Drinking several cups of green tea each day may substantially reduce a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease, a study of more than 40,000 people in Japan has found. But the new findings also cast doubt on the prevalent idea that the drink offers protection against cancer.
A shocking study likely won't change the way most patients manage diabetes.
Researchers have found a correlation between drinking diet soda and metabolic syndrome — the collection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes that include abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and blood glucose levels — and elevated blood pressure.
Which is more of a threat to your health: Al Qaeda or the Department of Homeland Security?
The first clinical trial of a new kind of drug to cut the risk of cardiovascular disease has been found safe and effective at dropping levels of "bad" low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by as much as 40 percent.
Learn the natural supplements that can fight heart disease.
Asparagus roots, or tian dong, can lower cholesterol and blood lipid, thus help prevent atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases, a new study says.
Stomach surgery can save the lives of seriously obese individuals by cutting the risk of serious illnesses, a study has concluded.
Men who are able to keep calm in stressful situations benefit from increased levels of HDL cholesterol, which helps maintain clear arteries, a study has shown.
The hair of Oulu resident Harri Rautio began to thin a few years ago, when he was less than 20 years old.
Triglyceride levels are usually measured in the fasting state, which could exclude certain types of lipoprotein particles ("remnant" lipoproteins), a possible risk factor for atherosclerosis, according to background information in the article.
Omega-3 fatty acids, benefiting the heart of healthy people, and those at high risk of cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke. I remember when I was young, my mum fed me with cod liver oil every night before bed.
Some day, heart attack survivors might have a patch of laboratory-grown muscle placed in their heart, to replace areas that died during their attack. Children born with defective heart valves might get new ones that can grow in place, rather than being replaced every few years.
Due to the deep penetration, over 1-1/2" into the skin, of the infrared rays generated by an infrared sauna there is a heating effect deep in the muscular tissues and the internal organs.
Over the past decade much has been made of the so-called Mediterranean Diet.
Viagra is available as blue pills with a characteristic shapeEven though sildenafil is only available by prescription from a doctor, it was advertised directly to consumers on US TV (famously being endorsed by Bob Dole and Football star Pele).
There are many causes of cardiovascular disease and also many things you can do to prevent the onset of this terrible condition.
The first thing that cardiovascular exercise will do is increase your heart rate for a given amount of time. Over time, this adds strength to your heart, making your heart beat easier to regulate as well as allowing for it to become a more effective muscle.
Common painkiller may induce heart attacks. A huge review of studies on pain relievers has found that a widely-used medicine may confer cardiovascular risks as serious as those found with Vioxx, an arthritis medicine that was withdrawn from the market two years ago.
More than a decade ago, a landmark study drove home a message that resonated with wine lovers everywhere: Drink red wine in moderation to lower your risk for a heart attack. Now, new results suggest that some white wines protect the heart just as well, at least in rats.
Technology never ceases to amaze me. Researchers have reported a way to grow 'starter arteries' for people with heart disease or vascular problems. These scaffolds are used by the body to function while the body builds around it while the scaffold degrades.
Taking aspirin can cut the risk of cardiovascular disease in both sexes - but seems to work differently for men and women, research by Duke University suggests.
A top editor of The New England Journal of Medicine says that he was stunned to find out that data linking Vioxx to cardiovascular risk was deleted from a major study his journal published five years ago--and that it appears that Merck researchers may have deleted that data.