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How Common Are Risk Factors for Developing Heart Disease? Very Common

Blood pressure, blood lipids, blood glucose, and body mass index (BMI), the four health factors of LE8, are cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Having a greater number of these CVD risk factors is associated with increased risk of CVD.

Sep 26th, 2025

The Higher the Olive Oil Intake (Extra-Virgin), the Lower the Heart Risk

Background and aims: Olive oil, increasingly consumed in the U.S., has been inversely associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

Sep 19th, 2025

Poor Sleep, Poor Brain Health: The Crucial Role for Sleep

The relationship between insomnia and cognitive decline is poorly understood. We investigated associations between chronic insomnia, longitudinal cognitive outcomes, and brain health in older adults.

Sep 13th, 2025

What Are The Biggest Myths About Veganism?

A number of people have identified veganism as one of the biggest trends of 2018; the reality is that the number of persons identifying their diet as plant-based or vegan is growing larger and larger.

Aug 29th, 2025

Another Reason to Check and Lower Your TMAO Level: Abdominal Aneurysms

Plasma levels of the gut microbiota–dependent metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) are associated with prevalent abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in humans and fostering of AAA progression in animal models.

Aug 22nd, 2025

Ten Things to Pay Attention to in the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

The new guideline reaffirms the critical role healthy lifestyle behaviors play in preventing and managing high blood pressure, and it encourages health care professionals to work with patients to set realistic, achievable goals.

Aug 15th, 2025

What is a LBBB? Does it Matter?

Left bundle branch block (LBBB) is associated with increased mortality in patients with heart failure (HF) and reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) Cardiac resynchronization therapy is a well-established treatment to mitigate the morbidity.

Aug 8th, 2025

Do Eggs Lower Cholesterol? Or Do Lentils and Tofu!

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death. Although dietary cholesterol from eggs has been a focus of dietary guidelines, recent evidence suggests that saturated fat has a greater impact on LDL cholesterol.

Aug 2nd, 2025

Does Lipoprotein(a) Cholesterol Raise the Risk of Stroke?

Stroke is a feared complication and inheriting the genetic cholesterol Lipoprotein(a) may raise the risk. A new study analyzed a large database for the risk of stroke in this group.

Jul 25th, 2025

5 Heart Calculators To Know Your Risk Assessment

The concept of vascular age, also known as arterial age, is a strongly supported measurement. There are several calculators available to assist in measuring this. Several require a coronary calcium CT score, but not all. One is for Lipoprotein(a) patients.

Jul 13th, 2025

Can Wearing A Weighted Vest Help You Keep Weight Off? YES

Coined the “gravitostat” in 2018, this intriguing hypothesis posits that lower extremity osteocytes sense changes in body weight (BW) and respond by sending a systemic signal to the brain, influencing appetite and subsequent body fat stores.

Jul 11th, 2025

Want to Avoid Atrial Fibrillation? Up Your Lifestyle Game!

Adults with poor Life’s Essential 8 scores faced significantly higher atrial fibrillation risk, suggesting that heart-healthy habits could be key to preventing this common arrhythmia.

Jul 4th, 2025

Replacing Animal Foods with Plant Foods Reduced Dietary Acid Load and Leads to Weight Loss

Diets high in dietary acid load contribute to chronic low-grade metabolic acidosis, which produces chronic inflammation.

Jun 27th, 2025

How Getting Up From the Floor Can Save Your Life!

In a previous study, the ability to sit and rise from the floor was associated with all-cause mortality.

Jun 19th, 2025

Men’s Heart Health: An End to Heart Attacks

The matter of heart attack prevention is pressing because over 1,000 people a day in the US alone experience a heart death judged to be preventable by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta.6

Jun 13th, 2025

A Plant-Based Diet That Lowers Cholesterol Also Saves Lives

At the Kahn Center, we will continue to teach plant-based diets. For those not ready to eat 100% plant foods, the Porfolio Diet is a proven step forward in that direction.

Jun 6th, 2025

Are There Any Research Studies Showing Red Meat Reducing Heart Disease?

A 2017 PMC review, "A Contemporary Review of the Relationship between Red Meat Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk," discussed how TMAO lowers reverse cholesterol transport and increases foam cell production.

Jun 3rd, 2025

Are More People Dying at Home of Heart Attacks Since the Pandemic?

There have been so many advances in the "high-tech" approaches to cardiovascular care and the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD), one would expect lower rates of heart attacks. Unfortunately, new triggers like microplastics, endocrine disruptors, a

May 31st, 2025

Top Research Studies Showing Reversal of Atherosclerosis with Diet

The studies presented here are widely recognized for their robust methodologies and have significantly influenced our understanding of the relationship between diet and cardiovascular health.

May 26th, 2025

Does Knowledge of the Calcium CT Score Improve Patient Outcomes?

The combination of CAC score with a primary prevention strategy in intermediate-risk patients with a family history of CAD was associated with reduction of atherogenic lipids and slower plaque progression compared with usual care.

May 23rd, 2025

New Warnings About Broken Heart Syndrome (Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy)

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy continues to be a major cause of mortality and morbidity. The goal of this study was to evaluate the outcome data of patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy using a large inpatient database.

May 17th, 2025

Does an Elevated Lipoprotein(a) Level Matter in Patients With Known Heart Disease?

Higher levels of lipoprotein(a) drive increasing risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in otherwise healthy individuals regardless of sex and race/ethnicity. This study aimed to evaluate whether this is also true for recurrent ASCVD.

May 9th, 2025

Online Diabetic Nutrition Education is an Effective Tool

In a primary care setting, a novel 12-week plant-based nutrition intervention for type 2 diabetes was accessible, economically viable, and led to reductions in diabetes medications, body weight, HbA1c, and total and LDL cholesterol levels.

May 3rd, 2025

Chicken or ChickPeas? Concerning Mortality Data for Poultry

Our study showed that poultry consumption above 300 g/week is associated with a statistically significant increased mortality risk both from all causes and from GCs. The risk is higher for men than for women.

Apr 24th, 2025

Can Doing a Low Carb (Vegan Keto) Diet 1-2 Days a Week Improve Your Metabolism?

The good news? This new research suggests you may not have to slash your calories so drastically on fasting days – simply cutting out carbs might offer similar fat-burning benefits.

Apr 18th, 2025

When You Need a Snack, Think Lupini Beans Not Chips!

Lupini beans (or lupin beans) are a popular legume grown in the Mediterranean basin and Latin America. While they’re extremely common in Europe, they’re less known in the States. But considering more recent accessibility in the keto diet and an environment

Apr 11th, 2025

A New Agent for Lipoprotein(a) Looks Promising But is Years Away

Elevated lipoprotein(a) concentrations are associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The safety and efficacy of lepodisiran, an extended-duration, small interfering RNA targeting hepatic synthesis of lipoprotein(a), are unknown.

Apr 4th, 2025

If Combination Cholesterol Therapy Were Routine, Many Lives Would Be Saved

Combination LLT was associated with an overall greater reduction in LDL-C, the same risk of adverse effects, and significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality, major adverse cardiovascular events, and stroke compared with statin monotherapy.

Mar 28th, 2025

Cannabis Use as a Risk Factor for Heart Disease

This analysis provides evidence linking cannabis-use to adverse cardiovascular events, including MI, ischemic stroke, HF and mortality. Notably, cannabis use appears to pose a substantial and independent risk for these outcomes.

Mar 21st, 2025

How is Your Hearing: A Risk for Dementia and a Diet to Help

Healthy dietary patterns, particularly the DASH diet, was associated with a reduced risk of hearing loss and slower cognitive decline following hearing loss.

Mar 14th, 2025

Butter (and Beef Tallow) vs Plant Oils: Which is Healthier for the Heart and Cancer Risk?

According to an independent study analyzing 33 years of data for more than 200,000 adults in the U.S., people who consumed the highest amounts of butter had an increased risk of death from all causes and from cancer compared to those who consumed less.

Mar 7th, 2025

The Foods You Eat and Longevity: New Data To Guide Your Choices

Nuts, whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and fish are rich sources of many essential nutrients, including vitamins, minerals, dietary fibers, antioxidants, bioactive compounds, and healthy fats. These nutrients are crucial for reducing inflammation.

Feb 26th, 2025

Do You Know Your Homocysteine? One More Reason Why Your Should

This study examines the relationship between tHcy, HF overall, and HF subtype (HF with preserved ejection fraction [HFpEF] and HF with reduced ejection fraction) in the Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis cohort.

Feb 20th, 2025

Can Dietary Niacin Reduce the Risk of Heart Disease?

Niacin, or vitamin B3, is available in foods and also as an inexpensive supplement. There is controversy about the role of niacin and heart disease. A new study explores this.

Feb 12th, 2025

STATIN MEDICATIONS: ARE THEY RUINING OR PROTECTING YOUR BRAIN?

Statin medications are amongst the most frequent Rx drugs used to lower cholesterol in heart disease patients. Many resist taking them over brain concerns. Is this valid?

Feb 5th, 2025

Is it Healthier to Walk in Forests vs. Cities (Forest Bathing)?

The authors conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine whether the forest’s environment enhances mucosal immunity, using changes in salivary sIgA levels as the primary outcome measure.

Jan 31st, 2025

Why I Order So Many Coronary CT Angiograms (Cleerly): Heart Attack Prevention

The Scottish Computed Tomography of the Heart (SCOT-HEART) trial demonstrated that management guided by coronary CT angiography (CCTA) improved the diagnosis, management, and outcome of patients with stable chest pain.

Jan 25th, 2025

The FDA Bans Red No. 3: A Small Step Forward for #MAHA

The FDA is revoking the authorization for the use of FD&C Red No. 3 as a matter of law, based on the Delaney Clause of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The FDA is amending its color additive regulations to no longer allow Red 3.

Jan 16th, 2025

Are We Doing A Good Job of Lowering Cholesterol in CAD Patients?

We sought to understand real world contemporary practice patterns of LDL-C management in patients with ASCVD, and whether LDL-C testing influenced management across US health systems.

Jan 10th, 2025

Every Day Your Dietary Choices Add or Eliminate Minutes of Lifespan: How Much?

They came up with an analysis in the form of a chart which showed foods that shorten life, as well as foods that can make you live longer. Several foods, and their compositions, were analysed by the researchers.

Jan 2nd, 2025

With Every Meal You Gain or Lose Lifespan: Amazing Data for Plant-Based Diets

The study, published in the journal Food, gives concrete numbers on how our food choices impact the number of years that we live. They came up with an analysis in the form of a chart which showed foods that shorten life.

Jan 2nd, 2025

The Risk of Heart Disease Begins to Escalate at Age 10! Shocking

Indicators of cardiovascular health first begin to worsen around the time most US children are making the transition from elementary to middle school, data from Massachusetts suggest.

Dec 24th, 2024

Why Are There So Many Heart Attacks on Christmas? Beware

Heart attacks and strokes surge during the last two weeks of December, according to the American Heart Association, with Dec. 25 being the day of the year with the highest number of cardiac events.

Dec 20th, 2024

Dietary Sugar, Particularly Soda, Drives Many Heart Diseases

The findings suggest that the associations between added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases vary by disease and source of added sugar. The findings emphasize the adverse health effects of sweetened beverage consumption.

Dec 13th, 2024

Beware: Heart Disease Develops During the Decades Preceding a Diagnosis of Diabetes Type 2

Background: The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increased in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but it remains uncertain how long an elevated CVD occurrence precedes diabetes diagnosis.

Dec 6th, 2024

What are Chronic Diseases and can #MAHA Help?

For the first time, public policy out of Washington, DC is focusing on the root causes of poor health, health expenses and longevity. It appears that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr will lead this important effort under

Nov 29th, 2024

Can a Plant Diet Make Your Healthier and Save You Money?

The decrease in costs on the vegan diet was mainly attributable to savings of $2.90 per day on meat, 50 cents per day on dairy products, and 50 cents per day on added fats.

Nov 22nd, 2024

The Risk of Inheriting Lp(a) Cholesterol Persists Even if LDL-C Is Low

These findings demonstrate the independent and additive nature of Lp(a) and LDL-C levels for ASCVD risk, and that LDL-C lowering does not fully offset Lp(a)-mediated risk.

Nov 15th, 2024

Sauna Bathing for Happiness and Better Sleep

Saunas appear to have positive effects on both physical and mental health. This is the result of a new study based on questionnaire responses and health surveys from participants in Norrbotten and Västerbotten.

Nov 9th, 2024

The PROLON Fasting Mimicking Diet: Data for Kidney Protection

In the study, they fed animal models with chronic kidney disease a specialized low-salt, fasting-mimicking diet (LS-FMD) equivalent to the recommended daily intake for human patients with chronic kidney disease.

Nov 1st, 2024

How Long Can You Stand on One Leg? A Measure of Longevity

How long a person can stand—on one leg—is a more telltale measure of aging than changes in strength or gait, according to new Mayo Clinic research.

Oct 25th, 2024

How Does Menopause Impact a Woman's Heart Health

Heart disease kills more women each year than breast cancer and the American Heart Association explains how menopause plays a specific role in a woman’s heart health

Oct 18th, 2024

Can a B-vitamin (Benfotiamine) Improve Memory and More?

In preclinical models, benfotiamine efficiently ameliorates the clinical and biological pathologies that define Alzheimer’s disease (AD) including impaired cognition, amyloid-β plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and diminished glucose metabolism.

Oct 11th, 2024

Why We Track Your Atherosclerotic Plaque at the Kahn Center: It Matters a LOT!

The progression of atherosclerosis in people who have no symptoms of it is independently associated with the risk of dying from any cause, according to a new study led by researchers from Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital.

Oct 3rd, 2024

If All You Can Do is Be A Weekend Warrior, Your Heart Will Thank You

Achievement of measured physical activity volumes consistent with guideline recommendations is associated with lower risk for >200 diseases, with prominent effects on cardiometabolic conditions.

Sep 27th, 2024

Can Being Happy Make You Healthier? The Power of Being Content

This study demonstrates a robust inverse association between well‐being and the risks of CVDs, suggesting that enhancing well‐being may be a viable strategy for CVD prevention.

Sep 20th, 2024

Can Raw Vegetables Keep You Thin and Healthy?

The notion that plant-based diets are optimal for health and prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD) goes back at least to the 1950's. Yet, "food wars" still exist with some denying the power of plant diets.

Sep 13th, 2024

The Big 3 Lab Tests You Must Have: Women and Men

A single combined measure of high-sensitivity CRP, LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a) levels among initially healthy U.S. women was predictive of incident cardiovascular events during a 30-year period.

Sep 6th, 2024

Bitter Plant Foods (eg. arugula) Suppress Appetite, Weight and Diabetes Risk

Polyphenols are a type of chemical naturally occurring in plant-based foods that are antioxidants. Because polyphenols taste bitter, they interact with the bitter taste receptors on the tongue, known as the Type 2 taste receptors (TR2).

Aug 30th, 2024

Putting the Potato Back On Your Plate: A Longevity Food

Potatoes are a staple food in many traditional cuisines, yet their impact on long-term risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality is unclear, hampering evidence-based dietary guidelines.

Aug 24th, 2024

Getting Fats From Plants Boosts Your Lifespan!

A study of more than 400,000 people tracked for up to 24 years finds that those who got their dietary fat from plants versus animals had significantly lower odds of dying during the study period.

Aug 16th, 2024

Does Your Artificial Sweetener Cause Blood Clots?

New Cleveland Clinic research shows that consuming foods with erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, may increase the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke by causing blood to clot.

Aug 9th, 2024

Was the Paleo Diet A Plant-Based Diet: New Data Says Yes

Proponents of the Paleo diet advocate it can benefit overall health and reduce risk for some health conditions, including obesity. It is typically a meat heavy diet. But do we know what the diet actually was thousands of years ago?

Aug 2nd, 2024

Does Hormone Replacement Therapy HRT Protect The Female Brain?

Females represent approximately 70% of the Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases and the literature has proposed a connection between the decreased estrogen levels during menopause and an increased AD risk.

Jul 27th, 2024

How Fast Does Aortic Valve Stenosis Progress: The Lipoprotein(a) Factor

In this study, higher plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations were associated with faster rates of hemodynamic progression in patients with aortic stenosis. Lowering plasma lipoprotein(a) concentrations warrants further investigation.

Jul 19th, 2024

Does a Vegan (Pro)-Collagen Supplement Improve Skin Health?

The results showed that vegan collagen significantly increased collagen density and elasticity by 4.7% and 5.1% and decreased wrinkles, texture, and pores by 27.5%, 20.1%, and 12.3% compared to the placebo group. In addition, the hydration and lightness.

Jul 13th, 2024

Does a Vegan Collagen Supplement Benefit Skin Health?

Vegan collagen is an innovative plant-based collagen biomimetic that contains a variety of plant extracts, including asiaticoside, ginsenoside, and through fermented amino acids, which stimulates the natural process for type I collagen synthesis.

Jul 13th, 2024

Hopping for Bone Health: The Power of High Impact Activities

Osteoporosis (OP) (a condition characterized by weakened bones, increasing the risk of fractures) and OA affect millions globally, with higher bone mineral density (BMD) linked to decreased OA progression risk but increased knee OA risk.

Jul 5th, 2024

If You Eat Healthy for the Planet, Do You Also Eat Healthy for the Human?

In 3 large United States-based prospective cohorts of males and females with up to 34 y of follow-up, a higher PHDI was associated with lower risk of total and cause-specific mortality and environment impacts.

Jun 28th, 2024

TMAO and Fish: The Data Is In For a Heart Unfriendly Metabolite

Some species of fish and seafood are high in trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), which accumulates in muscle where it protects against pressure and cold. Trimethylamine (TMA), the metabolic precursor to TMAO, is formed in fish during bacterial spoilage.

Jun 21st, 2024

Soybeans and Cabbage: How to Get Choline In Your Vegan Diet

Choline is a nutrient essential for heart health and brain function and is found in many foods like soybeans and cruciferous vegetables. New research suggests moderate choline intake may reduce the risk of atherosclerotic heart disease.

Jun 15th, 2024

A Whole Food Plant Diet and Lifestyle Can Improve Memory in Early Alzheimer's!

Evidence links lifestyle factors with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We report the frst randomized, controlled clinical trial to determine if intensive lifestyle changes may benefcially afect the progression of mild cognitive impairment or early dementia.

Jun 8th, 2024

Can the MED Diet Save the Lives of Women?

In this study, higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated with one-fifth lower relative risk of mortality, which could be partially explained by multiple cardiometabolic risk factors.

Jun 1st, 2024

Are Fish Oil Supplements a Good Idea? It is Complicated

Regular use of fish oil supplements might be a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and stroke among the general population but could be beneficial for progression of cardiovascular disease in patients with disease

May 25th, 2024

Why You Must Know Your Heart Calcium Score: Predicting Overall Health

As more attention is paid to longevity and anti-aging, measuring biological age is increasingly practice. This study shows that the coronary artery calcium score by CT provides an accurate measure of overall aging.

May 18th, 2024

Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Can It Reduce the Risk of Dementia?

In a prospective cohort study of 92 383 adults observed over 28 years, the consumption of more than 7 g/d of olive oil was associated with a 28% lower risk of dementia-related death compared with never or rarely consuming olive oil.

May 10th, 2024

Anger and Your Heart: More Reasons to Learn Some Ways to Chill Out

In this randomized controlled experimental study, a brief provocation of anger adversely affected endothelial cell health by impairing endothelium‐dependent vasodilation.

May 4th, 2024

Green Tea: A Boost for Cognitive Function

Japanese tea beverages has the potential to induce positive effects, enhance mental task performance, promote refreshment, and alleviate feelings of fatigue. These positive effects were observed even in small quantities and within a short duration.

Apr 27th, 2024

Atrial Fibrillation: Lifetime Risk and the Risk of Stroke and Heart Failure

About 16 million and 18 million people are predicted to develop AF by 2050 in the USA and Europe, respectively. In this condition, the atria, or heart chambers that receive the venous blood, begin to show irregular twitches.

Apr 20th, 2024

Chelation Therapy Fails to Improve Outcome in Heart Disease: The TACT2 Trial

In the TACT2 trial, chelation therapy reduced levels of lead in the blood but did not improve cardiovascular outcomes for adults with diabetes and a prior heart attack.

Apr 12th, 2024

Why You Must Know Your Lipoprotein(a) Blood Level: A New Statement of the NLA

Data continue to accumulate from large, population-based studies indicating that elevated plasma Lp(a) is an important risk factor for atherosclerotic CVD and calcific aortic valve disease.

Apr 5th, 2024

Are Viagra and Cialis Anti-Aging Agents? Two New Studies Say Yes

Viagra (sildenafil) and Cialis (tadalfil) are used for mainly erectile dysfunction but were originally developed as cardiovascular medications. There safety has been proven for years. Two new studies give a suggestion that they may be anti-aging agents to0

Mar 29th, 2024

Can a Healthy Diet Slow Aging and Reduce Dementia Risk? New Data Says Yes

Adherence to a MIND diet is associated with a lower incidence of dementia and mortality in a new study. The MIND diet is based on the Mediterranean and DASH diets, and emphasizes plant-based foods, fish and poultry, with little in the way of saturated fats

Mar 22nd, 2024

Can a Seaweed Combination Capsule Help Reverse Atherosclerosis?

The study suggests that rhamnan sulfate from Monostroma nitidum may provide a safe and effective intervention for reducing atherosclerotic plaque, and should be evaluated as an adjunct therapy for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Mar 16th, 2024

Why Heart Patients Must Have a Home Sleep Study: The Brain and the Heart

Sleep apnea, including obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea, can affect people of all ages but, as the National Council on Aging notes (link above), it is most prevalent in middle-aged and older adults.

Mar 9th, 2024

A Common Question: Do Statin Cholesterol Medications Cause Dementia?

These results confirm the absence of a neurocognitive risk associated with statin treatment and suggest a potential favourable role of statins. Randomized clinical trials with an ad hoc design are needed to explore this potential neuroprotective effect.

Mar 2nd, 2024

Is There Still a Role for Niacin in the Treatment of Dyslipidemias?

The news cycle this week is full of headlines connecting high levels of niacin to coronary heart disease through pathways of accelerated inflammation based on a new study from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Feb 25th, 2024

Can the Fasting Mimicking Diet Lower Your Biological Age? The Science Says Yes

Statistical analysis of the results from both clinical studies showed that FMD participants had reduced their biological age—a measure of how well one's cells and tissues are functioning, as opposed to chronological age—by 2.5 years on average.

Feb 23rd, 2024

Are Plastic Bottles and Packaged Foods Poisoning Your Arteries? YES

Our work suggests that bisphenols and brominated bisphenols may exert adverse outcome on vascular health differently in vitro and in vivo, and emphasizes areas of public health concern similar endocrine disruptors vulnerable on the vascular endothelium.

Feb 17th, 2024

Need a Lower Blood Pressure? Try Tai Chi for Benefits

In this study including patients with prehypertension, a 12-month Tai Chi intervention was more effective than aerobic exercise in reducing SBP. These findings suggest that Tai Chi may help promote the prevention of cardiovascular disease in populations w

Feb 10th, 2024

Garlic, Greens, and Beets for Sustained Nitric Oxide Production

The effect of an encapsulated formulation (Vascanox® HP) that combines dietary sources of inorganic NO3- and S-allylcysteine (SAC), a source of H2S from garlic, on NO bioavailability is presented.

Feb 3rd, 2024

Does the Inheritance of Lipoprotein(a) Cholesterol in Patients with Bypass Surgery Matter? (YES)

Approximately one in five patients who underwent CABG also had high Lp(a). High Lp(a) at baseline was associated with increased all-cause mortality and risk for adverse events after surgery.

Jan 27th, 2024

Can You Reverse Artery Calcification With High Dose Vitamin K2? Not Really

Extent and progression of coronary artery calcification (CAC) are strong predictors of myocardial infarction and mortality.

Jan 20th, 2024

Best News: Dark Chocolate Proven to Reduce Hypertension Risk!

Our study provides evidence for a causality between dark chocolate intake and a reduced risk of essential hypertension (EH), which has important implications for the prevention of EH in the population.

Jan 13th, 2024

A Vegan Diet Lowers "Biological/Epigenetic Age" In Just 8 Weeks

As Netflix's newly released docuseries 'You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment' catches the attention of nutrition and health experts alike, researchers behind the Stanford sponsored study say context is crucial when determining key takeaways.

Jan 6th, 2024

Are You A Night Owl? You May Be Doubling Your Risk of Heart Disease

A recent study from the University of Gothenburg sheds new light on the relationship between circadian rhythms and cardiovascular health. The study reveals a startling correlation between late-night habits and the risk of coronary artery calcification.

Dec 29th, 2023