Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Representational image. (Pixabay/IANS) Increasing workplace flexibility may lower employees’ risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study. The study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Pennsylvania State University showed that workplaces that implemented interventions designed to reduce conflict between employees’ work and their personal/family lives helped reduce the […]

image:  Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, pediatric allergy and immunology professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics view more  Credit: UNC School of Medicine Sensitivity to common food allergens such as cow’s milk and peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease, new research suggests – and the increased risk for cardiovascular […]

image:  UVA Health’s Jeffrey Wilson, MD, PhD, and collaborators have discovered an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease: sensitivity to common food allergens such as dairy and peanuts. This can affect both people with food allergies and those with no symptoms. view more  Credit: UVA Health EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:05 A.M. UTC ON NOV. […]

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Sensitivity to common food allergens such as dairy and peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease, new research suggests—and the increased risk for cardiovascular death includes people without obvious food allergies. That increased risk could be comparable to—or exceed—the risks posed by smoking, as well as […]

Analyses led by Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, of two longitudinal studies reveal how an increased level of an antibody called immunoglobin (IgE) to cow’s milk is associated to cardiovascular-related death. Corinne Keet, MD, PhD, pediatric allergy and immunology professor in the UNC Department of Pediatrics CHAPEL […]

Climbing 50 stairs a day is all it takes to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease by more than 20%, Tulane University researchers say. The team used data from nearly 460,000 participants in the UK Biobank research database. They calculated cardiovascular disease risks based on family history, genetic risk factors and established risk factors such […]

(CNN) – Marijuana use by older adults is rising and experts are worried they may not be aware of the cardiovascular risks. According to new research presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia, adults over the age of 65 who don’t smoke tobacco but use marijuana are at higher risk of both […]

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People with bosses who micromanage them are at higher risk of heart attacks and strokes, according to research. Among employees most likely to develop cardiovascular problems, the risk fell to that of someone ten years younger after managers were trained to give them more control over their time and tasks. Researchers from Harvard and Penn […]