
Christopher Cannon
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3 weeks ago |
health.harvard.edu | Christopher Cannon
Smart watches can monitor different parameters simply by measuring a person's pulse and body movements. Potentially helpful features include those to detect very low or high heart rates, irregular heart rhythms, and breathing disruptions during sleep.
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Mar 1, 2025 |
health.harvard.edu | Julie Corliss |Christopher Cannon
Don't believe the naysayers — canola, soybean, and other seed oils can be a good source of heart-healthy fat if you use them wisely. Bogus information about seed oils — especially canola oil and soybean oil — has been circulating on the Internet for more than a decade. The details are misleading, often creating confusion in the kitchen.
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Feb 21, 2025 |
health.harvard.edu | Julie Corliss |Christopher Cannon
Research we're watching Having an extremely low LDL level from aggressive cholesterol-lowering therapy was not associated with cognitive impairment, according to a new study. The study was an extension of an earlier investigation of people with heart disease that compared the cognitive effects of taking the cholesterol-lowering drug evolocumab (Repatha) plus a statin to taking a statin only.
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Jan 18, 2025 |
health.harvard.edu | Julie Corliss |Christopher Cannon
Research we're watching Both a Mediterranean-style diet and a vegan diet can help stave off heart disease, but the latter is more affordable, according to a small study published Nov. 4. 2024, in JAMA Network Open. The study included 62 people randomly assigned to follow a low-fat vegan diet consisting of fruits, vegetables, grains, and beans or a Mediterranean diet, which focused on fruits, vegetables, legumes, fish, low-fat dairy, and extra-virgin olive oil.
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Sep 19, 2024 |
health.harvard.edu | Julie Corliss |Christopher Cannon
Research we're watching October 1, 2024 By Julie Corliss, Executive Editor, Harvard Heart Letter Reviewed by Christopher P. Cannon, MD, Editor in Chief, Harvard Heart Letter; Editorial Advisory Board Member, Harvard Health Publishing Cultivating gratitude may help older women live longer, a new study shows. The findings, published July 3, 2024, in JAMA Psychiatry, suggest that most of this benefit comes from preventing deaths from heart disease.
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