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Smart Shirt Helps Predict Heart Problems
A "smart shirt" equipped with an electrocardiogram (ECG) can help identify folks who are at higher risk of heart disease, a new study says. The shirt monitors people's heart rate recovery after exercise, tracking the time it takes for their heart to return to a normal...
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Beef Up Your Walking Program
Walking is one of the best exercises for your health. Experts at Harvard Health say that walking has been scientifically shown to reduce certain forms of cancer, fight obesity, and ease joint pain. Walking also lowers heart disease risk, boosts immune function, and your...
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Home-Delivery Medical Meals Prevent Hospitalization
Home-delivered meals tailored to people's chronic illnesses can prevent hospitalizations, help folks remain healthy and save billions of dollars each year, a new study says. In "Food Is Medicine" programs, people with conditions like diabetes, heart disease or cancer receive...
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Study: ADHD Drugs' Benefits Outweigh Heart Risks
Worried about taking the ADHD meds you've been prescribed because they might harm your heart health? There's no need to fret, according to a new evidence review. ADHD medications generally have just a small effect on a person's blood pressure, heart rate and heart electrical...
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Dr. Crandall: Food Fixes for High Cholesterol
While the body needs some cholesterol to build healthy cells, high LDL cholesterol, often called "bad" cholesterol because it collects along blood vessel walls, raises the risk for heart attack and stroke. Medications can lower cholesterol levels, but they often have...
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Day Eating May Cut Night Workers' Heart Risks
Night shift workers might be able to protect their heart health by only eating during daylight hours, a new study says. Participants in an experiment experienced fewer heart health risk factors if they only ate during the daytime while working a night shift, researchers...
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Hearing Loss May Predict Heart Failure
An older person's hearing might be a harbinger of heart health, a new study says. People who experience hearing loss are more likely to develop heart failure, researchers reported April 8 in the journal Heart. What's more, heart failure risk increases as hearing loss...
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Don't Mix Coffee With These Medications
Certain medications can have adverse interactions when taken at the same time you drink coffee. For instance, antipsychotic drugs like clozapine can have their effects reduced when consumed with caffeine. Similarly, certain antidepressants, especially MAO inhibitors, can...
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Warning Signs of Postpartum Preeclampsia
Meghan Markle revealed that she suffered from potentially life-threatening postpartum preeclampsia. The 43-year-old Duchess of Sussex didn't specify whether she experienced the rare condition following the birth of her now five-year-old son, Archie, or his three-year-old...
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Antidepressants Linked To Sudden Cardiac Death
Antidepressants appear to increase people's risk of sudden cardiac death, a new study says. People taking the mood meds are more likely to die suddenly from heart problems, and their risk rises the longer they're on the drugs, according to findings presented Monday in Vienna...
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Strokes From Neck Artery Tears Rising Fast
Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an artery in the neck that supplies blood to the brain. Blood can clot at the site...
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'Weekend Warriors' as Healthy as Daily Exercisers
Life is busy, and some folks simply don't have time until the weekend to work out. Turns out, that's just fine for their health, a new study suggests. "Weekend warriors" who cram their week's exercise into one or two days appear to gain as much benefit as people who are...
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Low 'Bad' Cholesterol Might Lower Dementia Risk
Lower levels of "bad" LDL cholesterol could mean a lower risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study says. People with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels lower than 70 mg/dl had a 26% lower risk of dementia and 28% lower risk of Alzheimer's, compared...
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Where Jobs, Programs Were Cut at Health Agencies
Thousands of people responsible for tracking health trends and disease outbreaks, conducting and funding medical research, monitoring the safety of food and medicine, and administering health insurance programs for nearly half of the country were laid off Tuesday at the...
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Brain Implant Allows Woman to Talk After Stroke
For nearly two decades, a stroke had left a woman unable to speak - until now. Thanks to a new brain implant, her thoughts are being turned into real-time speech, giving her a voice again for the first time in 18 years. The device was tested on a 47-year-old woman with...
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FDA's Top Tobacco Official Removed
The Food and Drug Administration's chief tobacco regulator has been removed from his post amid broad cuts at the agency and across the federal health workforce handed down Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter. In an email to staff, FDA tobacco director Brian...
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Microplastics Linked to Hypertension, Diabetes
Microplastics appear to be contributing to chronic diseases in shoreline areas of the United States, a new study suggests. High blood pressure, diabetes and stroke rates are higher in coastal or lakefront areas with greater concentrations of microplastics in the environment,...
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New Drug Cuts Genetic Heart Disease Risk Factor
The highest dose of an experimental drug developed by Eli Lilly significantly reduced levels of a genetically inherited risk factor for heart disease in a midstage trial, according to data presented at a major medical meeting on Sunday. The drug, lepodisiran, reduced levels...
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Dr. Crandall: Eat a Mediterranean Diet to Lower Heart, Cancer Risks
People living in areas that regularly eat a Mediterranean diet have been found in studies to have lower rates of cardiovascular disease and cancer. And to live a longer, healthier life. "This is a diet that people can live a long life - over 100 years," says Dr. Chauncey...
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Stroke Risk Higher for a Decade After Mini-Stroke
The risk of a full-blown stroke will remain high for at least a decade after a person has a slight brush with stroke, in the form of a transient ischemic attack or minor stroke, a new study says. These patients have a nearly 13% increased risk of stroke over five years and a...
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The Danger of Eating too Much Protein
As we age, getting enough protein into our diets is essential. Eating the right amount of protein at the right time during the day helps boost brain health, says Stephen Perrine, author of The Whole Body Reset. "Our bodies need protein at each meal to keep the process of...
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Heart Problems Linked to Brain Shrinkage
Heart disease might contribute to the sort of brain shrinkage seen in dementia, a new study says. People with early signs of heart problems are more likely to have brain changes associated with dementia, researchers reported on March 26 in the journal Neurology. Specifically,...
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Colon Cancer Increases Risk of Heart-Related Death
Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of the disease, the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. But patients diagnosed with colon cancer also need to be concerned about their heart health...
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Mammograms Also Assess Women's Heart Health
Mammograms can be used to screen for more than just breast cancer, researchers say. The X-ray breast scans also can be used to assess calcium deposits in arteries, which is an indicator of heart health, researchers are scheduled to report Monday at a meeting of the American...
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Drug Combo Drops Cholesterol More Than Statin Alone
Statins are very cheap and highly effective cholesterol-lowering drugs - but high-risk heart patients may have an even better option, a new evidence review says. Combining statins with another drug, ezetimibe, significantly reduces the risk of death in patients with clogged...