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Tag: Cardiovascular Disease
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Health
Benefits of work-life balance extend to heart health, study suggests
Intervention benefits older, lower-wage workers at higher risk, novel Chan School study finds
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Women are 20% more likely than men to refuse statins
New study finds 1-in-5 patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease decline statin therapy with women being 20 percent more likely to refuse it when first suggested and 50 percent more likely than men to never accept the recommendation.
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Has first person to live to be 150 been born?
Harvard researchers reported that they can age and then restore youth to lab mice, using a gene cocktail that has already restored vision in mice.
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Gorge today, sweat tomorrow? That’s not how it works.
Researcher I-Min Lee outlines fresh data showing that you can’t outrun a bad diet.
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Eating one avocado a week may lower heart disease risk
A Harvard study finds that people who eat two or more servings of avocado each week may lower their risk of cardiovascular disease compared to people who rarely eat avocado.
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Skip the salt, grab the bananas
With a new level of accuracy, research has shown that a decrease in sodium and an increase in potassium may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Double benefits for heart-healthy lifestyle
The risk of future cancers was lowest among participants in a community-based observational study who had a heart-healthy lifestyle.
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Science & Tech
A map of the human heart
Highly detailed map of the human heart could guide personalized heart treatments.
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Health
Sticking to the healthy diet?
A newly identified “metabolic signature” can evaluate an individual’s adherence and metabolic response to the Mediterranean diet and help predict future risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to new research led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Omega-3 fish oil rises to top in analysis of studies
Harvard study finds that greater cardiovascular benefits may be achieved at higher doses of omega-3 fish oil supplementation.
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Sleep, heart disease link leads from brain to marrow
New research from Massachusetts General Hospital traces a previously unknown pathway from poor sleep to an increase in the fatty plaques that line blood vessels in atherosclerosis, a key feature of cardiovascular disease.
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Sickly sweet
A long-term study, led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, found that the more sugar-sweetened beverages people consumed, the greater their risk of premature death — particularly death from cardiovascular disease, and to a lesser extent from cancer.
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Money makes a difference in cholesterol management
A new study finds financial incentives for cholesterol management may help contain the costs associated with cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death and health care costs in the U.S.
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Cocoa for pleasure — and health?
A study by Harvard Medical School faculty members at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is exploring the health benefits of cocoa in a massive, 18,000-person study that may provide answers hinted at in smaller studies.
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How coffee loves us back
Research at Harvard and elsewhere has repeatedly tied coffee consumption to health benefits.
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Calculator adds up cardio risks
The new Healthy Heart Score developed by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health gives individuals an easy way to estimate their 20-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The free Web-based survey can be found at www.healthyheartscore.com.
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Campus & Community
HSPH receives $24M gift
Murat Ülker, a leading entrepreneur in Istanbul, has contributed $24 million on behalf of the Ülker family to the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to establish the Sabri Ülker Center for Nutrient, Genetic, and Metabolic Research.
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Science & Tech
Breathing easier over electricity
The Environmental Protection Agency’s release of draft regulations that would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 will have a significant impact on human health, Harvard analysts say.
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Health
The good life, longer
By synthesizing the data collected in multiple government-sponsored health surveys conducted in recent decades, researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University, and the University of Massachusetts were able to measure how the quality-adjusted life expectancy of Americans has changed over time.
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Women pay high price for high job strain
New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) finds that women with high job strain are more likely to experience a cardiovascular-related event compared with women with low job strain. These findings are published in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
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Gestational BPA exposure growing concern
Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA) — a chemical used to make plastic containers and other consumer goods — is associated with behavior and emotional problems in young girls, according to a study led by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health.
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The rise of chronic disease
Heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are becoming enormous problems in the developing world and need more attention even as the challenge of fighting infectious diseases like AIDS shows no sign of abating, according to Institute of Medicine President Harvey Fineberg.
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Campus & Community
Heart test debate heats up
Two studies published yesterday are expected to reignite an emotionally charged debate about whether young athletes should be screened with a heart test to reduce the small risk of sudden death from an undiagnosed heart problem.
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The hunt for healthy answers
JoAnn Manson leads a nationwide study to assess whether vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids can boost immunity and protect against ailments from heart disease to cancer.
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Want to live well?
Harvard faculty members from a range of fields give tips on how to live healthy.
