Even moderate light exposure during sleep can harm your heart, insulin health
Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed.
In a new study from Northwestern Medicine, researchers found exposure to...
High cholesterol may not lead to heart disease, study finds
In a new study from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, researchers found that the link between 'bad' cholesterol (LDL-C) and poor health...
This diet can lower cholesterol and blood sugar
A healthy Nordic diet can prevent a range of diseases. Until now, the health benefits that researchers had attributed to a Nordic diet primarily...
Professor used his stroke to create an app that helps survivors relearn skills
Mark Brodie was sitting behind his laptop in his home office, grading student papers for a mobile applications class he taught at Simpson College...
This type of self-care could help reduce heart disease risk
Despite what skeptics say, being kind to oneself is not a New Age fad—and there is research to back it up.
Middle-aged women who practiced...
Heart attack risk factors you can and can’t control
A heart attack happens when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of heart muscle suddenly becomes blocked and the heart can’t get...
These 3 mental illnesses tied to higher risk for heart attack and stroke
In a new study from HealthPartners Institute, researchers found people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders may have a higher risk for heart...
This diet could help reverse heart failure without surgeries or meds
In a new study from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, researchers found a whole-food plant-based diet reversed angina without medications or procedures.
Angina is...
DASH diet tops rankings for “heart-healthy” and “healthy eating”
In a new report from NIH, researchers show that dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) has tied for first out of 39 diets for...
People with heart defects at greater risk for severe COVID-19
In a new study from the CDC, researchers found people hospitalized with COVID-19 were up to twice as likely to die or be critically...