Third Type Cholesterol (deadliest of them all)

Third Type Cholesterol (deadliest of them all)

by | Sep 26, 2019

We are usually told that cholesterol comes in two varieties—LDL and HDL. But a new study in the journal Atherosclerosis reveals that health-wise, this is a shortsighted way of looking at it. There’s a third type of cholesterol that you really need to pay attention to...
How Your Phone Causes Heart Attack

How Your Phone Causes Heart Attack

by | Sep 23, 2019

Everyone loves their phone, and most of us couldn’t live without them. But new research paints a grim health picture if you use them the wrong way. Especially for our heart. It’s time to look at the dos and don’ts of smartphone usage—before it’s too late. The study,...
Best Exercise For Heart Health Revealed (new study)

Best Exercise For Heart Health Revealed (new study)

by | Sep 22, 2019

Being obese is the biggest risk factor for heart disease, partly because obese people have more fat hugging their hearts. But even slim people can have fat around their heart. Exercise helps in the war on fat, but what kind of exercise is best for reducing heart fat?...
Shingles Increases Your Risk of These Two Deadly Conditions

Shingles Increases Your Risk of These Two Deadly Conditions

by | Sep 9, 2019

A recently published study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology shows that people at risk of shingles are also at risk of heart attacks and strokes because of the virus that causes shingles. Shingles comes from the Herpes Zoster virus. It first causes...
Omega 3s and Heart Health —What We Missed

Omega 3s and Heart Health —What We Missed

by | Sep 7, 2019

We’ve been told for years to eat more polyunsaturated fatty acids, like the omega-3s and omega-6s to lower cholesterol and improve heart health. But now a new study in the journal Communications Biology has found two huge flaws in all the previous research, so what...