Cardio-Vascular

Cocoa for Cardiovascular Health

European Union Consortium researchers report two studies that suggest that consuming cocoa flavanols – plant-derived bioactives from the cacao bean – may help to improve cardiovascular function and lessen the burden on the heart that comes with the aging and stiffening of arteries.  In the first study, Christian Heiss, from the University Duesseldorf  (Germany), and …

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Poor, Inadequate, or Too Much Sleep Linked to Atherosclerosis

New research has found that people who don’t get enough sleep, get too much sleep, or who have poor quality sleep have increased levels of calcium in their coronary arteries – an early indicator of cardiovascular disease. Dr Chan-Won Kim of Kangbuk Samsung Hospital of Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine in Seoul (South Korea), and …

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Childhood Stress Linked to Later Health Issues

A 45-year-long study of nearly 7,000 people has found that psychological distress in childhood is associated with a higher risk of heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. Ashley Winning, ScD, MPH, of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard’s TH Chan School of Public Health, and colleagues examined data collected about participants in …

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Go Nuts to Beat Inflammation

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have discovered that eating more nuts correlates to lower levels of inflammatory biomarkers, which are certain telltale proteins. The team performed a data cross-sectional analysis from the Nurses’ Health Study of over 120,000 female registered nurses and from a Health Professionals Follow-Up Study of over 50,000 male health professionals. …

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