Heart Health

Blood Pressure Drugs: Your Primer

Jul 24, 2024 · · Heart Health
Eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of exercise can help lower high blood pressure, but many people also need to take medication. The most commonly prescribed options are described here, and you may need to take a drug from more than one medication class to achieve optimum blood pressure … Read More

Frontline: Heart disease risk in women; reduce heart disease risk; tau protein and Alzheimer’s disease

Jun 26, 2024 · · Heart Health
Sex-Specific Criteria Help Predict Heart Disease Risk in Women Cardiovascular disease in women is often underdiagnosed in comparison to men, primarily due to the use of sex-neutral diagnostic criteria. The commonly used Framingham Risk Score, which predicts the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease within the next 10 years, is based … Read More

The Aging Heart

Jun 25, 2024 · · Heart Health
The heart is the body’s most vital organ, nourishing all the cells and tissues needed for you to survive and thrive. Through time, a variety factors can affect the heart’s ability to function at peak efficiency. Age-related changes such as stiffer blood vessels, lifestyle choices like lack of exercise, chronic … Read More

News Briefs July 2024

Jun 25, 2024 · · Heart Health
Cannabis Use Linked to Higher Heart Attack and Stroke Risk A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests that smoking cannabis poses cardiovascular risks similar to tobacco. To make that determination researchers analyzed data from 430,000 U.S. adults ages 18 to 74. The participants answered health … Read More

Ask the EN Experts July 2024

Jun 25, 2024 · · Heart Health
Got a sweet tooth? Use caution—too much sugar can wreak havoc on health, especially as we age. For older Americans, regular intake of too many sweets can have dire consequences. Studies have revealed some pretty alarming outcomes associated with too much sugar, especially on the heart. High sugar intake can … Read More

Spotlight on Supplements: Rose Hip

Jun 25, 2024 · · Heart Health
“Of all flowers, me thinks a rose is best.”—William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, The Two Noble Kinsmen. Like Shakespeare, many value the aesthetic appeal of a rose. But, what about its taste? While consuming this beautiful plant may not be the first thing that comes to mind, parts of the … Read More

Heart of the Matter

Jun 25, 2024 · · Heart Health
When you hear “heart-healthy diet,” you probably think of the Mediterranean or the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diets or perhaps even the Blue Zone way of eating. To some degree, what all these diets have in common is an emphasis on eating a whole-food, plant-based diet. However, there … Read More

Kudos to Carrots!

Jun 25, 2024 · · Heart Health
The Folklore. Famously orange, but now common in a rainbow of colors, carrots are among the most consumed vegetables in the U.S. Carrots were first cultivated about 1,100 years ago in the Afghanistan region, but seeds from its predecessor, the wild carrot, have been found in Europe almost 5,000 years … Read More

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