Aspirin alert: Terrifying heart attack connection

Aspirin alert: Terrifying heart attack connection

Doctors have long been prescribing aspirin as a blood thinner to anyone at risk of heart disease. But does it help? Or does it harm? This has never been well-researched. A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine attempts to answer these questions....
To Avoid Heart Attack, Do This ONE Thing

To Avoid Heart Attack, Do This ONE Thing

Most heart health advice: all “DON’Ts” no “DO’s.” – Don’t eat fats, – don’t eat sugar, – don’t eat cholesterol, …don’t, don’t, don’t. So it’s nice to get one DO advice, right? Because there is one thing that you must “do” to save yourself from heart attacks. Yet the...
Alcohol and heart health: weird conclusion

Alcohol and heart health: weird conclusion

Does alcohol cause stroke and heart attack? Or does it not? Hundreds of studies pounded on that question. Each contradicts the other. Finally, we have a clear answer that explains everything. It’s from a new study published in BMC Medicine. But, it’s weird. The...
The worst food for High Blood Pressure

The worst food for High Blood Pressure

Most of us eat twice the recommended amount of this food. Unfortunately, it’s the worst contributor to high blood pressure — even worse than obesity. This is according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. While medical scientists...
How exercise causes Heart Attacks and Strokes

How exercise causes Heart Attacks and Strokes

The right way to exercise prevents stroke and heart attack. The wrong way increases heart attack deaths by 160%. This is according to a new study published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In this study, the researchers followed 2,377 people who had already had a...