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Knowledge of Heart Risk Does Not Always Change Unhealthy Habits

Jul 21, 2017 · Diane Muhlfeld · Heart Health

If you knew you could lower your risk of heart attack by making a simple lifestyle change, would you be motivated to make that change? In a Canadian study, three-fourths of people said yes. But surprisingly, many with five or more risk factors for heart attack did not feel the … Read More

Editor’s Note: Stroke: Time to Treatment is the Key

Jun 29, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Stroke is the fifth most common cause of death in the US and a leading cause of disability. According to a report issued by the American Heart Association, a stroke causes approximately one out of every 20 deaths in the US, and someone dies from a stroke about every four … Read More

6 Steps for Preventing Stroke

Jun 29, 2017 · Dawn Bialy · Heart Health

A stroke occurs in the brain, but it can affect your body from head to toe. A stroke is caused by a partial or total interruption of the blood supply to your brain. Suffering a stroke can be fatal, or it can cause brain damage, paralysis, and other complications. “A … Read More

Heart Failure: Your Treatment Options

Jun 23, 2017 · Kate Brophy · Heart Health

A new report from the American Heart Association (AHA) suggests that U.S. heart failure rates are rising. The number of Americans who have the condition increased from about 5.7 million between 2009 and 2012 to about 6.5 million between 2011 and 2014, according to the AHA’s Heart Disease and Stroke … Read More

Newsbriefs: Trans Fats; Heart Attack Risk

Jun 23, 2017 · Diane Muhlfeld · Heart Health

New York Proves That Banning Trans Fats Reduces Heart Attacks. You’ve heard that trans fats are harmful, and that you should ban this form of cholesterol from your diet. Now there’s solid proof this advice is good medicine. In 2007, some counties in New York state began restricting the use … Read More

Another HDL-Raising Drug Fails the Test

Jun 23, 2017 · Diane Muhlfeld · Heart Health

High levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol help protect against heart disease, which is why it is called the “good” cholesterol. People with naturally high levels of HDL have fewer heart attacks and strokes than those with lower levels. Yet it is becoming all too clear that raising HDL with … Read More

Frontline: Calcium Scan; RA Symptoms Link to Diet; Hot Flashes & Cardio Risk

May 30, 2017 · Dawn Bialy · Heart Health

Calcium Scan May Be Useful in Assessing Heart Risks A computed tomography (CT) imaging test called a coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan may be more accurate than other methods of determining the risk of coronary artery disease, according to a review published March 6, 2017 in JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. A CAC … Read More

What You Need to Know About Heart Attacks

May 30, 2017 · Dawn Bialy · Heart Health

Many women are far more concerned about the possibility that they will develop breast cancer than heart dis-ease, but heart disease claims more than six times as many women’s lives each year as breast cancer does. What’s more, many women are unaware of the fact that they are at risk … Read More

Newsbriefs: Robot Sleeve Treatment for Heart Failure; Colonoscopy Alternatives; Shoulder Replacement Surgery

May 30, 2017 · JoAnn Milivojevic · Heart Health

Soft Robot Sleeve Helps Ailing Hearts Beat Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot sleeve that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially offering new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure. In animal tests, the soft robotic sleeve twisted and … Read More

Blood Thinners: Balancing the Benefits and Risks

May 18, 2017 · Kate Brophy · Heart Health

So-called “blood thinners” (anticoagulant drugs) can help prevent dangerous blood clots in people with the abnormal heart rhythm atrial fibrillation (AFib), in which the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) beat irregularly and ineffectively. “This causes blood to pool in the atria,” says Jonathan Halperin, MD, director of clinical … Read More

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