Heart & Vascular
Expert advice about how to prevent, diagnose and treat adult and pediatric cardiovascular conditions
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Read ArticleUnsealing the health secrets of sous vide
Sous vide outperforms traditional cooking methods by maintaining a higher degree of nutritional value, food safety and flavor.
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Read ArticleSubtle signs
When a rare type of stroke struck, Steve Bertone went to the right place for lifesaving care.
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Read ArticleStroke victims may have more time to recover
While patients should never delay seeking treatment for stroke, surgeons now have more time to extract clots and help patients recover. For some, the treatment window may now be 24 hours or longer.
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Read ArticleBanish workout boredom with fat-burning HIIT exercise
Your normal workout routine may not be helping you lose those extra pounds. Find out why mixing it up with high-intensity interval training can do more for your physical fitness then you think.
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Read ArticleGuard your heart: How to prevent, survive and recover from a heart attack
Protect your heart and ward off a heart attack with diet, exercise and healthy lifestyle choices. And perhaps a spare aspirin in your pocket.
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Read ArticleMushroom tea: A fungi new way to give your morning a boost
Certain mushroom varieties like chaga and reishi are thought to have immune-boosting benefits.
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Read ArticleChange your POV: Can hanging upside down improve your health?
Here are some of the most popular reasons people practice inversion therapy today.
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Read ArticleShining a light on poverty and heart disease
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in developing countries and in low-income populations in the first world.
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Read ArticleSitting is the new smoking: Unshackle yourself from your desk
The demands of your job may tend to keep you hunched over a computer screen, focused on the daily project. But to stay healthy, you should make time daily for physical activity and to eat well.
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Read ArticleThe heart to carry on
Brandon Rowland’s move to Montana opened new possibilities to repair his faulty tricuspid valve
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Read ArticleYour daily choices can lessen — or increase — your heart risk
You might not realize how your daily decisions have ramifications that can reach all the way to the vessels of your heart. The good news is that you can get ahead of heart problems.
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Read ArticleIt’s treatable: Many bounce back from congestive heart failure
Despite the sinister-sounding diagnosis, congestive heart failure is highly survivable. With expert treatment, many patients can enjoy a normal lifespan and a high quality of life.
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Read ArticleCoffee versus wine: which is healthier?
Wine and coffee have generated decades' worth of debate and studies examining the benefits or harmful effects of each. It takes time and careful reading to sort through the claims and counterclaims.
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Read ArticleCooking with essential oils: a little dab will do
Always dilute essential oils when cooking or ingesting
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Read ArticleDiets for change
Different diets are designed with different goals in mind, from weight loss to heart health to sustainability
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Read ArticleA cardiologist speaks: How to think about heart medications
What you know about your heart medicines can help you better understand the role they play in your health care
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Read ArticleNew blood pressure guidelines trigger rethinking of heart risk
What once was prehypertension is now "elevated" blood pressure
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Read ArticleSick and tired: Why sleep deprivation can be bad for your health
Getting inadequate rest can affect your mental, physical and emotional well-being
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Read ArticleOpen your eyes to sleep apnea
Sleep apnea should be treated to avoid health risks
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Read ArticleBreaking down berries: What makes them so super?
Many beloved berries, such as acai berry, blueberry, goji berry and cranberry contain an array of nutrients that help reduce the risk of disease
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