News tagged with coronary heart
Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.
High-fat low-carb diets could mean significant heart risk
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New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets. Worryingly, the research, lead by ...
Findings suggest lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified, without the need to fast
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Lipid assessment in vascular disease can be simplified by measuring either total and HDL cholesterol levels or apolipoproteins, without the need to fast and without regard to triglyceride levels, according to a study in the ...
Prevalence of high LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol levels decreases in US
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Between 1999 and 2006, the prevalence of adults in the U.S. with high levels of LDL cholesterol, the "bad" cholesterol, decreased by about one-third, according to a study in the November 18 issue of JAMA. But a high percen ...
Motivational 'women-only' cardiac rehab improves symptoms of depression
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Depressive symptoms improved among women with coronary heart disease who participated in a motivationally-enhanced cardiac rehabilitation program exclusively for women, according to research presented at the American Heart ...
