This Sleep Habit Doubles Heart Attack Risk

This Sleep Habit Doubles Heart Attack Risk

by | Oct 31, 2018

You know that eating well, exercising, not smoking and other healthy lifestyles are very important in order to avoid heart attacks and stroke, along with keeping your cholesterol and blood pressure at bay. Now a new study, presented at The European Society of...
Increasing Heart Attack Risk By Working Out

Increasing Heart Attack Risk By Working Out

by | Oct 28, 2018

Diet and exercising. That’s the two things you have always been told to do to prevent strokes and heart attacks, along with lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. Slow down! Says a new study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Exercising can actually increase...
Are E-Cigarettes Good For Your Heart Health?

Are E-Cigarettes Good For Your Heart Health?

by | Oct 23, 2018

Smoking is on the rise in the form of E-cigarettes. They have been touted to be a healthier alternative to smoking tobacco, but researchers are getting increasingly concerned about their effects on cardiovascular health. Researchers at the University of California San...
Alcohol and the Heart Health – Surprising Conclusion

Alcohol and the Heart Health – Surprising Conclusion

by | Oct 18, 2018

Up until now, there have been a large number of studies on the relationship between alcohol consumption and risk for heart disease, with scientists achieving relatively little agreement. Some say that drinking is good, while others promote abstinence, and a few even...
When Good Cholesterol Causes Heart Attack

When Good Cholesterol Causes Heart Attack

by | Oct 13, 2018

In the old days, doctors measured overall cholesterol and tried to lower that number. Nowadays, you’re told to lower your LDL (bad) cholesterol and boost your HDL (good) cholesterol. They are even making drugs to raise HDL. But this may actually not be the right...