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- 1From: Harvard Heart Letter.Heart Beat Family matters: Your parents' heart health affects yours Parents pass on many things to their children * genes, love, a taste for certain foods, some habits, and heart attack risk. Yet family history isn't...
- 2From: Harvard Heart Letter.How sleep apnea affects the heart Poor-quality sleep and heart disease are connected. We've all heard stories about super snorers, whose snorts and snores rattle windows and awaken the neighbors. Many of these...
- 3From: Harvard Heart Letter.Heart Advances from Harvard Blood type associated with risk If you have type O blood, you may have a lower risk of developing coronary artery disease than people with other blood types. Researchers at the Harvard...
- 4From: Harvard Heart Letter.Heart Advances from Harvard RX for heart failure: coffee Although coffee was once suspected of being bad for the heart, researchers are finding that coffee may actually be good for the heart. In the one of the...
- 5From: Harvard Heart Letter.Bypass or angioplasty with stenting: How do you choose? It's your doctor's call, but it's good to understand, and to weigh, your options. Your heart doesn't just pump blood*it needs blood to survive. So when...
- 6From: Harvard Heart Letter.Shortness of breath: A common reason for calling the doctor Know when difficulty breathing is an emergency. Shortness of breath can occur after climbing stairs or running after a child. It can be caused by...
- 7From: Harvard Heart Letter.Promising news about heart failure Novel drug improves breathing and appears to extend life. It may be hard to imagine that a drug derived from a hormone associated with pregnancy could improve the symptoms of...
- 8From: Harvard Heart Letter.How to talk with your kids when heart disease runs in the family Children are never too young (or too old) to take action. If heart disease or stroke runs in your family, there's one thing that's just as important...
- 9From: Harvard Heart Letter.For a healthy brain, treat high blood pressure Blood pressure medications might lower your risk for Alzheimer's and other types of dementia. Fighting high blood pressure also fights dementia*and studies hint that...
- 10From: Harvard Heart Letter.Get a heart monitor Serious about exercise? Get a heart monitor. Maximize your workout by keeping your heart rate "in the zone." Most people with heart disease need encouragement to get just the minimum amount...
- 11From: Harvard Heart Letter.Research we're watching Stiffer arteries linked to amyloid plaques in the brain High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and stiffening of the arteries are well-known contributors to cardiovascular...
- 12From: Harvard Heart Letter.Extra-virgin olive oil may lower afib risk A Mediterranean diet rich in extra-virgin olive oil may lower the risk of the heart rhythm disorder known as atrial fibrillation. The findings come from PREDIMED, a large...
- 13From: Harvard Heart Letter.Keys to managing your cholesterol Diet, exercise, and drugs can lower the bad and raise the good. Cholesterol comes in two basic forms. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol, contributes to clogged...
- 14From: Harvard Heart Letter.On the horizon Signaling the brain to lower blood pressure For some people, controlling blood pressure is a matter of eating a healthier diet, exercising more, and reducing stress. Others must add one or more...
- 15From: Harvard Heart Letter.The dangers of pulmonary hypertension Treatments can help control symptoms and protect the heart. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs when the arteries serving the lungs become stiff and thick. Blood...
- 16From: Harvard Heart Letter.What's at the heart of fainting? Most fainting is not related to abnormal heart rhythms. Fainting, the temporary loss of consciousness that doctors call syncope (SINK-uh-pee), can be embarrassing, scary, and...
- 17From: Harvard Heart Letter.Robotics help stroke survivors walk again Sophisticated devices add to traditional rehabilitation techniques. Every year, thousands of people survive strokes (or "brain -attacks"), only to become locked in an...
- 18From: Harvard Heart Letter.Know your heart-related stroke risk For unknown reasons, women are at higher risk than men. If you have coronary artery disease (CAD), you are at increased risk of having a heart attack. But many people don't know...
- 19From: Harvard Heart Letter.Arm-to-arm variations in blood pressure may warrant attention A difference of 10 or more points could signal peripheral artery disease. Roll up both sleeves the next time you check your blood pressure at home or...
- 20From: Harvard Heart Letter.Ask the Doctors Could I have serious kidney damage? Q. I am 72 years old, and have had diabetes and high blood pressure for about 15 years. I thought these problems were pretty well controlled, but I recently...