Articles Tagged with heart health

Fish Oil Lowers Stress Response [Study]

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Fish oil supplementation may protect the heart in stressful situations, according to a double-blind study. Over a two-month period, Michigan Technological University conducted the study with 67 healthy volunteer test participants in their 20s who were either given nine grams of fish oil pills or nine grams of olive oil as a placebo. They were… Read more »

Your Blood Type Might Affect Your Risk For Heart Disease [Study]

Heart disease and blood type may be linked

Your risk of developing heart disease might hinge on your blood type, according to a new study. Researchers have found that people with A, B, or AB blood types might be more likely to develop heart disease than people with type O, according to MedicalNewsToday. Despite this apparent link between one’s blood type and the… Read more »

Egg Yolks Harden Your Arteries Like Smoking, Research Finds

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Eggs are a fickle staple of nutrition, and it’s a bit of a pop-culture mainstay that the breakfast standards are considered a food powerhouse one week, and the satan of Sunday breakfasts another. One of the greater nutritional debates of our time — right up there with whether carbs are the devil and whether wheatgrass… Read more »

Study finds increased cardiovascular risk after death of loved one

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Ever hear an anecdotal story of someone who “died of a broken heart?” It seems that people who suffer the loss of a loved one are actually at an increased risk for potentially fatal cardiovascular events, according to a new study out of the University of Sydney Nursing School in Australia. Per the study, the… Read more »