Yearly Archives: 2002

Medicare beneficiaries with four or more chronic conditions such as asthma, arthritis, diabetes, or hypertension are 99 times more likely to experience one or more potentially preventable hospitalizations than those without a chronic condition.

Healthy people should eat omega-3 fatty acids from fish and plant sources to protect their hearts, according to updated AHA recommendations.

Hostility may predict heart disease more often than traditional coronary heart disease risk factors like high cholesterol, cigarette smoking and weight.

Aspirin conclusively reduces the risk of a first heart attack by 32%, according to a new report.

Initiating low-dose beta-blockers prior to discharge in heart failure patients hospitalized for worsening symptoms significantly improves the use of a drug that has been shown in previous studies to reduce death and morbidity by more than 35 percent.

Whether after-school hours filled with study, exercise and nutritious snacks can help turn around unprecedented obesity rates in children is the focus of a new study at the Medical College of Georgia.

Cooking food for short periods of time, at minimum safe temperatures, may lower the risk of heart disease for diabetics according to a new study appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Dutch researchers announced that people that consume large amounts of coffee may actually reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

For the first time, Duke University Medical Center researchers have demonstrated that exercise -- without accompanying weight loss -- has a positive impact on improving cholesterol levels.

New research suggests that losing even modest amounts of weight can pay off in better health.

Two researchers have discovered that a chemical called nornicotine — which is naturally present in tobacco — may contribute to the pathology of diabetes, cancer, aging, and Alzheimer’s disease.

Weight-loss related changes in risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease are often linked to visceral fat, rather than other types of fat deposits, especially in people with different racial and ethnic backgrounds.

Engineers have developed a prototype for an ultrasound insulin delivery system that is about the size and weight of a matchbook that can be worn as a patch on the body.

exercise physiologist suggests that exercise, mainly aerobic activity and weight training, may provide multiple solutions to heart problems.

USDA organic seal will appear on produce and packaged food nationwide for the first time to indicate that the product meets federal standards.

Intensive lowering of blood pressure may be needed to gain the full benefit of the therapy on blood vessels, according to a recent study.