Heart Health

Spread a Little Heart Health on Your Bread

Jun 27, 2019 · · Heart Health
Conflicting information exists today about whether butter or margarine is healthier for your diet. However, as a full-fat dairy product and an animal fat, butter is solid at room temperature. Animal fats can increase your risk of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis (clogged arteries) and heart disease. Margarine, which … Read More

Toward a Better Understanding of Lipids and Heart Disease Risk

Jun 27, 2019 · · Heart Health
When we get our annual bloodwork, one of the top numbers we hear about is the cholesterol level. It is widely accepted that elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increases the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). But while regular blood checks also measure triglycerides, less is known about their role … Read More

Heart Tests: Do You Really Need Them?

Jun 26, 2019 · · Heart Health
If you have heart disease risk factors, or symptoms that may indicate a problem with your heart, a range of increasingly sophisticated imaging tests can help evaluate your health status and assess your need for treatment. But Mount Sinai cardiologist Bruce Darrow, MD, PhD, cautions that if you haven’t been … Read More

A Game-Changer for Aortic Stenosis

May 29, 2019 · · Heart Health
The days of open-heart surgery to treat aortic valve stenosis may be limited, according to two ground-breaking studies presented at the 2019 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session. Both studies found that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is as effective as open-heart valve replacement surgery in patients with … Read More

Strokes Are Preventable

Apr 29, 2019 · · Heart Health
It’s the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. and the most common cause of adult disability. As alarming as those statistics are, you may be surprised to learn that 80 percent of strokes are preventable. “That statistic from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association speaks to the combination … Read More

Stroke in Women

Apr 29, 2019 · · Heart Health
Certain diseases do not behave the same way in men and women. They may have different risk profiles, different symptoms, even different outcomes. The more scientists and physicians understand about these differences, the better they can tailor care to attain the best results. To that end, a team of researchers … Read More

Beating Hypertension—the “Silent Killer”

Apr 29, 2019 · · Heart Health
One in three American adults has hypertension (high blood pressure). And, because hypertension causes few obvious symptoms, many people with high blood pressure don’t even know it. What’s more, only about half of all diagnosed individuals are controlling their blood pressure adequately. This condition is a primary or contributing cause … Read More

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