Most stroke risk factors can be reduced with lifestyle modifications. Most important... * Not smoking. * Limiting dietary fat. * Eating fruits and vegetables. * Exercising regularly. Patients who maintain healthy blood pressure readings (less than 115/75) and total cholesterol levels (less than 200)...avoid...
What if people received warnings about coming strokes a week or even a month before they occurred? You might assume that such...
The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that men age 65 to 75 who have ever smoked undergo ultrasound screening for abdominal...
Twenty-nine patients with carotid stenosis (narrowing of the artery in the neck) underwent carotid artery stenting, in which the narrowed a fiery...
People who have an overactive thyroid gland, but no symptoms of thyroid disease, are at an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, an...
Patients who have atrial fibrillation (AF)—rapid, irregular rhythm in the heart's upper chambers—are 20 times more likely than...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common type of A arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) affecting more than two million Americans. This figure includes up...
A new weapon in the ongoing war on A heart disease has been forged by some very healthy Italians. A manmade form...
Red grapefruit lowers LDt (bad) cholesterol I\even in people who don't respond to statin drugs, such as Lescol and...
Statins really do lower cholesterol, but that doesn't automatically mean a lower risk of heart problems or death compared with...
It's widely known that low cholesterol levels help prevent heart attack and stroke. But that's only part of...
Congestive heart failure (CHF) risk has been linked to nighttime blood pressure. High blood pressure is a risk factor for CHF, in...