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Hello again and happy April!
April is Stress Awareness Month, and since stress plays such a major role in heart disease and so many other illnesses, as you’ve read before in this newsletter, we’ll be taking a look at stress-relief techniques in each issue of Speak for the Heart this month.
There has been a lot of heart-health news in the past week, because of the American College of Cardiology meeting that was held in Atlanta this past weekend. I’ll be highlighting a few of the most important news stories and what they mean for you this month.
And, if you love eggs, one of those news stories will be right up your alley! ;)
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To your health,
Yasmine S. Ali, MD
Weekly Heart-Health News: The Highlights
My Take:
There was a great deal of interesting heart-health news released this past week at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Atlanta, and in this post, I explain the results of one of the studies that made the news—and what it means for you.
My Take:
For at least two decades, drugs known as beta blockers (such as metoprolol, carvedilol, and atenolol) have been prescribed to patients who have known coronary artery disease, usually after their first heart attack.
The thinking was that, by slowing heart rate and therefore workload for the heart, beta blockers would help patients avoid another heart attack.
But this new large trial turns that convention on its head, suggesting that the drugs may not in fact help many of these patients. (See article above for details.)
Beta blockers do still have an important role to play in the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure, so every person’s individual situation has to be considered. This trial, though, helps us to rethink the role of beta blockers just for the prevention of future heart attacks.
My Take:
I’ve often said that exercise is the best stress-buster in the world. And there are many forms of exercise that you can do, but which one is right for you?
Have a look at the 9 exercises suggested in this article, and see if at least one of them would be something you could do and enjoy on a regular basis.
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