MONDAY, May 15, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Cécile Boynton texted Mark, her husband of five months, that she was on her way home from work. They would then head over to their personal trainer for a workout session. The two had met a few years earlier at aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — With her suitcase in tow, Kathy Wilson-Gold dropped off her 6-year-old twins, Michael and Megan, at school on a sunny Monday in October, then drove to the airport for a business trip to New Jersey. The health care executive and registeredContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Women who have high blood pressure before they become pregnant may be twice as likely as those who don’t to develop cardiovascular disease within a decade of giving birth, new research finds. And if their pregnancies involve complications, they are upContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) – Millions of Americans take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, but a new study finds Black and Hispanic adults get the drugs less often than white people do. “This adds to the known racial and ethnic disparities already highly prevalent in heart disease,” said leadContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Everyone knows that on Mother’s Day, Mom’s needs come first. But the rest of the year, mothers often put their health care on hold to focus on others. “A lot of times as women, we tend to put ourselves last,” saidContinue Reading
THURSDAY, May 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Poor sleep brought on by sleep apnea may ultimately undermine the brain health of older men and women, new research suggests. The concern stems from a new brain scan investigation that involved 140 sleep apnea patients. “Sleep apnea is a medical condition inContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Many Hispanic people in the United States face socioeconomic disadvantages and lower access to affordable health care. Despite these and other challenges to their health, they generally tend to live longer than other racial or ethnic communities – a health phenomenonContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 10, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — One hot day last June, Elmar Uy and his girlfriend, LJ Jennings, were gardening outside their home in Hudson, New Hampshire, when something strange happened. Everywhere Uy looked, he saw crescent-shaped spots. Jennings thought Uy might be dehydrated. She got himContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — There are many medications for type 2 diabetes, but one class may stand out for protecting the heart, a new study suggests. The study, of thousands of U.S. veterans with diabetes, found that those who added drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists to theirContinue Reading
TUESDAY, May 9, 2023 (American Heart Association News) — Kyme Holman-Williamson was always close to her older brother, Eddie. So when she learned he needed a heart transplant, she immediately prepared a room for him in her Maryland home, where she could care for him after his surgery. What sheContinue Reading