heart disease

cardiac rehabilitation
Dealing with heart disease is no joke! As if having a chronic condition wasn’t enough on its own– suffering from heart disease can be detrimental to one’s mental health, social life, physical endurance, and self-esteem. Luckily, there is a way to combat that. Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is an outpatient program […]

What is a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program?

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recent research from Uppsala University’s Dr. Karl Michaëlsson shows that eating a healthy diet, specifically the Mediterranean diet, can reduce an individual’s risk of heart disease even more than losing weight can.
Each year, one in four deaths in the United States is caused by heart disease, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There is a plethora of information online about preventing heart disease and related conditions, but recent research from Uppsala University’s Dr. Karl Michaëlsson shows that […]

Preventing Heart Disease: A healthy diet is more important than ...

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Can One Test Really Detect Heart Diseases? Is one test really the end all, be all of heart disease detection? “A simple and affordable heart attack prevention test can help detect heart disease, even before symptoms are present,” states WHIO.com. This kind of test could really help to save lives […]

Can One Test Really Detect Heart Disease?

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What Is Ultra-Processed Food? And How To Avoid Them. What Is Ultra-Processed Food? And How To Avoid Them. We hear from experts and the media to avoid processed foods. But do you know how to identify processed food? What about ultra-processed food? And how exactly does processed food affect our […]

What Is Ultra-Processed Food?

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Researchers are looking forward to introducing a new heart transplant method. Studies have been underway for years regarding “donation after cardiac death,” or DCD. This is a new way to use donor hearts from cardiac failure cases. However, DCD transplants with other organs have been done for years now. While […]

Introducing a New Heart Transplant Method

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Gum Disease and Alzheimer
Does oral health have anything to do with the potential for coronary heart disease? According to some theories, the two are more closely related than we think. People who have poor oral health are at high risk for cardiovascular problems. Here are a few reasons why: Bacteria Bad bacteria found […]

Oral Health and Coronary Heart Disease

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Intermittent Fasting
A recent study published in Cell Metabolism found that Time Restricted Fasting is effective at reducing weight and blood pressure in overweight participants. Read the full study here -> Ten-Hour Time-Restricted Eating Reduces Weight, Blood Pressure, and Atherogenic Lipids in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome But first, what is Metabolic Syndrome? […]

Study Reveals Intermittent Fasting Reduces Weight

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Mental and health benefits of yoga.
Yoga is more than just a workout. It is a mind-body practice, meant to build strength and flexibility while simultaneously helping manage stress and negative emotions. No medication has the power to improve so many areas of life at once. Maintaining a regular yoga practice is arguably the strongest tool […]

Yoga: more than just a workout

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Your heart is one of the most important organs in your body. Taking care of your heart is more than making sure you exercise every day, eat right, or even yearly check-ups. There are several other factors that play into your heart that you should monitor and be aware of […]

Heart Risk: Key Figures To Pay Attention To

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