Is breakfast the most important meal of the day for your fat cells?
Regularly eating breakfast affects our body fat cells by decreasing the activity of genes involved in fat metabolism and increasing how much sugar they take up, according to new research from the...
View ArticleGlobal health committee issues report on heart disease burden
The United States must prioritize its health resources toward detecting and treating noncommunicable diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, while maintaining and expanding prevention and eradication...
View ArticleHeat, humidity, and heart disease
It's no secret that high temperatures or extreme humidity can negatively impact one's physical health, particularly those afflicted with cardiovascular disease. Previous literature has even suggested...
View ArticleCentralized population health coordinators improve care for patients with...
A centralized chronic disease management program produced significant improvements in the care of patients with diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular disease treated at practices in the...
View ArticleLink between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular death depends on...
Very frequent consumption of alcohol is associated with an increased risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, but only among people in the lowest socioeconomic position, according to a new research...
View ArticleHeart health at risk for Latinas over worries about deportation
A recent study conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley's Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health (CERCH) found that worry about deportations was associated with...
View ArticleLifestyle biomarkers investigated in prostate cancer survivors
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs), which have been linked to many chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, build up in the body from birth due to normal metabolism...
View ArticleWill smoking pot harm your heart? Experts weigh in
(HealthDay)—Anyone worried that smoking a lot of pot could lead to a heart attack or stroke will just have to keep worrying for the time being.
View ArticleAHA: breast cancer patients at increased risk for CV disease
(HealthDay)—Due to shared risk factors and impact on heart health from cancer treatment, comprehensive care is necessary for breast cancer patients to optimize both cancer treatment and cardiovascular...
View ArticleThe connection between a healthy marriage and a healthy heart
For many, marriage signals the beginning of an entwined and, at times, tangled relationship. Spouses often play the role of friend, co-parent, caregiver, financial partner and emotional support system...
View ArticleProfessor studies trans fat consumption in the wake of policy shifts
Trans fat policies have led to a decline in its availability in the global food supply, according to Rutgers School of Public Health professor Shauna Downs and colleagues from universities worldwide....
View ArticleA gender agenda—improving healthcare equality
In the past, we've thought diseases affect men and women the same. New evidence suggests this is not the case, and women are suffering for it.
View ArticleResearchers study influence of fat storage in the heart on cardiovascular...
Michael Nelson, assistant professor of kinesiology at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a new five-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the link...
View ArticleEating yogurt may reduce cardiovascular disease risk
A new study in the American Journal of Hypertension, published by Oxford University Press, suggests that higher yogurt intake is associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk among hypertensive men...
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