Eating more fruits, vegetables may cut stroke risk worldwide
Eating more fruits, vegetables may cut stroke risk worldwide // PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-May-2014 Stroke risk decreased by 32 percent with every 200 grams of fruit consumed each day and…
Low vitamin C levels may raise heart failure patients’ risk
Public release date: 13-Nov-2011 Low levels of vitamin C were associated with higher levels of high sensitivity C-Reactive protein (hsCRP) and shorter intervals without major cardiac issues or death for…
Garlic oil component may form treatment to protect heart
Public release date: 16-Nov-2011 A component of garlic oil may help release protective compounds to the heart after heart attack, during cardiac surgery, or as a treatment for heart failure.…
By 2020 majority of adults in America will be overweight, suffer from diabetic conditions
Public release date: 16-Nov-2011 By Erin White CHICAGO — In 2020, the vast majority of adults in America will be overweight or obese and more than half will suffer from…
Today’s teens will die younger of heart disease
Public release date: 16-Nov-2011 High blood sugar, obesity, poor diet, smoking, little exercise make adolescents unhealthiest in US history CHICAGO — A new study that takes a complete snapshot of…
Industry conflicts of interest are pervasive among medical guideline panel members – (52 percent) had COI
Public release date: 11-Oct-2011 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that conflicts of interest (COI) are prevalent and potentially underreported among individuals participating in the development of…
Low-carb, higher-fat diets add no arterial health risks to obese people seeking to lose weight
Public release date: 1-Jun-2011 Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that…
Just 1 person out of 1,900 met the AHA’s definition of ideal heart health, says University of Pittsburgh study
Public release date: 18-Feb-2011 PITTSBURGH, Feb. 18 – Only one out of more than 1,900 people evaluated met the American Heart Association (AHA) definition of ideal cardiovascular health, according to…
Diet high in B-vitamins lowers heart risks in Japanese study
Public release date: 15-Apr-2010 In a large study in Japan, women who reported eating more foods containing the B-vitamins folate and B-6 were less likely to die from stroke and…
Children’s cardiovascular fitness declining worldwide
Contact: Carrie Thacker carrie.thacker@heart.org 214-706-1665 American Heart Association The study is the first to show that kids' cardiovascular fitness has declined around the globe since about 1975: In the United…
Staying on medication may not translate to avoiding readmission
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A targeted effort to help high-risk heart failure patients stay on their medications did improve adherence to drug…
Staying on medication had surprisingly little effect lowering hospital readmission rates
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center Staying on medication may not translate to avoiding readmission DURHAM, N.C. – A targeted effort to help high-risk heart failure patients…
Wider use of statins ‘disturbing’
Wider use of statins will have minimal benefit and could needlessly expose thousands to severe side effects, doctors warn following change in US prescription guidelines New US guidelines on statins,…
High serum omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content protects against brain abnormalities
Contact: Jyrki Virtanen jyrki.virtanen@uef.fi 358-294-454-542 University of Eastern Finland According to a new study, high long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid content in blood may lower the risk of small brain…
Garlic Boosts Hydrogen Sulfide To Relax Arteries
Public release date: 15-Oct-2007 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Eating garlic is one of the best ways to lower high blood pressure and protect yourself from cardiovascular disease. A new study from…
Carnitine supplement may improve survival rates of children with heart defects
Contact: Toni Baker tbaker@gru.edu 706-721-4421 Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University AUGUSTA, Ga. – A common nutritional supplement may be part of the magic in improving…
Abstract 137 – Diet, ‘anti-aging’ supplements may help reverse blood vessel abnormality
A diet low in grains, beans and certain vegetables — combined with “anti-aging” supplements — improved blood vessel function, in a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis…
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