New Tool Offers Personalized Training to Prevent Heart Disease
The new Everyday Practice and Rehabilitative Training (EXPERT) tool helps prescribe specific exercise programs for patients with multiple cardiovascular diseases and risk factors.
The new Everyday Practice and Rehabilitative Training (EXPERT) tool helps prescribe specific exercise programs for patients with multiple cardiovascular diseases and risk factors.
‘Including cinnamon in your daily diet may lessen the risk of developing obesity, diabetes and cholesterol caused by a high-fat diet.’
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Researchers led by Vijaya Juturu from OmniActive Health Technologies in the US' Morristown fed rats cinnamon supplements for 12 weeks along with a high-fat diet. The results revealed that the rats weighed less and had less belly fat and healthier levels of sugar, insulin and fat in their blood -- leading risk factors for cardiovascular diseases -- compared to those who did not receive cinnamon with their high-fat foods.
Rats fed with cinnamon also had fewer molecules involved in the body's fat-storing process and more antioxidant and anti-inflammatory molecules that protect the body from the damages of stress, the researchers said.
Assessing Heart Disease Risk is Within Arm's Reach
Atherosclerosis, commonly known as hardening of the arteries, has long been seen as a strong indicator of coronary artery disease.
Atherosclerosis, commonly known as hardening of the arteries, has long been seen as a strong indicator of coronary artery disease.
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Hot Flashes Could Predict Heart Disease Risk
Hot flashes, a sudden feeling of feverish heat, typically as a symptom of the menopause, have already been shown to interfere with a woman's life.
Hot flashes, a sudden feeling of feverish heat, typically as a symptom of the menopause, have already been shown to interfere with a woman's life.
Grey Hair Linked to Heart Disease Risk in Men: Study
Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age.
Atherosclerosis and hair greying occur through similar biological pathways and the incidence of both increases with age.
