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Hello, here is your March 2018 issue of Heart Health e-Newslettter.
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Dr. Caren and Dr. Urman's Heart Health
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Our monthly newsletter is intended to raise awareness of heart health-related issues and to encourage our readers to be educated and to take charge of their health and live healthier, more fulfilling lives. One of a doctor’s primary obligations is to educate patients. In fact the origin of the word ‘doctor’ is (via Old French) from the Latin doctor which means ‘teacher’ (from docere ‘teach’).
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Patients and professional colleagues alike have recognized Dr. Mark Urman and Dr. Jeffrey Caren as being sensitive and caring physicians as well as having exceptional clinical judgment and awareness of the current thought in clinical cardiology
Drs. Caren and Urman are proud to be Attending Cardiologists in the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute - recognized as a Top 5 Heart Program in the nation for 2017 - 2018 by U.S. News & World Report
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| Antioxidants: The Good Health Helpers |
| Your body makes some needed antioxidants to battle free radicals, and you can get others through a healthy diet, notably from richly colored fruits and vegetables |
| Years of Football Could Harm the Heart |
| A lifetime spent playing football has been linked to brain damage, but the game also may lead to serious heart problems |
| The Sooner Type 2 Diabetes Arrives, the Worse for Your Heart |
| A type 2 diabetes diagnosis that comes early in life carries a deadly load of health risks, new research shows. |
| For Older Men, Even Light Exercise Helps |
| Just a few minutes of exercise a day -- even light workouts -- can reduce an older man's risk of early death |
| The Surprising Secrets to Living Longer — And Better |
| Regular physical activity, moderation in diet (and alcohol), living in the city, and intimacy all play a role (TIME) |
| Could Hackers Target Heart Devices? |
| Hacking a cardiac device isn't just the stuff of fiction. It's a potential possibility -- though remote at this time -- that must be guarded against to protect patients |
| Don't Count on an American to Do CPR |
| Just over half of Americans know how to perform the emergency procedure |
| Bystander Use of Defib Device Doubles Chances of Surviving Cardiac Arrest |
| New research shows that surviving cardiac arrest may depend on a bystander quickly shocking your heart back into its normal rhythm, and that is more likely to happen if an automated external defibrillator is handy |
| Crash Diets Might Derail Your Heart Health |
| New research suggests that fat lost on crash diets may clog the heart and reduce its function |
| The Key to Weight Loss Is Diet Quality, Not Quantity, a New Study Finds |
| Cutting back on added sugar, refined grains and highly processed foods while concentrating on eating plenty of veggies and whole foods – without worrying about counting calories or limiting portion sizes – led to significant amounts of weight loss. This strategy worked whether people followed diets that were mostly low in fat or mostly low in carbohydrates. What’s more, their weight-loss success did not appear to be influenced by genetics or insulin-response to carbohydrates (NY Times) |
| No 'Obesity Paradox'? The Overweight May Not Live Longer |
| It's a myth that people with heart disease who are overweight or obese live longer than those who are normal weight |
| Obesity Might Cause Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Young |
| Obesity and high blood pressure may play a much greater role in sudden cardiac arrest among young people than previously thought |
| How to Maintain That Weight Loss |
| If you've been on a diet more than once, you know that it can be harder to maintain weight than to lose weight in the first place |
| Heart-Healthy 'DASH' Diet May Also Help Lower Depression Risk |
| Eating plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole grains may lower your risk of depression |
| Heart Healthy Diets |
| Eat to your heart's content - some practical, easy-to-follow options |
| Why Heart Attack Symptoms Are Sometimes Missed in Women |
| Younger women may be more likely than men to experience lesser-known acute heart attack symptoms (CNN) |
| Israel Develops Pocket-Size Device to Test for Heart Attacks |
| SensAheart, roughly the size of a USB stick, is as easy to use as a blood sugar or pregnancy test and just as quick could radically change how we detect heart attacks by making the process simpler, quicker and cheaper. The device is available in Europe and Israel, but not yet in the U.S. (CNN) |
| 'Hole in Heart' Defect May Raise Stroke Risk After Surgery |
| This common type of birth defect -- known as patent foramen ovale (PFO) -- is a hole between the upper chambers of the heart that does not close after birth |
| Women Who Are Most at Risk of Stroke |
| Several factors that increase stroke risk in women include: menstruation before age 10,
menopause before age 45, low levels of the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEAS),
and use of birth control pills. |
| Want to Keep the Weight Off? Eat More Slowly |
| It may help you drop those unwanted pounds |
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