Does it work?
We’re not sure. A big study found that people who closely followed the Mediterranean diet were less likely to die prematurely (earlier than expected) from heart disease. But we don’t how many of the people in this study had high cholesterol.
What is it?
The Mediterranean diet is eaten by people who live around the Mediterranean in countries like Greece, Italy and Spain. Researchers don’t always agree on what constitutes a Mediterranean-style Read the rest of this entry »
Help a leading fashion accessories brand, Swarovski, raise awareness about women’s heart health by purchasing red and heart-shaped jewelry items from its 2009 Go Red For Women® Collection. The company will donate a minimum contribution of $150,000 from the sales of this collection to the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement.
The company has donated more than $1.6 million to the issue of women and heart disease awareness Read the rest of this entry »
The number of prescriptions for the drugs written for children and adolescents doubled to 4.4 million from 2003 to 2006, in part because of increases in diagnoses of bipolar disorder. Their efficacy in children and Alzheimer’s patients has never been demonstrated, experts said.
Eli Lilly & Co., the manufacturer of Zyprexa, is expected to settle a lawsuit with the federal government as early as today, paying a record $1.4 billion in civil and criminal Read the rest of this entry »
VINELAND — In recognition of Heart Month, South Jersey Healthcare will host its second annual Women’s Heart Health Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Centerton Country Club in Pittsgrove.
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, and nearly 39 percent of all female deaths in the nation result from cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. The conference will offer local women valuable health information and tips Read the rest of this entry »
REDLANDS – The Loma Linda University Heart & Surgical Hospital saw its first two surgical patients this morning.
After some contention and an ownership change, the building officially opened Tuesday.
“I’m happy to report we received a call from the California Department of Public Health yesterday afternoon and we’re approved to start patient care tomorrow,” Jesse Mock, the new hospital’s vice president and administrator, said at the grand opening Read the rest of this entry »
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As a 30-something, I hereby resolve to sleep more in 2009. And published today in the
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. In fact, the study showed that one extra hour each night lowered the estimated odds of having such gunk in the vasculature by 33 percent. According to the study authors, getting that extra hour brings a benefit, cardiovascularly speaking, similar to that of lowering systolic blood pressure (the top number in the blood pressure ratio) by 17 Read the rest of this entry »
Agnesian HealthCare will be handing out 3,000 red roses today to bring awareness to women’s heart care.
Roses will be handed out by Agnesian volunteers, employees and providers, all wearing red.
Red Rose Day is aimed at bringing women’s heart care education to the local community throughout February as part of American Heart Month.
Heart disease is a greater risk to women than breast cancer, but relatively few women know this, according to an Read the rest of this entry »
Even though heart disease is the No. 1 killer of American women, female patients don’t always receive the same aggressive treatment that their male counterparts do for heart attack, new research suggests.
The researchers further conclude that among patients who have major heart attacks, women are more likely to die — a disparity that heart doctors say must stimulate change.
“The fact that nothing has changed over the years and that disparities Read the rest of this entry »
A Link Between Sleep and Heart Disease?
each night have less risk of having artery-clogging calcifications that can lead to heart disease, according to a study published in the December 24–31 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. That doesn’t mean that people should pop sleeping pills in order to get more rest, experts say. “We don’t know why there is an association,” Diane Lauderdale, the study’s author and an associate Read the rest of this entry »