More than 99% of people who suffer a heart attack, stroke, or heart failure have at least one risk factor beforehand—yet many have no idea until it’s too…
Read more The New Way to Predict Your Risk of a Heart AttackAs the D.C. region braces for significant snow and ice this weekend, doctors are urging residents to approach shoveling with caution. It’s been a while since the D.C.…
Read more There’s going to be lots of snow and ice to shovel this weekend. Don’t overdo it – WTOP NewsNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! At a time of great political division, we need common ground to bring us back together. Most of us believe…
Read more DR MARC SIEGEL: How faith and gratitude can still work wonders in a fractured nationDonald Glover, the 42-year-old musician and actor, revealed recently that he had a stroke while on tour in 2024. Though strokes are rare in younger adults, Glover is…
Read more Donald Glover’s Stroke Highlights a Troubling Trend for Young PeopleLowering cholesterol is one of the most effective ways to reduce your risk of heart disease, and it may soon be possible to get a one-and-done gene therapy…
Read more Can a One-Time Gene Therapy Lower Cholesterol?(CNN) — Long-term use of melatonin supplements may be linked with a higher risk of heart failure, according to new research — but does that mean people taking it as a…
Read more What to know about melatonin use and heart failureMelatonin is a well-known go-to sleep aid, but researchers are still teasing out the supplement’s side effects, especially as long-term use becomes increasingly common. And now, a preliminary…
Read more Chronic Melatonin Use May Raise Risk of Heart Failure, Study SuggestsChances are, you’re probably in the dark about a health problem that affects nearly every adult in America. A new survey shows that almost 90% of Americans have…
Read more This Health Syndrome Affects Nearly All Americans. So Why Haven’t You Heard of It?What are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average postponement of death when taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? In response to…
Read more A Longer Life on Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgA Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you. “Physicians have a duty to inform their patients about the risks…
Read more The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects | NutritionFacts.orgWhat is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out of their way—in direct-to-consumer ads, for example—to “present pharmaceutical drugs as a preferred…
Read more Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgHow can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if you should start on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug? The muscle-related side effects from…
Read more Should You Take Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgYour heart is with you for every moment of your life—but the way you care for it shouldn’t look the same at 25 as it does at 65.…
Read more How to Keep Your Heart Healthy in Your 20s, 30s, 40s, and BeyondNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 1.3 billion adults live with hypertension worldwide. Many don’t even know they have…
Read more Apple Watch Series 11 gets FDA-cleared alert for ‘silent killer’ conditionYour Apple Watch can now alert you if you’re showing signs of hypertension—a new feature cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 11. The feature…
Read more Your Apple Watch Can Now Detect Hypertension(Family Features) – Rising food costs can make healthy eating a challenge for many families. In fact, a poll conducted by Research!America found about 60% of Americans cite the…
Read more Smart Swaps and Budget-Friendly Ingredients for Heart-Healthy MealsThe leading risk factor for death in the United States is the American diet. About a decade ago, the American Heart Association (AHA) expressed concern that its “2020…
Read more True Health Intiative: Scientific Consensus on a Healthy Diet | NutritionFacts.orgThere is a reason the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prohibits not only smoking but also scented or fragranced products in its buildings. In a recent…
Read more Cleaning Products, Air Fresheners, and Lung Function | NutritionFacts.orgIs the apparent protection of plant-based diets for thyroid health due to the exclusion of animal foods, the benefits of plant foods, or both? Several autoimmune diseases affect…
Read more Eating with Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism | NutritionFacts.orgWorldwide, physical inactivity accounts for more than 10 million years of healthy life lost, but what we eat accounts for nearly 20 times that. As I discuss in…
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