Heart Failure Deaths are highest in Poorest U.S. Counties
September 22, 2019
Dallas, TX – People living in counties with high rates of poverty are more likely to die from heart failure compared to people living in more affluent areas, according to new research published in Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association.
Death rates from heart failure are higher in counties with higher levels of poverty. (American Heart Association)
Yo-Yo dieting dangerous even if you’re not overweight
November 22, 2016
American Heart Association Meeting Report
New Orleans, LA – Repeatedly losing and regaining weight, known as weight cycling or yo-yo dieting, may increase the risk of death from heart disease among postmenopausal women who were of normal weight at the start of the study, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2016.
