There was more distressing news for women from researchers reporting at the 64th Annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Vancouver. To the surprise of no one who’s been following women’s heart health lately, a Heart and Stroke Foundation study has found that women under age 55 fare worse than their male counterparts following a heart attack, and their health status declines more than that of their male counterparts. Continue reading “Women under age 55 fare worse after heart attack than men”
Category: Women's cardiac risk factors
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Why female shift workers may be at risk for heart disease
Here at the annual Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in beautiful Vancouver, we’ve learned some bad news about female shift workers.
As researcher Dr. Joan Tranmer – a former nurse herself with over 15 years of experience working rotating shifts – told her conference audience:
“Women hospital staff working night shifts may be compromising their own health as they try to improve the health of patients.” Continue reading “Why female shift workers may be at risk for heart disease”
What heart patients can learn from cancer patients
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
Cardiologist Dr. Richard Fogoros has issued this blunt warning to those at risk for developing heart disease:
“You need to change your life. If you don’t, you will suffer the consequences – possibly decades earlier than is necessary.”
In his Heart Health Center column, he observed that most high-risk people end up making only half-hearted efforts to modify their heart attack risk. And he blamed doctors for enabling this lack of personal accountability. Continue reading “What heart patients can learn from cancer patients”
The effects of sugar on heart disease
by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
“I’m beginning to wonder about the effect of sugar on heart disease. I’ve heard about new studies being done on sugar raising triglycerides and high blood pressure. If this is the case, I am truly in trouble!”
I can hardly believe I haven’t addressed this topic here yet (out of 328 previous Heart Sisters posts written so far) but this woman’s comment got me thinking about sugar. Not that I need much prompting to think about sugar. I’m a recovering choc-a-holic who, many years ago, once ate half a box of Turtles just to get them out of the house. (Anybody else out there relate to this kind of choco-fueled craziness?)
I thought so. A landmark report in the journal Circulation called Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease reminds us that well over half of North Americans consume a tooth-rotting, belly-busting 40+ teaspoons of sugar per day. Continue reading “The effects of sugar on heart disease”
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