Getting up early is bad for your heart?
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: PreventionAs a general rule getting up early is thought to be a healthy habit, but new research says that may not necessarily be the case -- at least not when it comes to your heart anyway. A recent study that followed over 3,000 adults ranging in age from... |
Obesity is the leading cause of school absences
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: Obesity, Children Heart HealthWhen I was in school, it was pretty rare for my classmates to miss a day of school. If they did, they has either come down with the flu, broken a limb or were really good at faking it for their moms. Has much changed?... |
Verapamil: The headache pill that leads to heart troubles
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: DrugsCluster headaches are an especially painful form of headache that were hard to treat until a drug called Verapamil came on the market. But Verapamil isn't the wonder drug it seems -- it's been linked to cardiac irregularity, and according to studies, one in five patients recieving high... |
Keep your heart health a priority!
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: BlogsSo The Cardio Blog is going into retirement, and since is this is my last post I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you all for reading! It's been a blast writing and reading and learning about the importance of taking care of ourselves and our heart... |
Too much exercise can be bad for you too!
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: Research, ExerciseExercise is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. But in individuals with heart troubles, too much exercise can be a bad thing too -- it can speed up heart failure ... in rats, at least. These findings are in direct opposition to what researchers thought they... |
Women: Common vitamins won't help your hearts
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: DietNow that many of us are under pressure to make our lifestyles healthier, many will opt for what they believe quick-fixes to their unhealthy habits, rather than making the effort to completely overhaul their lives. I think the increased use to vitamins is evidence of this -- rather... |
Taking care of women's hearts
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: Heart Centers Online, Research, Women Heart HealthAs you may know, The Cardio Blog is being retired today. It's been an honor to write for this blog, and I hope that the information we brought to you was useful and informative. Since this will be my last post for... |
Good carbs = low blood pressure
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| Filed under: Diet, PreventionReducing your risk of heart disease could be as easy as changing up the type of carbs you eat -- from refined carbs to whole grains. In fact, according to recent studies, eating just one serving of whole grains can reduce your risk of high blood pressure... |
The Cardio Blog retired
added on September 23rd, 2007 |
| For regular readers of this blog, I have disappointing news. The Cardio Blog is now retired. That means that, while it will still be available for reading and searching, new posts will not be added. Our Cancer and Diabetes blogs are also being retired, which I mention here because some... |
The Diabetes Blog retired
added on September 18th, 2007 |
| For regular readers of this blog, I have disappointing news. The Diabetes Blog is now retired. That means that, while it will still be available for reading and searching, new posts will not be added. Our Cardio and Cancer blogs are also being retired, which I mention here because some... |
What's your diabetes mystery?
added on September 16th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Drugs, Research, Opinion, Blogs, Services, Allie Beatty, Support, Care, Complications, PersonalitiesWhy is diabetes an imperfect science? The last 22 years of my life with diabetes have disproved as much (or more) than it has confirmed in conventional diabetes wisdom. The facts... |
Exercise of the Week: The Boxing Workout
added on September 16th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, ExerciseThere's a workout, and then there's a Work Out. And THEN, there's a BOXING WORK OUT. Trust me, there's a reason why boxers are able to spend over a half an hour in a ring exchanging punches and not go into cardiac... |
Top 5 from LOL Diabetes
added on September 16th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Lifestyle, BlogsThe healing continues. From laughter, that is.
As we wait with great hope for a cure for diabetes, we do so with a smile thanks to humor to be found on the new website LOL Diabetes (www.loldiabetes.com). I've posted before about this site,... |
Feed yourself, feed your heart: 5 important nutrients
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Prevention, NutritionWe talk a lot about nutrition here at The Cardio Blog, and that's because health experts link a healthy diet to a lowered risk of cardiovascular disease. And while we all know that a low-fat, high-fiber diet is important to good heart health, there are other... |
Health organizations want Americans to cut salt by half
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Diet, PreventionI'll be honest here and admit that, because I've never had a blood pressure problem, I once believed it didn't matter how much salt I ate. Older and at least a little wiser, I now realized that as a nation, we all eat far too much... |
Patient gets a look at her old heart following transplant
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Daily news, SurgeryAfter a transplant earlier this year, a young British woman gave her heart away...literally. After doctors removed her heart -- damaged by a condition called restrictive cardiomyopathy -- Jennifer Sutton, 23, lent it to the Wellness Collection of central London. It will be on... |
Heart attacks nosedive following Irish smoking ban
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Prevention, Smoking, Daily newsIreland was the first country to every ban workplace smoking within its borders, and they implemented the law in 2004. Within one year, the incidence of heart attacks fell by a whopping 10%. Health experts say that Ireland's success should be encouraging for... |
How to get healthy without really trying
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Diet, Prevention, ExerciseHealthy living is such an ordeal, isn't it? Not really, of course, but it can certainly seem that way if you've spent the better part of the last several years being a couch potato. If you'd like to clean up your lifestyle but the... |
A quick heart-healthy meal
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Diet, Prevention, NutritionBobby Flay I am not. Put me in a kitchen, and I'd still be lost with both a compass and a road map. So, when it comes to cooking, keeping things as easy as possible seems to be the way to go -- especially... |
Walk this way
added on September 13th, 2007 |
| Filed under: Prevention, Exercise, Women Heart Health, Men Heart Health, Children Heart HealthWalking -- it's the first thing we learn to do after crawling. Factor in the amount of it we've done over the course of our lives since then, and it's clear that we're more than warranted in considering... |
