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Researchers study how pistachios may improve heart health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (27) | comments 1

Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers at Penn State who conducted the first study to investigate the way pistachios lower cholesterol.





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Yoga boosts heart health

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of ...


Americans concerned about heart health, but not proactive enough to prevent it

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

To help draw attention to National Child Health Day (today), the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) has released findings from a new national consumer survey and launched a campaign to educate families about ...


NHLBI publishes new heart healthy cookbook

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The health of your heart has a lot to do with the foods you eat. To help busy people and families shop for, prepare, and serve healthy meals, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes ...


Adhering to healthy lifestyle habits associated with reduced lifetime risk of heart failure

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created Jul 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Men who exercised regularly, drank moderately, did not smoke, who were not overweight and had a diet that included cereal and fruits and vegetables had a lower lifetime risk of heart failure, according to a study in the July ...


Freshly crushed garlic better for the heart than processed

Freshly crushed garlic better for the heart than processed

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study reports what scientists term the first scientific evidence that freshly crushed garlic has more potent heart-healthy effects than dried garlic. Scheduled for the Aug. 12 issue of the Journal of ...


Protein may predict heart attack and early death, not stroke

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with high levels of a protein called C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker for inflammation in the blood, may be at higher risk for heart attack and death but not stroke, according to a study published in the October ...


Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...


Exercise-linked ventricular tachycardia is not a risk to healthy older adults

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Healthy, older adults free of heart disease need not fear that bouts of rapid, irregular heartbeats brought on by vigorous exercise might increase short- or long-term risk of dying or having a heart attack, according to a ...


Extra care for outwardly healthy workers costs companies millions annually

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created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Someone healthy enough to work could still cost an employer more than $4,000 annually in unnecessary health care costs.


Heart test found safe for pre-transplant kidney patients

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A screening test that measures whether a patient's heart is healthy enough for a kidney transplant is not as dangerous as once thought, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the Am ...



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