Hot on HuffPost Healthy Living:

 

heart problems

LighterLife - the Diet Craze That Causes Memory Loss, Heart Problems and More

In Britain, people are dying to be thin -- literally -- and one company is pulling in a profit of about $30 million because of it, according to this ... Read More »

Heart risk knowledge can prompt healthy lifestyle changes

Have you had your heart checked recently? While ultrasound is becoming more popular for arterial scans (no radiation), speaking with your doctor about ... Read More »

Urine testing can point to heart dangers

Urine collection just isn't used for drug presence testing any longer -- and if you have a small amount of a protein called albumin in your sample, ... Read More »

Empty-calorie diet tied to heart disease

In a recent study, scientists observed the dietary habits of about 1,300 women to see if there was a link between a person's eating habits and the ... Read More »

Heart risks happening with long-term birth control pill use?

Another study from Europe concluded that the long-term use of oral birth control pills may contribute to the chances of having heart disease later in ... Read More »

Heart failure drug under intense scrutiny

Are most pharmaceutical drugs safe? There is always intense debate when I pose that question, as many drugs do indeed help patients (albeit with nasty ... Read More »

Diabetes and heart problems: hand in hand

It's amazing to hear that diabetes is the fifth-leading killer of Americans, isn't it? It's just not a condition I hear of that often in relation to ... Read More »

Heart disease often the result of marital stress

Marriage is full of dedication, compromise, arguments, happiness and other things, but when marital stress becomes commonplace (for any reason), your ... Read More »

Heart problems very bad for athletes

We generally think of competitive athletes as super-duper healthy, but doctors at a heart conference pointed out that heart problems like arrhythmia ... Read More »

Ill seniors often neglect themselves

A recent study shows that age-related illnesses like heart problems, depression and dementia can lead to self-neglect, meaning that seniors afflicted ... Read More »