Here’s some good and bad news for chocoholics: Dark chocolate seems to lower blood pressure, but it requires an amount less than two Hershey’s Kisses to do it, a small study suggests. The new research from Germany adds to mounting evidence linking dark chocolate with health benefits, but it’s the first to suggest that just [...]
(HealthDay News) — In what doctors admit is a paradox, new European research shows that obese patients have half the risk of dying after a heart attack compared with normal-weight patients. “Once a heart attack has occurred and been optimally treated, obese patients switch to a more favorable prognosis compared to normal-weight patients,” said lead [...]
A nagging sense of being unfairly treated at work or at home can raise a person’s risk of heart attack, British researchers report. Researchers at University College London analyzed responses from a few thousand senior civil servants working for the British government in London. On a scale of 1 to 6 (1 equals “strongly disagree” [...]
TUESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — A new study has good news for those who’ve been avoiding exercise because they don’t think they have enough time: Even 10 minutes a day can improve your cardiovascular fitness. The research found that when overweight or obese, sedentary women started to exercise an average of 72 minutes a [...]
