heart attack

Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke by Controlling Your Blood Pressure

Posted on 05/1/2012 by Ian Cunningham | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Personal HealthThe following is a guest post by Janet Wright, MD, FACC, Executive Direction of Million Hearts™, a national initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As a practicing cardiologist for almost 25 years, I often met men and women for the first time when they suffered a serious and life-threatening event—a heart attack or stroke. I enjoyed being part of a team that used its skills to minimize damage and offer hope for a healthier future, and …

Drink A Day May Help Heart Attack Survivors

Posted on 04/4/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthModerate alcohol consumption — a glass of wine or a cocktail a day — has been shown to help prevent heart disease, but a new study suggests that it might even be good for men who have had a heart attack. Harvard researchers who tracked 1,818 male heart attack survivors for up to 20 years found that those who drank moderately were 42 percent less likely to die from heart disease and 34 percent less likely to die from any …

Do You Know the Signs of a Heart Attack for Women?

Posted on 03/29/2012 by Carole Carson | Fat to Fit | Comments

Personal HealthHeart disease, not breast cancer, is the number one killer of women. In fact, heart disease kills more women than the next seven most deadly diseases combined. Women sometimes fail to recognize a heart attack because their acute symptoms are different than those of men experiencing a heart attack. Severe chest pain may occur during a heart attack for both men and women, but women also report pain or discomfort in other areas of the body before or during a …

A Cheap Treatment That Cuts Cardiac Arrest By Half

Posted on 03/28/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthAn inexpensive mixture of glucose, insulin and potassium given by paramedics to patients showing heart attack symptoms cut the rate of cardiac arrest in half and reduced the amount of damage to heart tissue, a new study has found. Researchers at Tufts Medical Center said the study was the first to test the effectiveness of giving the simple treatment at the first signs of a threatening heart attack, rather than waiting for a diagnosis to be confirmed at the hospital, …

The Takeaway: Men At Higher Risk For Mild Memory Loss; Heart Health At 55 Predicts Death Risk At 80

Posted on 01/26/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments

News RoundupsA large new study suggests that your heart health in middle age is a good predictor of your lifetime heart disease and heart attack risk.

Sex And Heart Attacks: Take The Stairs Test

Posted on 01/20/2012 by Candy Sagon | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthIf you’re a heart patient and you’re healthy enough to walk up two flights of stairs without chest pain or gasping for breath, it’s probably safe for you to have sex. That’s the advice from the American Heart Association, which for the first time has scientifically studied a subject that evidently doctors and patients have been too embarrassed to talk about: Whether having sex raises the chance for a heart attack. For heart patients, it’s a common fear that having …