by Scott Davis | Jul 20, 2018
The American Heart Association’s most straightforward and accurate test of heart health and cardiovascular disease risk is called the Life’s Simple 7 (or LS7). The LS7 tests for the effects of smoking, diet, physical activity, body mass index, blood...
by Scott Davis | Jul 13, 2018
Usually we hear “don’t eat this, don’t eat that” when it comes to health. However, a new study just published in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases found that eating 4 specific foods drops cholesterol by 17% and reduces your risk of heart disease by 13%....
by Jodi Knapp | Jul 8, 2018
According to a review of the scientific literature in a 2014 edition of the European Cardiology Review, men with type 2 diabetes are twice as likely as those without it to suffer from heart failure, while the hearts of type 2 diabetic woman are four times more likely...
by Scott Davis | Jul 7, 2018
You know that exercising is good to keep your arteries in shape and prevent stroke and heart attack. But we’re all busy and maybe don’t have time for vigorous exercises every day. So how much is enough? And when is it too late to start? That’s what a group of...
by Scott Davis | Jun 22, 2018
What happens when a group of overweight Americans eat their normal unhealthy diet and exercises as little as usually? Bad stuff, right? What if the same group ate a handful of specific nuts daily without changing anything else? Good stuff: Their blood pressure and...
by Scott Davis | Jun 19, 2018
If you have high blood pressure, chances are high that one day you’ll suffer stroke or heart attack. Statistics gathered over decades bear that out. But one vitamin, according to a new study, can prevent stroke and heart attack for people who suffer high blood...