the time to get their flu shots now, a new study suggests. It could reduce pneumonia infections and cardiac complications.

'Polypill' reduces risk for heart attack, stroke by up to 40%, study finds

Health News // 4 years ago

'Polypill' reduces risk for heart attack, stroke by up to 40%, study finds

A so-called "polypill" that combines three blood pressure medications and a cholesterol-lowering drug, when taken with aspirin, reduces risk for heart attack or stroke by up to 40%, according to a study published Friday.

One egg per day is heart-healthy, study says

Health News // 5 years ago

One egg per day is heart-healthy, study says

Americans for decades have gotten dietary whiplash from the back-and-forth science on whether eggs are good for them. But a major new study shows an egg a day won't harm heart health.

Cancer kills more people than heart disease in wealthy nations

Health News // 5 years ago

Cancer kills more people than heart disease in wealthy nations

Cancer has overtaken heart disease as the No. 1 killer in wealthy nations, where cancer was responsible for 55 percent of deaths, a new report found.

Health News // 5 years ago

Study: 4-in-1 combo heart drug decreases cardiac event risk by one-third

The risk of heart attack, strokes and heart failure fell by 34 percent for people who took a combo pill of aspirin, a cholesterol drug and two blood pressure medicines reduced the risk of heart attack

Diet moderate in carbs could be key to longer life

Health News // 6 years ago

Diet moderate in carbs could be key to longer life

You've probably heard about the high-carb diet and the low-carb diet, but a new study suggests a moderate-carb diet could be the key to longevity.

Research: Blood thinner reduces risk after heart damage in surgery

Health News // 7 years ago

Research: Blood thinner reduces risk after heart damage in surgery

A blood-thinning drug significantly reduces the risk of complication from heart injury after major, non-cardiac surgery, according to researchers.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Study: Uncontrolled hypertension is common

Many patients worldwide don't know they have hypertension, and even if they do, too few receive adequate medication, Australian and Canadian researchers say.

Health News // 1 decade ago

Insulin has no effect on heart attack risk

Daily insulin injection, begun early with type 2 diabetes, neither increased nor reduced heart attack, stroke or cancer risk, Canadian researchers said.

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This study indicates that the same relationships that are observed in Western countries exist in different regions of the world
Western diet increases heart risk globally Oct 21, 2008

A major accomplishment of POISE was that anesthesiologists, cardiologists, internists and surgeons at 190 centers in 23 countries came together and randomized 8,351 patients -- more than four times as many patients than all the previous perioperative beta-blocker trials combined
Metoprolol at surgery may increase risk May 13, 2008

I call it the ratio of nasty vs. good molecules
Most heart attacks can be prevented Aug 30, 2004