Individuals who are prone to emotion-triggered atrial fibrillation (AF) may benefit from taking beta blockers. A new study shows that beta blockers can block the effects of psychological stress and anger in individuals prone to AF.
Increases in early stenting have paid off in lives and dollars, but overall costs have grown without accompanying reductions in mortality.
Health benefits could be even greater if people combined plant proteins with other cholesterol-lowering foods.
LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), known as 'bad' cholesterol, is the underlying reason why many apparently healthy individuals have heart attacks or strokes during middle age despite not having cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, smoking, obesity, dyslipidemia or diabetes.
