This Common Nutrient Can Make Exercise Less Heart-Safe

This Common Nutrient Can Make Exercise Less Heart-Safe

by | Aug 29, 2019

“Get more exercise,” is the kind of common wisdom that’s handed out to almost everybody, and particularly for anyone with high blood pressure. But a 2016 article in the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology could raise...
Stroke Caused By This Widespread New Work Trend

Stroke Caused By This Widespread New Work Trend

by | Aug 27, 2019

We spend at least a third of our lives at work, so scientists have always been interested in the effects of work on our health. The journal Stroke has just published a study that explores the health effects of how we work. And the results are terrifying! Eight hours a...
The Best Music for Your Heart

The Best Music for Your Heart

by | Aug 26, 2019

Swedish pop group Abba is still amazingly popular after nearly 50 years, thanks in part to the success of 2008’s movie Mamma Mia! But do the Swedish supergroup’s songs have the best beat for a healthy heart? The answer will surprise you. A study from Germany has the...
This Healthy Vegetable Causes High Blood Pressure

This Healthy Vegetable Causes High Blood Pressure

by | Aug 24, 2019

Most advice about avoiding high blood pressure involves eating more fruits and vegetables, but now there’s some confusion about one vegetable that a lot of people eat. A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School points the finger at this...
Go Green and Avoid High Blood Pressure

Go Green and Avoid High Blood Pressure

by | Aug 21, 2019

Do you get bored by the usual blood pressure advice? It’s often about doing more exercise and watching what you eat, and after a while it can get pretty monotonous. Thankfully there’s a new Australian study that doesn’t involve either of those things. It just...
The New Easy Stroke Risk Check

The New Easy Stroke Risk Check

by | Aug 18, 2019

It just got easier to identify imminent stroke, according to a recent study from the Singapore Eye Research Institute. So easy in fact, that all you have to do is say “cheese”. The researchers behind the study have discovered an amazing new way to identify whether or...