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Diane Fennell

Coffee Linked With Lower Stroke Risk

Drinking one cup of coffee per day, either regular or decaffeinated, is associated with a roughly 30% reduced risk of stroke, according to a recent study conducted at the University of Cambridge, in England…

Diane Fennell

New Research on Statins

Cholesterol-lowering statins slightly raise the risk of Type 2 diabetes, but the danger is small compared to the cardiovascular benefits of these medicines, according to a recent study from Scotland…

Diane Fennell

Tight Glucose Control and Heart Risk

Recent studies such as the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial and the Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease (ADVANCE) trial have reached conflicting conclusions about whether intensive blood glucose control is effective in reducing cardiovascular risk in people with Type 2 diabetes…

Diane Fennell

Reducing Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Reducing the average salt intake by half could prevent a substantial number of strokes and cases of heart disease in most Western countries, reports a study recently published in the medical journal BMJ. Two out of every three people with diabetes die from stroke or heart disease…

Diane Fennell

Drugs and Lifestyle Versus Surgery for Heart Disease

Medicine and lifestyle modifications produce similar survival rates to angioplasty surgery in people with mild to moderate coronary artery disease (a condition marked by the narrowing of small blood vessels that supply the heart) and Type 2 diabetes, according to recent data out of the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) trial. Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in people with Type 2 diabetes…

Diane Fennell

Cardiovascular Risk Decreased by Intensive Lifestyle Intervention

Intensive lifestyle interventions designed to achieve and maintain weight loss over the long term lead to improvements in a variety of cardiovascular risk factors, including weight, fitness level, blood glucose control, blood pressure, and HDL cholesterol, according to four-year results from the Action for Health Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study…

Diane Fennell

Affordable Drug Combo Slashes Heart Risk by As Much As 80%

Eric Lagergren

My Cholesterol, My LDL, and That Statin Dose

David Spero

Is Weight Good for You?

David Spero

Tight Control OK if You Want It

Diane Fennell

Research on Rosiglitazone

Amy Campbell

Food Group Superfoods: Protein Foods (Part 8)

Diane Fennell

New Findings on Cardiovascular Risk

Diane Fennell

A Triglyceride–Neuropathy Connection?

Diane Fennell

Does DASH Prevent Heart Failure?

Amy Campbell

CoQ10: A Supplement Whose Time May Have Come

Tara Dairman

Fibrate Drug May Lower Heart Risks in Some

Amy Campbell

Are You Doing Your Part for Your Heart?

Amy Campbell

Essential Fatty Acids: What You Need to Know (Part 4)

Tara Dairman

Does Aspirin Do Much Good?

Tara Dairman

Zetia May Help Protect Arteries in Type 2’s

Tara Dairman

Fibrate Drug Alone Doesn’t Cut Heart Risks for Type 2’s

Tara Dairman

Drug Combo Linked to Increased Health Risks

Tara Dairman

Tight Control and Cardiovascular Disease (Part 3): VADT

Amy Campbell

The Ups and Downs of Meds and Diabetes (Part 3): Blood Lipids

Tara Dairman

Tight Control and Cardiovascular Disease (Part 2): ACCORD

Amy Campbell

The Ups and Downs of Meds and Diabetes (Part 2): Blood Pressure

Web Team

What We’re Reading: Tim Russert

Tara Dairman

Tight Control and Cardiovascular Disease (Part 1): ADVANCE

Tara Dairman

Two Lipid Drugs May Be Better Than One

Tara Dairman

Keeping the Weight Off

Tara Dairman

ADVANCE Study Contradicts ACCORD Findings

Tara Dairman

The ACCORD Trial Findings: What You Should Know

Tara Dairman

Cholesterol Drug Can Now Treat Type 2

Tara Dairman

Vytorin Study Results Disappoint

Amy Campbell

Shaking the Salt (Part 4)

Tara Dairman

Study Finds New Risks for Avandia

Amy Campbell

Shaking the Salt (Part 1)

Tara Dairman

Actos Tops Avandia in Heart Safety Studies

Jan Chait

Bits and Pieces of This and That

Amy Campbell

Super Fruits: Can One a Day Keep the Doctor Away?

Tara Dairman

New Research Focuses on Blood Pressure Control (Part 2)

Tara Dairman

New Research Focuses on Blood Pressure Control (Part 1)

Jan Chait

The "Heart" of Diabetes: More Than Just Blood Glucose

Tara Dairman

Two Standard Blood Tests May Get an Overhaul

Tara Dairman

Panel Recommends That Avandia Stay on the Market

Amy Campbell

Good News for Chocolate Fans

Tara Dairman

Lipid-lowering Drugs Help Avert Neuropathy, Stroke

Tara Dairman

Type 2 Drug Avandia Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attacks

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Preventing Coronary Heart Disease

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 3

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 2

Amy Campbell

Fabulous Fish Oil Findings: Part 1

Amy Campbell

Troublesome Triglycerides (Part 2)

Amy Campbell

Troublesome Triglycerides (Part 1)

Amy Campbell

Zinc and Diabetes

Amy Campbell

Lowering Cholesterol: What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 2)

Tara Dairman

What We’re Reading: More on Depression, Diabetes, and Heart Disease

Amy Campbell

Lowering Cholesterol: What Works and What Doesn’t (Part 1)

Tara Dairman

What’s For Breakfast? Whole Grains and Calcium!

Joe Nelson

Depression, Diabetes, and Heart Disease

Amy Campbell

Ironing It Out: Linking Diabetes with Iron Intake

Amy Campbell

Oil Changes: The Final Chapter

Tara Dairman

New Guidelines for Lowering Women’s Heart and Stroke Risks

Amy Campbell

Oil Changes: Part 2

Tara Dairman

Article of the Week: Heart Attack

Andy Stuckey

Diabetes: An Ass-Kicking Woman?

Amy Campbell

Juice vs. Fruit: What’s Better for Diabetes?

Tara Dairman

How Much of a Risk Factor is Ethnicity?

Tara Dairman

Nation’s First Trans Fat Ban Approved

Tara Dairman

Statin Studies Show Important Benefits for People With Diabetes

Tara Dairman

Joslin Launches Free Online Diabetes Videos

Tara Dairman

Proposed Trans Fat Ban and Calorie Listing Sparks Debate

Tara Dairman

Studies Find Benefits for Fish and Omega-3 Consumption

Tara Dairman

Flu Shot Especially Important for People with Cardiovascular Disease

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