Then there's the new medical study in the Journal of Occupational and Environment Medicine at Columbia University that looks into the cardiovascular health of business travellers.
Fish oil and statins are a safe and effective way to improve cardiovascular health -- more so than the use of statins alone, he says.
Having said that, we do have much stronger evidence to suggest that taking Omega-3 fatty acid supplements improves cardiovascular health, especially in lowering triglyceride levels.
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In a 2008 study published in the Journal of Women's Health, one in 10 women who underwent various cardiovascular health screenings didn't have their waists measured.
Dr. Doraiswamy says he recommends meditation for people with depression, panic or anxiety disorders, ongoing stress, or for general health maintenance of brain alertness and cardiovascular health.
The researchers also looked at positive emotional factors such as having a good attention span and found this was linked with better cardiovascular health, although to a lesser degree.
If these findings are generalizable to the US population as a whole, then the cardiovascular health of the US population may have improved appreciably over the past 6 decades.
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"There is a huge body of scientific evidence showing that tea can make a significant contribution to a healthy lifestyle, and in particular, in the areas of cardiovascular health and dental hygiene".
Dr Wijga said it would be wrong at this stage to recommend young child eat a diet high in saturated fats, as there was significant evidence that this was bad for cardiovascular health.
According to a new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, only one out of more than 1, 900 people evaluated met the American Heart Association (AHA) definition of ideal cardiovascular health.
"The benefits of cardiovascular health from eating seafood, including farm fish, far outweigh the risk of cancer from environmental contaminants, " said Dr. William Hogarth of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the group that commissioned the report.
Yet public-health statistics show that cardiovascular-disease rates in the county are actually lower than average, probably because its smoking rates are quite low.
The bottom line is this: why even take the risk of developing a kidney stone-with its attendant pain and suffering-if high dose vitamin C has never been proven to have beneficial effects on our quality of health and risk for developing cardiovascular disease as well as cancer?
Any improvement in these areas, says Cooper, improves many other health issues, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer and infant mortality.
Diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension and infant mortality are major health issues among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
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"Almost three-quarters of the deaths caused by sugary drinks are in low and middle income countries, " says study author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, co-director of the cardiovascular epidemiology program at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Enormous quantities of air pollution from burning forests led to a dramatic rise in the number of cases of eye irritation, respiratory illness and cardiovascular disease -- examples of the unexpected public health surprises which become more likely in a warming world.
The WHO "Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health" says that chronic diseases like cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, stroke, cancers and respiratory diseases account for 59% of the 56.5 million disease-related deaths annually, and much of the global disease burden is tied to diet.
That extra weight can lead to serious health problems, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and psychosocial issues such as peer discrimination or poor self-esteem.
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Preventable cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, diabetes, mental health disorders and disabilities affect more and more people as obesity and other underlying risks increase and our population ages.
"It would raise revenue that government could put towards health promotion and other public health interventions to prevent obesity and reduce other cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, " she added.
Experts believe that natural compounds known as flavonoids (or flavonols), which appear to promote artery health and reduce inflammation, are responsible for the cardiovascular benefits that have been associated with chocolate consumption.
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 17 million people died from cardiovascular diseases in 2008.
And research in adults as linked poor emotional wellbeing with higher levels of cardiovascular disease, the researchers pointed out in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Fortunately, this not the only study to explore the potential for reducing cardiovascular disease and cancer in the general population by promoting adherence to a set of health guidelines.
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It teamed up last year with Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health System to engage patients at risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and increase the likelihood they will take their drugs as prescribed.
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Price-sensitive health services might also be interested in bundled deals for the broad selection of cancer and cardiovascular pills that Roche now controls.
And earlier this month researchers at the National Institutes of Health released a study showing that frequent drinking in moderation may protect men from death due to cardiovascular disease.
Conducting research in the areas of cardiovascular disease, central nervous system disorders, immunology and infectious disease, oncology, respiratory diseases and women's health, its best-selling products are Vytorin, Zetia, Remicade and Nasonex.
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