Category Archives: Heart Diseases

A new study posted in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that a higher income can reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases, while a pay cut increases the risk of disease by 17 percent. The team, composed of researchers from Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, tracked 9,000 participants between the ages 45 and 64 for a span of 17 years. The team discovered that people whose salaries rose by 50 percent in six years had a nearly 15 percent lowered risk of cardiovascular disease, while those whose salaries had fallen by 50 percent had a 17 percent increased risk of the disease Continue reading →

Are cats getting fatter? Until now, pet owners and veterinarians didn't know for sure. Continue reading →

Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD) has awarded two grants, one to further development of agene therapy to prevent heart failure linked to Duchenne (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), and another to create better measures of treatment responses in DMD clinical trials. PPMD, a nonprofit organization leading the fight against DMD, awarded $1 million to the professor and researcher H Continue reading →

The rising rate of rheumatic heart disease in the Northern Territory is a bloody health emergency, the head of the top ends biggest Aboriginal health service says. The number and rate of diagnoses of acute rheumatic heart fever doubled inthe four years to 2017, according to a study released on Friday by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Continue reading →

Recent headlines and a new study seem to suggest that weve overturned nutrition science and eating recommendations once again this time around red and processed meat consumption. If it feels like we cant make up our minds about how to eat well, its because weve been here before. There are many examples, but probably few as extreme as butter and eggs, which have been through the same back and forth Continue reading →

If you are older and you have heart disease, you might think you should take it easy. But new research suggests the opposite is true. Exercise is especially beneficial for patients who have a physical impairment, the study authors found. Continue reading →

Exercise has been well documented to be great for cardiac health, but those that are older tend to be forgotten about when it comes to rehab programs, and now a recent study has revealed that this population has the most to gain. Continue reading →

Express News Service Cardiovascular ailments like coronary heart disease (heart attack), hypertension, peripheral artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and heart failure are fast becoming a major cause of mortality. This issue is not only plaguing India but the entire world nowadays.High cholesterol is one of the reasons for this, and since the presence of high cholesterol does not manifest in any outward symptoms, a person remains unaware about it Continue reading →

By BEATRICE NAKIBUUKA Jamila Musoki, was diagnosed with diabetes. Continue reading →

Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect a persons heart. It includes blood vessel diseases, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects a person is born with (congenital heart defects). In addition to keeping active, most cases of heart disease can be prevented by following a heart-healthy diet. Continue reading →