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12 Things You Should Know Before Getting A Gel Manicure

Is It Indigestion or A Heart Attack?

The holiday season can sometimes lead to unhealthy behaviors. We indulge at holiday buffets, enjoy an extra cocktail, skip our regular exercise and stress about everything that needs to be done. Perhaps that’s why there’s an increase in heart-related deaths during the holiday season. After analyzing 25 years of data and 53-million U.S. death certificates, researchers discovered the correlation, with heart-breaking numbers peaking on Christmas, the…

Listen To Your Heart: Attack or Failure?

Both heart attack and heart failure are life changing events and can be fatal. However, they are two very different things and being able to identify them could save your life.According to the American Heart Association, a heart attack occurs wh

Heart Murmurs and Valve Disease

Problematic heart murmurs are most often related to defective heart valves. Learn more about ongoing care of this condition.

14 Ways Cardiologists Keep Their Own Hearts Healthy

You've heard for years about the healthy habits that keep your ticker ticking: Watch your weight, eat a balanced diet, make sure to exercise, and stay away from cigarettes. But it's not always easy to play by these rules in real life, when stress and crazy schedules get in the way. That's why we went to some of the most overworked, overstressed people we know—cardiologists—to find out what they do personally to keep their hearts healthy and sneak good-for-you habits into their lives.

9 Health Rules That Doctors Never Break

Top doctors share the best health tips and health advice they themselves follow to prevent skin cancer and breast cancer, reduce back pain, prevent stress and more.

Vascular Disease Assessment Helps Identify Your Risk

The online vascular disease assessment offered by Northwest Regional Heart and Vascular is proving to be a valuable tool for the Northwest. Since launching in January of 2014 hundreds of individuals have completed the brief assessment that helps identify their risk for vascular disease. The assessme

Study shows poor heart function could be major Alzheimer’s disease risk

A healthier heart could prevent Alzheimer’s disease, according to new research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Intermountain Medical Center expert demonstrates exercises for a healthier heart

Jeffrey Beck, an exercise specialist with the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute, visited the FOX 13 Studio to show you some exercises to improve your heart health.

Acai Berries May Inhibit Bone Loss

Researchers from the University of Toronto have tested the acai berry, which is known for its anti-inflammatory properties, on osteoclastogenesis in vitro and have found it may inhibit bone loss.

New study challenges common heart care procedures

A new study shows heart procedures might not be necessary for patients with certain kinds of artery blockages.

Heart Disease Affects Far More Than the Heart

Heart disease affects more than just the heart. It also can take a toll on the legs, feet, kidneys and even the brain, according to vascular surgery experts.Heart disease is a general term, usually linked to arteriosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries," the Society for Vascular Surgery explained. Arteriosclerosis is a progressive disease...

Who needs to get a heart scan and why

Screenings offered by Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center can save lives, explained Margaret Downey, manager of Cardio pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Can a Healthy Heart Protect Against Dementia?

A healthy heart may mean a healthy brain. Risk factors for heart disease can also lead to some forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia. Learn which risk factors you need to reduce.

Don't Let Your Stress Levels Stress Your Heart

Join Emory Heart & Vascular Center preventive heart disease specialist Susmita Parashar, MD to learn about how stress can contribute to heart disease. Dr. Parashar will participate in a free live web chat on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 and will be available to provide information linking stress to heart disease as well as answer questions …

WEB EXTRA: Health professionals share ways to be heart healthy

NEWS10's Cassie Hudson is at an American Heart Association event to learn the importance of being heart healthy and ways you can start today.