The best foods for brain health
Dec 9, 2020
The secret to eating for brain health? Ignore shady trends and focus on some of the same things that are good for your heart, experts say.
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Two kids, same heart defect: 'Like having lightning strike the same place twice'
Dec 8, 2020
After riding an emotional roller coaster navigating their newborn daughter's heart defect and open-heart surgery, this couple's second child had the same diagnosis.
For many people, surviving COVID-19 doesn't mean getting better
Dec 7, 2020
Some people die of COVID-19, and many others quickly recover. But quite a few are remaining sick, and these "long-haulers" are adding to the pandemic's toll.
Few clinical studies examine high blood pressure treatments for Black Americans
Dec 7, 2020
High blood pressure affects Black people more than any other group, but few clinical research studies investigate what we can do about it.
Here's an idea to float – a space-ready sleeping bag to keep blood moving
Dec 4, 2020
Without gravity, blood pools in the upper body, causing problems for astronauts on long missions. Researchers tested a prototype that could help while they sleep.
After 3 strokes, this young pop and R&B singer is at work again
Dec 3, 2020
Singer Chelsea Keenan had three strokes before turning 24. Now she's making music to help other young people with health issues know they are not alone.
Heart disease, stroke more deadly in 'socially vulnerable' counties
Dec 3, 2020
U.S. counties considered the most socially vulnerable by federal measures also experience higher death rates from heart disease and stroke.
The heart health risks of being a single parent
Dec 2, 2020
New research adds details to a problem that could affect millions of women and men: the impact of single parenting on heart health. Health care providers could do more to help, experts say.
LGB adults less likely to take cholesterol-lowering statins
Dec 2, 2020
Despite the potential benefits in staving off heart disease, new research shows lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are less likely to use cholesterol-lowering statins.
Smog exposure linked to higher risk of cardiac arrest
Dec 1, 2020
Exposure to ozone levels below those considered safe by the federal government may raise the risk for cardiac arrest outside a hospital, according to new research.
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