It’s one of the most terrifying realizations anyone can have: “Oh no, I’m having a heart attack!”
It might be followed by, “Will I die? What can I do to save my life?”
Someone has this moment every 40 seconds in the U.S. And every nine minutes, the victim dies within the first hour.1 2
… Read MoreIf most of us had a choice, we’d rather be tall than short. But a new study shows that being vertically challenged has at least one big health advantage: a lower risk of dangerous blood clots called venous thromboembolisms (VTEs).
After studying more than 2 million people, researchers from Lund University in Malmo, Sweden, found that the risk of VTEs was strongly associated with height.… Read More
Fish oil is America’s most popular nutritional supplement. About 19 million of us take it in hopes of staving off heart disease and other serious conditions.1
But the science behind it has always been controversial. Some studies showed it worked. Others didn’t.
… Read MoreYou can go to the best cardiologists…get a myriad of blood tests and cutting-edge diagnostic imaging… But answering one simple question is a surprisingly reliable indicator of whether or not you’re headed for a heart attack.
That’s the finding of major new study that followed more than 420,000 middle-aged people for six years.1
The question is this: How fast do you walk?… Read More
Big Pharma pushes statins like candy at Halloween. And the older you get, the more likely it is your doctor will try to get you to take one of these cholesterol medications.
Nearly half of American seniors take a statin. Now, a new study has found that they do more harm than good in most people over 65.1
The data show that, if anything, the drugs increase the risk of death from a heart attack.… Read More
Big Pharma tells us they are “safe, fast, and effective” for relieving temporary aches and fever. They encourage you to take them for everything from headaches and muscle pain to menstrual cramps and arthritis.
But we’ve warned you in the past that ibuprofen and naproxen can lead to heart attacks… Now a major new study shows they are even more dangerous than we thought.… Read More