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This Is What 7 Smoker vs. Non-Smoker Identical Twins Look Like After Years Of Lighting Up

Identical twins may be born with nearly identical DNA, but their choices throughout life – including diet, environmental toxicity, and the chemicals they are exposed to – can alter their genetic expression and influence the way they look. Because identical twins are an excellent study to determine the effects dietary and lifestyle choices may have […]

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

How to Prevent Coronary Heart Disease

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the buildup of plaque within the heart’s arteries, which causes a decrease in blood flow. When a coronary artery becomes fully blocked and blood flow has stopped, a heart attack results. As you may know, heart attacks may permanently damage the heart muscle. Risk factors for CHD include: high LDL …

20 Delicious Ways to Eat Heart-Healthy Fats

Eating for a healthy heart isn't just about avoiding the wrong foods. Incorporating healthy fats can protect against cardiovascular disease.

14 Ways Cardiologists Keep Their Own Hearts Healthy

You've heard for years about the healthy habits that keep your ticker ticking: Watch your weight, eat a balanced diet, make sure to exercise, and stay away from cigarettes. But it's not always easy to play by these rules in real life, when stress and crazy schedules get in the way. That's why we went to some of the most overworked, overstressed people we know—cardiologists—to find out what they do personally to keep their hearts healthy and sneak good-for-you habits into their lives.

Carnivore Diet Healthy Causes Heart Disease and Cancer?

Cardiologist discusses the health benefits and cardiovascular effects of the carnivore diet. Should you try this? Is it dangerous? Is it healthy? It's not what you think!

Coping With Heart Disease: Step For A Healthier You

Learn all about managing heart disease through interventions and therapeutic medications.

How You Can Prevent Heart Disease and Have a Healthier Life

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States today. Learn what you can do to promote heart health for yourself and those you love.

Healthy Living: Secondary prevention is key to managing heart disease

Heart disease is still the number one killer in America. That’s the bad news. The good news is that with intensive secondary prevention, coronary

Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Learn more about the American Heart Association's efforts to reduce death caused by heart disease and stroke. Also learn about cardiovascular conditions, ECC and CPR, donating, heart disease information for healthcare professionals, caregivers, and educators and healthy living.

Cardio vs. Resistance Training: Which is Healthier?

Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart disease

Changing your eating habits can be tough. Start with these eight strategies to kick-start your way toward a heart-healthy diet.

Knee Issues? Here Are 3 Cardio Alternatives to Running

When most people think of cardio they think of high-impact exercises like running. For people with knee issues, that kind of high-impact exercise can be very

Ask Healthy Living: Should I Do Cardio Or Weights First?

Welcome to Ask Healthy Living -- our new column in which you submit your most b...

5 Healthy Habits That Prevent Chronic Disease

And how to make healthy lifestyle habits permanent

People with 'healthy obesity' are still at increased risk of disease

A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) reveals that having a normal metabolic profile does not mean that a person with obesity is actually healthy (referred to as metabolically healthy obesity), since they face an increased risk of diabetes, heart diseases, strokes, and respiratory diseases.

Keeping The Kidney Healthy

The body has two kidneys that perform the crucial roles of maintaining the normal physiological condition of the body. Its vital role is to cleanse the body of toxic substances and excess fluids in