JAMA / Archives - Sleeping less than seven and a half hours per day may be associated with future risk of heart disease, according to research presented in the November 10, 2008 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. In addition, a combination of little sleep and overnight elevated blood pressure appears to be associated with [...]
If you have read any breast cancer prevention articles over the last month, you probably saw several articles on making sure your diet includes plenty of omega-3 fats as well as high antioxidant-containing foods like berries, colorful vegetables, beans/legumes, and green tea — all to help your body keep damage from free radicals to a [...]
UMich.edu - Could eating grapes help fight high blood pressure related to a salty diet? And could grapes or grape extracts calm other factors that are also related to heart diseases such as heart failure? A new University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center study suggests so.
The new study, published in the October 2008 issue of the [...]
New research continues to link tart cherries, one of today’s hottest “Super Fruits,” to lowering risk factors for heart disease. In addition to lowering cholesterol and reducing inflammation, the study being presented by University of Michigan researchers at next week’s American Dietetic Association annual meeting, found that a cherry-enriched diet lowered body weight and fat [...]
Rice.edu - College students often spend their free time thinking about beer, but a group of Rice University students are taking it to the next level. They’re using genetic engineering to create beer that contains resveratrol, a chemical in wine that’s been shown to reduce cancer and heart disease in lab animals.
Rice’s “BioBeer” will be [...]
BlackwellPublishing.com - Lipitor® (atorvastatin) has been the top-selling prescription drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales. It has been prescribed to both men and women to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with common risk factors for heart disease. However, a [...]
The fat in your body that you cannot see - non-subcutaneous fat - may be one of your greatest risk factors for atherosclerosis, coronary plaque, and inflammation in your blood vessels. In the face of a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have new study results [...]
Women typically get heart disease much later than men, but not if they smoke, according to researchers. In fact, women who smoke have heart attacks nearly 14 years earlier than women who don’t smoke.
WFUBMC.edu - A class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes - thiazolidinediones, which includes rosiglitazone and pioglitazone - may make heart failure worse, according to an editorial published online in Heart by two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members.
“We strongly recommend restrictions in the use of thiazolidinediones (the class of [...]
In medical circles, the idea that sugar increases the risk of diabetes is considered to be an old wives tale. However, recent studies bring not just sugar, but all high glycemic index (GI) and high glycemic load (GL) foods into question. Two studies from last year showed that women with the highest intakes of high [...]
