Farm grown ,tilapia (the common name for nearly a hundred different species of cichlid fishes from the tilapiine cichlid tribe) is one of the most widely eaten fish in America. Tilapia, it turns out, has very low levels of healthful omega-3 fatty acids and, even worse, it contains very high levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty [...]
Dr. Carlos Ferrario, M.D. Director of the Hypertension and Vascular Research Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, has released a study showing that there is evidence about benefits of angiotensin receptor blocker medications indicates that they can prevent or reverse blood vessel damage in hypertensive patients.
The research looked at the effects [...]
More excellent news for coffee drinkers: If you consume as many as six cups a day of coffee daily it won’t harm your health and, coffee may even help the heart, particularly in women, scientists have found.
Long-term, regular coffee drinking does not increase your of death and has a number of beneficial effects on [...]
Recently a story that described pulmonary heart valve replacement without surgical incision. The procedure appeared to be safe and effective in a small group of patients. Now the next obvious question is what about the aortic valve? The answer is that the aortic valve can also be replaced this way–it appears that this breakthrough [...]
Recent research indicates that men who have lower levels of vitamin D a greater risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction).
Deaths from cardiac disease are more frequent in higher latitudes and during the winter months - when and where the sun rarely shines - and are less frequent at higher altitudes. This disease pattern is consistent [...]
Resveratrol is a compound found in many plants including some foods and supplement products. Resveratrol is a component of foods including grapes, pomegranates, and red wine which appears to influence the cellular processes which are related to aging. Researchers think that this compound may and provide protection to the heart, according to a study [...]
A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine recently has shown that there is a link between exposure to small air pollution particles and development of blood clots in the deep veins. They showed that exposure to increased concentrations of particulate air pollution in the year before diagnosis was associated with increased Deep Vein [...]
Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic progressive neurologic disorder that robs patients of their memories and ability to think. Alzheimers progression is a slow insidious process that is associated with the deposition of protein lesions or amyloid plaques in parts of the brain that are associated with memory formation and retrieval. The cost of alzheimers [...]
Interventional cardiologists (Drs. Hijazi, Kavinsky and Amin) at Rush University Medical Center ( Chicago,Il ) are performing minimally invasive nonsurgical valve replacement procedure for patients with congenital heart disease that doesn’t involve open heart surgery.
Rush is one of 3 sites participating in an investigational study of minimally-invasive pulmonary valves and successfully implanted the [...]
Survival of out of hospital cardiac arrest patients is worse on weekends than weekdays.
