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Short Index Fingers Mean Higher Prostate Cancer Risk, Study Finds

(Dec. 1) -- Fellas, quick, take a look. Which is longer: your ring finger or your index finger? A longer index finger gives men a lower risk of prostate cancer, Reuters reports. Men with an index finger longer than their ring finger are one-third less likely to get the disease than men whose finger lengths are the...

Breakthrough Study Finds Genetic Keys to High Cholesterol

(Aug. 4) -- Scientists say they've found a group of genes that help explains why high cholesterol (and high triglycerides) can run in the family. Researchers from 17 countries, funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health, came up with 95 genetic variants (59 of them previously unknown) that explain the...

NYC Takes a Bite Out of Salt Consumption

(Jan. 11) – A New York Reuben may soon taste a little different. The New York Health Department today announced a new scheme aimed at an old seasoning: salt. The program, called the National Salt Reduction Initiative, aspires to reduce the amount of salt in foods by 25 percent over the next five years in an effort...

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5 Ways Yoga Promotes Heart Health

The controversial New York Times article , "How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body," has sparked heated debate about yoga injuries.

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How To Have A Healthy Heart For Life

"Ninety-nine percent of heart disease is preventable by changing your diet and lifestyle," says Dean Ornish, M.D., a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco and author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease.

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Sanjay Gupta On Becoming Heart-Attack Proof

The best weapon against heart disease may not be surgical interventions or drugs, but rather something much simpler: changing the way we eat.

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Tanya Abreu: Heart Disease Prevention Through Lifestyle Modification

Last month brought a shower of cardiologists to New Orleans for the annual scientific convention of the American College of Cardiology.

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02/04/11 Heart disease prevention myths Source: NBC - WCNC NewsChannel 36 - Charlotte NC The American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" campaign raises awareness about women and heart disease.
01/12/11 5 medication-free strategies to help prevent heart... Source: MayoClinic.com You can prevent heart disease by following a heart-healthy lifestyle.
11/28/10 Healthy Living: Heart disease prevention Source: News 10 Now - Syracuse NY According to the American Heart Association, very few of us are free of risk factors for heart disease, a growing medical concern that's costing everyone.
11/11/10 Heart Disease Prevention Programs Source: Buzzle Health experts say that abstaining from smoking, following an active life style, having a healthy diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and getting regular medical checks, are some of the most important measures which when followed with full effect, are good enough to keep a handsome distance between your health and heart disorders.