Stress and the Heart: It’s Complicated
When the heart is put under stress during exercise, it is considered healthy. Yet stress due to high blood pressure is bad for the heart. Why? And is this always …
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Do You Get Enough Omega-3?
Data from a two-country scientific study that compared adults’ perceptions of their own diets and importance of Omega-3 fatty acids (O3) vs. O3 blood levels (Omega-3 Index) was published in Nutrients. …
Read MoreWhat You Need to Know About Ischemic Stroke
There are 3 types of strokes and ischemic stroke is one of them. It’s also referred to as cerebral or brain ischemia. The main cause of this stroke is a …
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Bacterial fats, not dietary ones, may deserve the blame for heart disease
Heart disease and fatty clogs in the arteries go hand in hand. But new evidence suggests the fatty molecules might come not only from what you eat, but from the …
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How a Cardiac Surgeon Keeps His Own Heart Healthy
As a cardiac surgeon at Michigan Medicine, Jonathan Haft, M.D., knows the value of a healthy heart. And he knows that the decisions, however small, we make each day can lead …
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Time to Take Heart!
According to statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 600,000 Americans die each year from heart disease—the leading cause of death for both men and women …
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6 Steps to Ward off Heart Disease
By now, it’s hard to imagine anyone arguing against the importance of heart health. But what seems a little fuzzier is how one achieves a healthy heart. While engaging in …
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Indulge Your Heart
A heart-healthy indulgence? Say it’s so! A group of scientists recently found that study participants who ate 75 grams (about three ounces) of dark chocolate daily for a week had …
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Support Your Heart’s Health with Chocolate
Yep, that’s right, chocolate: that oh-so-indulgent treat that makes women around the world swoon. But it’s not the milk chocolate candy bar or the box of chocolate-covered cherries that best …
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Is Broccoli Better Than Cauliflower? The Real Truth About Cancer Risk, Heart Health and More
Broccoli and cauliflower are two vegetables that have a lot in common. They are both cruciferous vegetables and family members from the Brassica oleracea plant species. Both vegetables also originated …
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