Catch Some Extra Rays to Prevent Heart Disease
Parents are always reminding their children how important it is to take their vitamins, but who is reminding them? Read more »
CT Screening Can Prevent Cancer Deaths
Heavy smokers may now have greater hope in combating lung cancer even after years of lung-damaging tobacco use thanks to a new screening test. Read more »
Snake Blood: The S-s-secret to Heart Health?
The latest discovery by medical researchers may just hold a clue to treating or even preventing some of the most deadly heart conditions found in today’s society. While heart attacks and heart disease in America are all too common, the potential source of a cure is anything but. Read more »
Can Hormone Therapy Reduce Heart Disease Risk?
People assume far too often that heart disease is solely a men’s issue which doesn’t affect the fairer sex. In fact, heart disease kills 12 times more women than breast cancer and is responsible for half of deaths in women over 50. Read more »
A Little Extra Stress Could Save Your Life
While having an excess of stress in your life can adversely affect your health, the stress tests performed by cardiologists have nothing to do with meeting work deadlines or preparing for a visit from your in-laws. Read more »
Cardiac Doctors Find a Heart for “Bionic Bride”
Most brides walk down the aisle feeling their hearts beat wildly as they take in their long-awaited ceremony. For Ally Smith Babineaux, however, a racing heart was not a concern on her wedding day. In fact, her heart beat was completely steady thanks to the mechanical heart pump regulating her most vital organ. Read more »
What to do When a Heart Attack Hits
With more than three-quarters of all heart attacks occurring at home, having an emergency plan in place as well as some basic first aid knowledge can make the difference between life and death. Read more »
7 Steps to Better Health…and $1 Million!
If someone handed you a list of seven simple things to do that could radically improve your overall health, would you be willing to follow them? What if that person guaranteed you radically better health AND a million dollars? Read more »
Highway to the Danger Zone
Busy commuters now have yet another reason to avoid rush hour traffic on their drives to and from work. It turns out that being exposed to traffic pollution can cause a higher risk of heart attack for up to six hours after the exposure. Read more »
New Campaign Aims to Save a Million Hearts
This week several government organizations banded together to launch Million Hearts, an initiative to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. By promoting new methods of identifying cardiac risk factors, making sure patients receive treatment, and supporting healthy lifestyles the initiative wants to drastically improve overall cardiac health. Read more »
