Here’s another metric to gauge your cardiac health: push-ups. Yes, push-ups. A new study by researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health finds that active middle-aged men who can do at least 40 push-ups have a significantly lower risk of unfortunate cardiac disease outcomes than do men who can do […]
Tag: heart health
Is Extreme Exercise Good Or Bad For Your Heart?
Is it possible to exercise so often and so intensely that you actually damage your heart? Sure, but it’s not likely. That answer comes from a recent large scale study of more than 20,000 men, most in their 50s, who were divided into groups based on how often and how […]
Now It’s 15,000 Steps
Remember the 10,000 step a day rule? Forget it. This year’s model, created by researchers at the University of Glasgow, calls for 15,000 steps a day. But wait, the study authors point out that walking 15,000 steps would take about three and half hours, no problem if you happen to […]
To Cut Back On Salt, Add More Spice
Let’s face it: we eat too much salt because we like salt too much. But what if we could alter our craving for salt? That’s what researchers at the Center for Hypertension and Metabolic Diseases at Third Military Medical University in Chongqing, China believe they have done. HealthDay reports that […]
Exercise Can Increase Artery Plaque
The general assumption among health experts and exercise advocates is that exercise is if good for heart health, then more exercise is better. But now comes research from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Kaiser Permanente suggesting that a great deal of active exercise may actually increase the risk […]
Chocolate Keeps Heartbeats Regular
Chocolate can keep you regular. At least, it can keep your heartbeat regular, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and in Denmark. A Chan school news release reports that the study, which included 55,502 men and women participating in the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Heath Study, looked […]
Healthy Middle Aged Heart Adds 5 Years
A healthy heart in middle age can give us another five years of pretty good life, thanks. That’s the conclusion of researchers at Northwestern and Yale universities, who analyzed a study that followed nearly 26,000 U.S. adults for 40 years. HealthDay reports that the researchers found that people in optimal heart […]
Seven Miles A Day For Heart Health? Really?
Yes really. That’s the recommendation of researchers at the University of Warwick, who outfitted 111 healthy postal workers with activity monitors for seven days, then tracked their activity and compared their waist circumferences and BMIs. One group of 55 were office workers, and one group of 56 walked a mail […]