According to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association:If you eat red meat more than once a day, cutting back to one serving every other day can substantially reduce your risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease. Scientists examined data on 84,136 women between the ages of 30 and 55 over a 26-year period ending in 2006. They reported that the researchers "found that women who ate the highest amount of red meat were at the highest risk for heart disease." A serving of chicken or turkey to replace one of beef, pork, or lamb would lower coronary heart disease risk 19%.
Red Meat May be Linked to an Increased Risk of Heart Disease in Women.
Calcium supplements are a good way to keep your bones strong, but research published recently, suggests they could lead to an increased risk for heart attack.Some experts are questioning whether calcium supplements should be used as widely as they are now, especially by elderly women, who suffer disproportionately from both heart disease and osteoporosis.
Calcium Supplements May be Linked to an Increased Risk of Heart Attack.
Most experts agree that the most important thing to do is call 9-1-1 immediately.Now, new research confirms that for bystanders with no CPR training, chest compressions on adults may be enough to restore life and there may be no benefit to performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Two New Studies Lend More Support to Compression-Only CPR.
New research may shed some light on the ongoing public health debate regarding how to minimize the death rate from the most serious kinds of heart attacks, while also limiting healthcare costs.The medical community has been considering "increasing the number of hospitals that are equipped to perform life-saving coronary angioplasty procedures, known as percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). A paper in Circulation Journal: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes "suggests that rather than preparing more hospitals to offer the intervention, heart attack patients would have a better chance of survival if they were rushed by emergency medical services (EMS) to the closest available facility already equipped to offer PCI treatment."
Sending Heart Attack Patients Directly to Hospitals Equipped to do PCI May Improve Survival Odds.
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