High Stress Hormone Levels Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Mortality
High levels of the stress hormone cortisol strongly predict cardiovascular death among both persons with and without pre-existing cardiovascular disease according to a new study accepted for publicati... Full Article
Pharmacists May Help Patients Prevent and Detect Heart Disease
Check out your local pharmacy for prevention and detective screenings. ~KG
In honor of Cholesterol Education Month, The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) would like to highlight the increasing... Full Article
Use of Informatics, EMRs Enable Genetic Study of Vascular Disease
Scientific research published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) reports on a study of genetic variants that influence human susceptibility to ... Full Article
Stand Up for Your Heart, Recommends the Harvard Heart Letter
When a recent Australian study linked time spent watching television to heart disease, headlines like “Too much TV may lead to shorter life” were common. But television watching probably isn’t to blam... Full Article
What Are the Top 5 Fruits? Expert Reveals How Eating the Wrong Fruits Can Be Worse Than Eating None at All
An apple a day just doesn’t cut it anymore, and too many apples could make you fat.
That’s the advice of Iva Young, a nutritional expert who warns that the wrong kinds of fruits can actually do more... Full Article
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