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...other than those found in alcohol - was responsible for relatively low rates of heart disease among the French, whose diets often contain high amounts of animal fats and dairy products. The new study found that men who had two to four drinks per week lessened their risk for sudden cardiac death by 60 percent. Those who had even more - five to six drinks per week - lowered their risk by 79 percent...
...incredible that you did not discuss the effect of mental stress on one's health. Getting rid of tension and strain can play a role in reducing or controlling cardiac disease. You cannot expect that diet and exercise alone will protect you. DAVID W. HOWARD Bahia, Brazil...
After a distinguished Harvard career spanning more than 50 years, Porter University Professor of English Emeritus Walter Jackson Bate '39 died from cardiac arrest on Monday at Deaconess Clinical Center in Boston. He was 81 years...
...where the worst cases are usually referred. By examining a broad cross section of adults in the long-running Framingham Heart Study, Dr. Lisa Freed and her colleagues found only 2.4% of subjects had mitral-valve prolapse and that half those cases consisted of less harmful variations on normal cardiac design. They also found the condition to be equally uncommon among women...
...margarine with your toast seemed like a downright virtuous thing to do. Without all the saturated fats that plump up butter, margarine was said to be the perfect way to get flavor without endangering your heart. In recent years, however, evidence has mounted that this supposedly healthier spread poses cardiac risks of its own. And last week a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that those risks are so great that it may be time to consider modifying food labels so consumers can tell which butter substitutes are good for them and which are not so good...