How to Prevent a Heart Attack

Vitamins and exercise can lower your risk for heart attack and heart disease

Tuesday, September 13, 2016 Follow Us         Featured How to Prevent a Heart Attack: Vitamins, Exercise, Diet Tips Vitamins and exercise can lower your risk for heart attack and heart disease. Folic acid, vitamins, and homocysteine levels are interconnected and affect your risk for heart disease or heart attack.... Read more ...  Diseases and Conditions Prolactinoma (Pituitary Tumor): Symptoms, Treatment, Surgery Prolactinoma is an adenoma (benign tumor) of the pituitary gland. Prolactinomas cause secretion of the hormone prolactin, which stimulates the breast to produce milk. The aims of treatment are... Read more ...  News Seniors Not Scared of Social Media After All The notion that seniors shy away from social media may be off the mark. A new study found that many older people enjoy using social technology, and it helps them combat loneliness and... Read more ... Health Tip: Osteoporosis Affects Men, Too Osteoporosis, when bones thin and lead to greater risk of fracture, may be more common in women. But men also are affected. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons says men... Read more ... New Electrical Stimulation Therapy Can Help Stroke Patients Move Paralyzed Hand A new form of electrical stimulation therapy can help rewire the brain and restore some dexterity to a hand that's been paralyzed by stroke, a new clinical trial shows. In the experimental therapy... Read more ... Will Worsening 'Smoke Waves' Threaten Western U.S.? Climate change, and the warmer summers it will bring, could blanket much of the western United States with persistent 'smoke waves' -- consecutive days of air pollution from wildfires, a new study... Read more ... Senior Health Center MedicineNet's Senior Health Center gives you all of the tools necessary to maintain a healthy body and mind as you age. Get access to various senior health topics, slideshows, quizzes and medications for reference. This important topic area guides seniors through the stages of their life, as well as learning the conditions and diseases that may occur. Educating yourself for transitions into different phases of life is key to a healthy, happy, and productive life. Read more ... Health Tools   Picture Slideshows   Quizzes   Health & Living   Pinpoint Your Pain   Medical Word of the Day   More Newsletters   Diseases and Conditions   Medical Picture of the Day   MedicineNet Home