Americans spend nearly $12 billion each year on vitamin supplements, hoping they will steer us away from diseases like cancer and heart attacks. But it turns out they’re just a drain on our wallets.
Heart Disease
Experimental Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Shows Promise
One in six Americans have high cholesterol, but one in five can’t take the popular statin medications to keep their levels down.
Bystander CPR Saves Lives
If you saw someone experiencing a heart attack, would you step in to perform CPR?
Faster Care Is Not Lowering Heart Attack Death Rates
Doctors have sped up how quickly they treat heart attack patients, but it’s not saving more lives.
200,000 Lives Could Be Saved from Heart Disease Each Year
Now there’s a number for how effective lifestyle changes can be in protecting the heart and preventing deaths from heart attack and stroke.
President George W. Bush Has Stent Procedure
Former President George W. Bush was hospitalized on Tuesday to treat a blocked artery in his heart.
Eat This Now: Okra
In the south, it’s available year-round, but for the rest of us, summer is a great time to take advantage of fresh okra. While it looks like a ridged pepper, okra belongs to the same family as hibiscus and cotton, and likely came …
Hormone-Replacement Therapy: Could Estrogen Have Saved 50,000 Lives?
For more than a decade, doctors have cautioned women about the risks associated with hormone-replacement therapy. But those warnings may have put one group of women at increased risk of dying early, according to the latest study.
Sick Before Their Time: More Kids Diagnosed With Adult Diseases
Diabetes, obesity and elevated blood pressure typically emerge in middle-age, but more young children are showing signs of chronic conditions that may take a toll on their health.
Many Hearts, One Beat: Singing Syncs Up Heart Rates
When choir members sing together, it’s not just their voices that join in harmony.
Statins Have Few Side Effects, But Should More People Be Taking Them?
Statins lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation and may be responsible for saving thousands of lives. Should everyone be taking the wonder drug?
Learning About Blood Clots — From Ticks
They’re best known as carriers of nasty infections such as West Nile Virus, but it turns out that the blood-sucking insects may also possess something that could protect us from heart disease — or at least their spit does.
Dr. Oz on the Real Threat to the Sopranos
James Gandolfini’s death is a reminder that everyone is vulnerable to heart disease