Naima Moustaid-Moussa (left) and her husband, Hanna Moussa, with food they cooked for international students at Texas Tech University. (Photo courtesy of Naima Moustaid-Moussa) You can find health advice almost anywhere these days. But finding reliable information and figuring out how to apply it can be overwhelming. So to help sort things out, American Heart…
(FG Trade Latin/E+ via Getty Images) Lea en español Over the decades, traditional Latin American and Caribbean foods and flavors have won the hearts – and stomachs – of hungry people in the United States. With every immigrant culture from Latin America and the Caribbean have come a cornucopia of foods that have increasingly tickled…
(Dzonsli/E+ via Getty Images) Sticking to an exercise and diet plan can be tough. But new research suggests one way to make it easier: getting a good night’s sleep on a regular basis. The findings, presented Friday at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health conference in Boston, found that people with…
(Alexey Yaremenko/iStock via Getty Images) People who strongly adhere to a set of eight lifestyle behaviors and heart-health metrics may have a lower risk for coronary heart disease and stroke than those who don’t, new research shows – especially women, younger adults and people with a lower genetic predisposition to heart disease. The study also…
(Pollyana Ventura/E+ via Getty Images) It’s never too late to reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease. And it won’t take 10,000 steps a day, a new study suggests. It may be done with just 500 steps – about a quarter of a mile – at a time. The research, presented Thursday at the American Heart…
(anandaBGD/E+ via Getty Images) U.S. veterans who participate in home-based cardiac rehabilitation following a heart attack or heart procedure may have a lower risk of dying than their peers who refuse the treatment, new research suggests. But more than half of those eligible don’t participate, according to the study, published Wednesday in the Journal of…
(vgajic/E+ via Getty Images) Lea en español Much is known about the heart-health benefits of adopting a Mediterranean-style diet, with its heavy focus on whole grains, fruits, vegetables, fish and healthy oils. But what about the rest of the Mediterranean lifestyle? Short of lounging on the beaches of southern Italy or an island in Greece,…
Cardiac arrest survivors Greg Gonzales (left) and Michael Heilemann. (Photo courtesy of Michael Heilemann) Michael and Danuta Heilemann were approaching the 3-mile mark of the Monterey Bay Half Marathon when they heard the siren. The noise kept getting louder, so they knew it was headed their way. The Heilemanns were still running when they saw…
(dianazh/iStock via Getty Images) Meet the beet. Fans of “The Office” may know it as the mainstay of Schrute Farms. Others may have casually tossed them into conversation, remarking that someone has turned “beet red” from embarrassment. While the crimson-colored vegetable has deep roots in American culture and colloquialisms, it rarely seems to make it…
(nicolesy/iStock via Getty Images) Older adults with irregular sleep habits may face a higher risk for hardened arteries than their peers with regular bedtimes and hours of sleep, new research suggests. The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found adults 45 and older who fell asleep at different times each…