Meal Time: Does It Matter What Time You Eat Your Meals?
February 13, 2017
Continuing our focus on heart health this month, a new report from the American Heart Association suggests that the timing of your meals may have an impact on the health of your heart. For example, eating most of your calories earlier in the day, and aiming to have a long…
Heart To Heart: Make Sure You Know Heart Health Basics
February 13, 2017
February is designated as Heart Health Month, a time to pay extra attention to your heart. There are plenty of resources on the web which provide basic info about keeping your heart healthy now, and as you get older. Heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United…
Give It A Shot: A New Way To Fight Cholesterol
December 1, 2016
For those of us who are warriors in the fight against high cholesterol, it’s a never ending battle to eat wisely and take the daily medications. But a new “weapon” may be on the horizon: Enter Inclisiran, an injectable drug in development that has been shown to cut LDL (“bad”)…
Twist Of Fate: Ways To Get Around Your Cardiac Genetic Predisposition
November 17, 2016
While it’s been said that your DNA is your destiny, that may not always be the case. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine confirms that even if you have a predisposition to heart disease, the way you live your life can significantly reduce your risk of…
Can You Plan Ahead? The Risks of Evening Or Weekend Cardiac Arrests
November 10, 2016
Few medical emergencies are within your control: you never know when trauma or serious illness will strike. But if you could plan ahead, you’d be wise to avoid having a cardiac arrest in a hospital on an evening or weekend. A study by the UK National Cardiac Arrest Audit mirrors similar…
Egg-cellent: Eating eggs and reducing stroke risk
November 10, 2016
Many of us thought eggs were in our past: used to be that high cholesterol meant that eggs should not be in your diet. But times and advice have changed. Not only have cholesterol dietary guidelines been revised, but there’s even more reason now to consider eating eggs: Turns out…