(Topdesigner/iStock, Getty Images) Lea en español Understanding your risk of heart disease can be as cutting-edge as the latest advances in genetic science – or as down-to-earth as a conversation with grandma. For inherited heart disease specialists, those factors overlap. Families can share a risk for several forms of heart disease, said Dr. Euan Ashley,…
(Rawpixel/iStock, Getty Images) Lea en español High blood pressure, high cholesterol and other risk factors for poor heart and brain health are problems people typically don’t think about until they hit midlife. A growing body of research suggests they should start sooner – decades sooner. “These factors that can be modified through lifestyle choices are…
(bogdankosanovic/E+, Getty Images) A doctor’s presence during a blood pressure reading triggers a “fight or flight” response that can affect the results, say researchers who studied the effect by measuring nerve activity. “White coat hypertension” – the phenomenon when blood pressure rises in some people who are measured by a medical professional – has been…
(Foxys_forest_manufacture/iStock, Getty Images) For adults both young and old, eating a nutritious, plant-based diet may lower the risk for heart attacks and other types of cardiovascular disease, two new studies show. Both studies published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. One found eating a plant-centered diet in young adulthood lowered the risk…
(Rawpixel/iStock, Getty Images) A first heart attack is a serious, life-changing event, although most people now survive them. But a new study underscores the importance of doing everything possible to avoid another one. “It’s like taking another hit,” said Dr. Umesh Khot, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. “One heart attack is a…