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10 Ways to Keep Your Heart Healthy
No one ever had fun visiting the cardiologist. ­Regardless of how good the doc might be, it’s always a little scary thinking about the health of something as fundamental as the heart. But there are ways to take greater control—to ensure that your own heart health is the best it can be—even if you have a family history of cardiovascular disease. Although 50% of cardiovascular-disease risk is genetic, the other 50% can be modified by how you live your life, according to Dr. Eugenia Gianos, director of Women’s Heart Health at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. “This means you can greatly ...
Source: TIME: Health - October 17, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Lombardi and Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized Baby Boomer Health heart health Source Type: news

This year's top 10 advances in cardiovascular disease
Progress in the fight against heart disease and stroke came on many fronts during 2014, from novel drugs and procedures to improvements and newfound benefits from existing treatments. In the December 2014 Harvard Heart Letter, Editor in Chief Dr. Deepak L. Bhatt selected 10 of the most important advances. New drugs cut cholesterol levels by half. A new class of drugs, given by injection just once or twice a month, can slash harmful LDL cholesterol levels by about 50%. Studies are under way to see if any of these experimental agents, called PCSK9 inhibitors, prevent heart attacks or improve heart disease survival. Replacing...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - November 24, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news