Heart Attack Rates MONDAY, July 21, 2014 (HealthDay News) — Despite recent advances in preventing heart attacks among U.S. seniors. Those gains don’t seem to have occurred among middle-aged adults — especially women, a new study reports. Heart attack hospitalization rates among young and middle-aged adults have remained stable during the previous decade. Even as seniors of Medicare age experienced …
Obesity The heart disease and diabetes that often accompany obesity. So, may rob people of almost a decade of life. And close to two decades of a healthy life. Canadian researchers report. “Not only is excess body weight associated with a significant reduction in life expectancy. But with an even greater reduction in healthy life years.” said lead researcher Dr. …
Heart-Healthy Nuts Nutrition experts advocate including nuts in a heart-healthy diet. But a new study finds that about 60 percent of Americans don’t consume these foods on a daily basis. The study, released Dec. 17 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the NCHS Data Brief. Found that about 38 percent of American adults ate nuts each …
