Cardiovascular - February 2016 Archives

Have your best intentions to start an exercise regimen at the beginning of the year faltered? It happens to many of us. We get ...

While research shows consuming food high in sugar, salt and saturated fat can increase the risk for heart disease, it’s often difficult to change ...

Chemotherapy side effects: A cause of heart disease? Chemotherapy side effects may increase the risk of heart disease, including weakening of the heart muscle (cardiomyopathy) ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. In honor of heart month, Dr. Amy Pollak, ...

This article first appeared May 1982 in the publication Mayovox. PACEMAKER testing by telephone brings calls from around the world. Registered nurse ...

When you have a physical examination, your doctor almost always picks up the stethoscope and listens to your heart. The sounds your heart makes are ...

Tips for safe food choices during cancer treatment Try these suggestions to help you to eat healthy and avoid food infections during cancer treatment. ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What does cardiac rehab involve? Do you recommend it for everyone who’s had a heart attack, or only in certain cases? ANSWER: Cardiac ...

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Stenting and surgery are equally effective at lowering the long-term risk of stroke from a narrowed carotid artery, according ...

Patients with questions about long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use are being told to consult a physician, following a study that suggests the heartburn drugs ...

One year ago this month, teams of Mayo Clinic physicians were making complex plans to save a little girl with a very special heart. Baby Kieran had not yet ...

It's heart month, and in this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Sharonne Hayes explains that when it comes to heart attacks, men and women ...