Nearly half of patients with congestive heart failure who are hospitalized and then discharged end up back in the hospital within 90 days. Could a toilet seat help prevent this from occurring?
The Heart Foundation now backs full-fat milk if you’re healthy. But it still recommends reduced-fat milk if you have high blood pressure or heart disease.
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Low-fat milk provides no extra benefit for your heart over full-fat milk, if you’re healthy. But it’s too soon to pour the low-fat options down the sink.
Recommended salt intake levels should be lowered further, despite previous contradictory research.
Women have heart attacks too and can have different symptoms to men, like jaw pain, breathlessness or nausea, as well as the familiar chest pain. So why don’t we see this on TV?
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It’s time characters on TV reflected not only women’s experience of heart disease but those of men from diverse backgrounds if we want to prevent more people dying from heart disease.
Salt consumption in China is among the highest in the world.
The latest statistics show smoking’s legacy when it comes to preventable deaths from cardiovascular diseases like heart attack and stroke.
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Smoking-related cardiovascular disease like heart attack and stroke results in 11,400 people being sent to hospital and 6,400 people dying in Australia each year, new research shows.
Research suggests depression is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
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Heart disease and stroke is the leading cause of death for Australian women. There are many risk factors for heart disease, but one we don’t pay enough attention to is poor mental health.
Improvements in heart health accounted for more than half of the improvements in our overall health.
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On the whole, we’re living longer and healthier lives, thanks to advances in medical care, as well as lifestyle changes. But there are major differences in the health experiences of different groups.
Losing just 5% of weight in people newly diagnosed with diabetes can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
A study from the University of Alberta suggests that the beneficial effects of cheese might not be related to fat but to some other component, such as protein or calcium.
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