Methods to Encourage Healthier Hearts
Encouraging people to follow a heart-healthy diet continues to be a challenge. Researchers assessed the benefits of 6 months of dietary advice on 919 healthy, but obese, participants. They were randomized to receive telephone-delivered advice plus a weekly food basket, advice only, food basket only, and diet as usual. After 6 months it was found…
Read MoreRotating Night Shifts Seems to be Hard for the Heart
A long-term study covering 24 years of follow-up using data from the Nurses' Health Studies with almost 190,000 participants reveals those who had a history of working 3 or more night shifts per month for at least 5 years had significantly higher rates of coronary heart disease (CHD) than those who never worked night shift. Nurses…
Read MoreHeart Health Mobile
Learn about risk factors for heart disease, calculate your own risk and share that status with your personal physician via a mobile app called Heart Health Mobile. This self-assessment tool is a part of the Million Hearts initiative aimed at preventing 1 million heart attacks and strokes over 5 years. The app provides a quick…
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