fitness: Does high-intensity exercise affect your heart? mind? life spans? waistlines?

For the past five years or so, high-intensity interval training, or HIIT, has been one of the most popular and controversial forms of exercise. Consisting of brief spurts of intense…

AHA News: Gender Gap in Some Heart Risk Factors Widens Among Young Adults | Health News

By By American Heart Association News HealthDay Reporter, HealthDay Reporter (HealthDay) THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Gender gaps in blood pressure, physical activity and smoking have…

Tennis and pickleball tournament benefits women’s heart health

Salem Health Foundation’s charity tournament fosters friendly competition and medical awareness. Stephanie Jones serves it up on the tennis court. (Mary Louise VanNatta/Special to Salem Reporter) The Salem Health Foundation hosted…

Gout medicine may also help fight heart failure

The anti-inflammatory benefits of a common gout medicine may help save the lives of heart failure patients, researchers say. The medication, colchicine, could also reduce the risk of heart attack…

New blood test may predict stroke, heart attack, heart failure, death

Share on PinterestNew research reveals a blood test that could predict most of the major cardiovascular disease outcomes. MaaHoo Studio/Stocksy Predicting cardiovascular risk is important for clinicians providing patient care…

She retired from playing football at 41, had heart attack at 43

Heart attack survivor Tammy Spencer Bey (left) and her husband, Barata, are coaches of the Pittsburgh Passion football team. (Photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Passion) Throughout every stage of her life,…