Fat burning during exercise varies widely between individuals: Study reveals limitations of commercial exercise machines, emphasizing the need for a more personalized approach to exercise
The best heart rate for burning fat differs for each individual and often does not align with the “fat burning zone” on commercial exercise machines, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers report. Instead, the researchers said, clinical exercise testing — a diagnostic procedure to measure a person’s physiological response to exercise — may […]
Can Aromatherapy Relax Post-Op Patients?
Open heart surgery patients reported better sleep and less severe pain after their operation when they inhaled peppermint essence, a small clinical trial suggested. Among 64 patients who underwent cardiac surgery, mean self-reported sleep quality scores on the first day after surgery were 20.10 in the group receiving peppermint aromatherapy and 25.76 in the placebo […]
What Not to Do When Starting a Private Practice
In the fifth episode of Practice Matters, Payal Kohli, MD, founder of Cherry Creek Heart in Denver and the medical expert for 9News/Daily Blast Live, discusses three mistakes she made while starting her private practice and advises new practice owners on how to avoid these pitfalls. The following is a transcript of her remarks: Hello, […]
Study Finds Heart Attacks May Affect Another Major Part Of Your Body Too
FG Trade via Getty Images The connection between your heart health and brain health is underscored in a recent study. We know heart attacks can take an immediate toll on our cardiovascular system, and potentially a long-term toll as well. Now new research is highlighting another part of the body that may be affected: our […]
Sotagliflozin Gets FDA’s Blessing for Heart Failure
After a rocky development and regulatory road, the FDA has approved sotagliflozin (Inpefa) for treating heart failure in patients with or without diabetes, manufacturer Lexicon Pharmaceuticals announced on Friday. The dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 inhibitor is indicated for reducing the risk of cardiovascular death and urgent visits or hospitalization for heart failure in adults with […]
Heart Failure’s Obesity Paradox Falls Apart on Further Inspection
For the heart failure population, BMI obesity no longer appeared to hold counterintuitive protective effects after comprehensive adjustment for natriuretic peptides and other prognostic variables in a post hoc analysis of PARADIGM. Eliminating this so-called “obesity paradox,” researchers found that study participants with the highest BMIs actually had excess combined heart failure hospitalizations and cardiovascular […]
The 4 Biggest Early Warning Signs Before A Heart Attack
The Good Brigade via Getty Images While knowing the risk factors for heart disease is important, it’s also crucial that you’re aware of the early warning signs of a heart attack. While it’s well-known that issues like high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and not enough exercise are risk factors for a heart attack, many people […]
12 Sneaky Causes Of Heart Palpitations That Aren’t Stress Or Caffeine
The way we describe how someone makes us feel — that they make our heart flutter or skip a beat — is a cutesy phenomenon, in theory. But when heart palpitations strike for real, it can be an alarming experience. “Palpitations are the sensation of a fluttering, pounding, irregular heartbeat or rapid heart rate,” said […]
Study Refutes Heart Health Claims of Dietary Supplements
CHICAGO — For people without heart disease, preventive low-dose statin therapy lowered LDL cholesterol to a degree that dietary supplements and placebo couldn’t match, a randomized trial found. People taking rosuvastatin 5 mg per day for 4 weeks had an average 37.9% reduction in LDL cholesterol, the only group to do better than the placebo […]
Growing Calls to Marry HF Specialists With Cardiac Critical Care
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — With the needs of advanced heart failure (HF) dwarfing the supply of skilled physicians, HF specialists and others are well-positioned to prove their value in the contemporary cardiac ICU (CICU) — and the clock is ticking for training and accreditation to keep up. The problem for the workforce is that CICU […]