Low-fat salad dressing is ‘bad for you’: Study claims calorie-light versions contain fewer health benefits

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2162401/Low-fat-salad-dressing-bad-you.html Fruit and veg have to be paired with correct fat dressing to get health benefits By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:42 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 20:22 EST, 20 June 2012 Choosing a low-fat dressing for your salad might help you keep your weight down because it has fewer calories – but you […]

Excess exercise ‘hurts the heart’ and cause dangerous long-term harm, say scientists

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2154267/Excess-exercise-hurts-heart-cause-dangerous-long-term-harm-say-scientists.html By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 23:39 EST, 3 June 2012 | UPDATED: 23:39 EST, 3 June 201 Extreme exercise such as marathons may permanently damage the heart and trigger rhythm abnormalities, warn researchers. They say the safe ‘upper limit’ for heart health is a maximum of an hour a day – after which there is […]

Skin cells from heart attack victims turned into healthy heart muscle tissue for the first time

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2148205/Skin-cells-heart-attack-victims-turned-healthy-heart-muscle-tissue-time.html By Claire Bates PUBLISHED: 18:00 EST, 22 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:00 EST, 22 May 2012 Professor Lior Gepstein has created healthy young cells from skin cells taken from elderly patients with heart failure Heart attack patients could one day have their organ repaired using their own skin cells, say scientists. A team from […]

HALF of overweight teens in U.S. are at risk of heart attacks, study reveals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147627/Health-fears-study-finds-half-overweight-teens-U-S-risk-heart-attack.html 3,383 youths aged 12 to 19 participated in study Percentage of diabetic or pre-diabetic teens rose from 9% in 1999 to 21% in 2008 Found that 50% of overweight and 60% of obese youths had at least one risk factor for future heart disease In normal weight kids 27% had a risk factor By […]

Breakthrough in obesity battle as scientists discover molecule in the heart that speeds up metabolism

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137699/Breakthrough-obesity-battle-scientists-discover-molecule-heart-speeds-metabolism.html By Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 23:33 EST, 30 April 2012 | UPDATED: 23:50 EST, 30 April 2012 Scientists believe they have discovered a way to ‘turn off’ obesity in humans, by manipulating proteins found in the heart. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers have demonstrated, for the first time, that the heart can regulate […]

How women’s hearts can be broken by mental stress such as bereavement

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2134772/How-womens-hearts-broken-mental-stress-bereavement.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:32 EST, 24 April 2012 | UPDATED: 19:32 EST, 24 April 2012 Mental stress can literally be heart-breaking for women – leading them to be more likely than men to suffer coronary problems, a study claims. The findings could help explain why women are more likely than men to […]

Stop being a wimp! Pain IS good for you: How the dreaded sensation plays a crucial role in keeping us alive

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2130667/Stop-wimp-Pain-IS-good-you.html By John Naish PUBLISHED: 14:32 EST, 16 April 2012 | UPDATED: 14:32 EST, 16 April 2012 The well-known phrase, ‘no pain, no gain’ is more true than we ever thought. Every year we spend millions of pounds trying to save ourselves from feeling pain, be it a throbbing headache or the excruciating agony of […]

The implant that allows your heart to tell you when it’s about to go into cardiac arrest

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2130426/The-implant-allows-heart-tell-s-cardiac-arrest.html By Ian Fletcher PUBLISHED: 05:21 EST, 16 April 2012 | UPDATED: 07:01 EST, 16 April 2012 A new hi-tech medical device implanted in the heart could save lives by sounding an emergency when the patient is facing an impending attack. Statistics in the U.S. show that more than 30 per cent of the one […]

Nasal spray vaccine that stops heart attacks by cutting fat in arteries ‘will be here within five years’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2123490/Heart-attack-breakthrough-Vaccine-years.html Reduced fatty deposits in mice by up to 70% By Simon Tomlinson PUBLISHED: 04:09 EST, 1 April 2012 | UPDATED: 06:41 EST, 1 April 2012 Scientists have made a major breakthrough in the prevention of heart attacks after developing a vaccine that dramatically reduces fat in the arteries. The drug, which can be administered […]

One soft drink a day raises ‘heart attack danger’ by 20 per cent according to US study

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2114123/One-soft-drink-day-raises-heart-attack-danger-20-cent-according-U-S-study.html By Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 18:45 EST, 12 March 2012 | UPDATED: 18:45 EST, 12 March 2012 Drinkng one sugar-laden soft drink every day could dramatically increase the odds of having a heart attack. A study of more than 40,000 men suggested that a daily sugar-sweetened drink raised the chances of having a heart attack […]