
Harvard Heart Letter
When it comes to your heart, you can’t afford to act on dubious or downright false information. Now there’s a source of expert advice and authoritative heart research that comes to you directly from the more than 8,000 doctors and researchers at Harvard Medical School. The Harvard Heart Letter provides eight pages of monthly heart news for readers who may already suffer from heart disease (or their family members) and for people concerned about their risk who wish to take steps towards positive change.
The Harvard Heart Letter is your trustworthy source of heart health information. It will put you in closer touch with everything that’s happening right now in the frontiers of cardiac medicine. With every issue the focus is on the latest medical advances that can help you live a longer, healthier life.
In the Harvard Heart Letter you’ll find heart news on important and relevant topics, such as:
- hypertension guidelines: how low should your blood pressure be, and what can you do to lower yours
- the good and the bad of cholesterol and steps you can take to manage your cholesterol levels—and just low your cholesterol target should really be
- how best to prepare for a cardiac emergency
- does eating fish really help prevent heart disease
- the connection between poor sleep and heart trouble
- Whether chelation therapy is all it’s cracked up to be … and much more.
The Harvard Heart Letter will give you straight answers, put the risks and benefits into perspective, and help you make informed decisions that can protect your heart, improve your health, and increase longevity. It’s a source of information you can trust …with all your heart.
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Articles in the January 2012 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- You could be one in a million
- CDC director explains simple steps to saving lives
- Daily aspirin prevents dangerous clots
- Why blood pressure matters so much
- Keys to managing your cholesterol
- Zero exposure is the only safe bet with smoking
- Developing healthful eating habits is not so hard
- Increasing activity can be a walk in the park
- Million Hearts' national initiatives help you help yourself
- Weight loss: Fewer calories in, more calories out
- Weight loss turns back the clock on heart disease
- On the horizon: An ultrasound device barely bigger than a smartphone
- On the horizon: Signaling the brain to lower blood pressure
- Ask the doctor: Which type of replacement valve should I get?
- Ask the doctor: Should I switch to generic Lipitor?
- What are your barriers to exercise?
- January 2012 references and further reading
Articles in the February 2012 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Medications help the heart - if you take them
- Another warfarin alternative for stroke prevention in people with a-fib
- No-surgery aortic valve replacement okay for some, not all
- Living with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
- Heart Beat: Smart at Heart bridges the emotional and physical shores of heart health
- Heart Beat: Fruit and veggie diet may offset genetic risk for heart disease
- Heart Beat: Clots can form in stents years after placement
- Heart Beat: Psoriasis again linked to heart disease
- Follow-up: Treating cardiovascular risk factors also aids ED
- Ask the doctor: Should I worry about low nighttime blood pressure?
- Ask the doctor: Are hot flashes linked to heart disease?
- February 2012 references and further reading
Articles in the March 2012 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Three (more) cheers for statins
- Teamwork in angioplasty-bypass decisions
- Fun and exergames: Not just for kids anymore
- HDL cholesterol: Is higher really better?
- Small step forward for stem cells, giant leaps remain
- Heart Beat: Fixing faulty heart rhythms may help kidneys filter better
- Heart Beat: A direct drug hit with alteplase busts up leg clots
- Heart Beat: New from Medicare: Free counseling for heart disease and obesity
- Heart Beat: Which drugs work best for resistant high blood pressure?
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Is an egg a day okay?
- Ask the doctor: Will exercising less vigorously fix my heart rhythm problem?
- March 2012 references and further reading
Articles in the April 2012 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Overuse, underuse, and valuable use
- What's at the heart of fainting?
- Tales of two heart failures
- Blood clots: The good, the bad, and the deadly
- Gut microbes may affect heart disease risk
- Heart Beat: No beef with beef if it's lean
- Heart Beat: Stroke risk rises in people who are depressed
- Heart Beat: Radiation for breast cancer linked to narrowed heart arteries
- Ask the doctor: In search of the wholly healthy muffin
- Ask the doctor: Are testosterone and cholesterol levels related?
- April 2012 references and further reading
Articles in the May 2012 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Take the hassle out of taking warfarin
- Arm-to-arm variations in blood pressure may warrant attention
- Exercise protects the heart when diabetes threatens
- Angina in the intestines mirrors what happens in the heart
- The wake-up-call heart attack
- Heart Beat: Heart attack risk soars soon after losing a loved one
- Heart Beat: Satisfaction with job, family, sex life, and self may help the heart
- Heart Beat: No more routine liver tests for statin users
- Heart Beat: Everyday foods are top sources of sodium
- Heart Beat: Hidden atrial fibrillation is a possible culprit in mystery strokes
- Ask the doctor: Should I worry about my homocysteine level?
- Ask the doctor: Is diet soda good or bad?
Articles in the June 2012 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- MRI and pacemakers: A risky mix
- Ask the doctors: Can radiation damage the lungs?
- Ask the doctors: Fainting while doing chin-ups?
- Ask the doctors: High BP and diabetes?
- Warfarin users, beware of antibiotics
- Losing weight may require trial and error
- Omega-3 may not protect the heart
- Blood pressure drugs compared
- Robotics help stroke survivors walk again
- Soft drinks found to increase stroke risk
- Heart beat: Harvard researchers identify genetic cause for a form of cardiomyopathy
- Heart beat: Atherosclerosis growth process explained
Articles in the January 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Top five habits that harm the heart
- Conversation with an expert: Plavix: What you need to know
- Tiny pumps can help when heart failure advances
- On the horizon: Squeezing the arm to protect the heart
- On the horizon: Exercise at rest - no longer an oxymoron?
- On the horizon: Nanoburrs seek, heal injury in artery
- On the horizon: A pacemaker to lower blood pressure
- On the horizon: An ICD that works without wires
- On the horizon: Removing fat makes HDL ("good cholesterol") even better
- Ask the doctor: Do I really need surgery to fix my aortic valve?
- Ask the doctor: Racing heart and pneumonia
- Ask the doctor: Is 10,000 steps a day a good target for an older person?
- January 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the February 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Acetaminophen may boost blood pressure
- Magnesium helps the heart keep its mettle
- Protect your heart during dental work
- Coping with shortness of breath
- New drug offers warfarin alternative for atrial fibrillation
- Heart Beat: Taking the myth (and, alas, some of the romance) out of chocolate and the heart
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Could a sudden gain in weight be caused by hot weather?
- Ask the doctor: How much psyllium is needed to lower cholesterol?
- Ask the doctor: Could getting a pacemaker have damaged my vagus nerve?
- Ask the doctor: Is it okay to have an MRI after getting a stent?
- February 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the March 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- 11 ways to prevent stroke
- Fish oil questioned as treatment for heart disease
- Hybrid heart surgery expands options
- Transfusion and heart surgery: Only when needed
- Heart Beat: When stocks crash, heart attacks go up
- Heart Beat: Eyelids as windows into the heart
- Heart Beat: Dual-chamber pacemaker helps heart failure
- Heart Beat: Stay lean, live longer
- Heart Beat: Rheumatoid arthritis should heighten heart awareness
- Ask the doctor: Why does my blood pressure rise in the afternoon?
- Ask the doctor: Is high potassium a problem?
- Cholesterol deposits in the skin
- March 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the April 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Same-day angioplasty feasible, safe
- Long-term look at aneurysm repair
- Study suggests caution on statins after a bleeding stroke
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Optimism tinged with caution
- Heart Beat: Family matters: Your parents' heart health affects yours
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Are my blood pressure and heart rate changing normally during exercise?
- Ask the doctor: Does smoked fish contain omega-3 fats?
- Ask the doctor: What is venous insufficiency?
- April 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the May 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Gloomy forecast on heart disease
- Let's put the "public" in public defibrillation
- Two-way street between erection problems and heart disease
- Hysterectomy linked to increase in heart disease
- Pre-sports check-up can prevent sudden death among athletes
- Heart Beat: HDL function, not just amount, could affect artery health
- Heart Beat: Recycling effort keeps hearts ticking
- Heart Beat: Exercise to strengthen heart and muscles best for diabetes
- Ask the doctor: Is it okay to drink alcohol if I have an implanted defibrillator?
- Ask the doctor: Headache and stroke
- May 2011 Heart Letter references and further reading
Articles in the June 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Cut salt - it won't affect your iodine intake
- Specialized care improves stroke survival
- Weight-loss surgery can help - and harm - the heart
- Who needs an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
- Heart Beat: The shape of cardiovascular risk
- Heart Beat: Mediterranean-type diet can fix multiple problems
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: My defibrillator has never "fired." Should I keep it or have it taken out?
- Ask the doctor: Is hip replacement surgery dangerous for my heart?
- Ask the doctor: What is pericardial effusion?
- Ask the doctor: Why does my heart sometimes feel like it stops, then starts up again with a jerk?
- June 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the July 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Surviving a heart attack: A success story
- Measuring blood pressure: Let a machine do it
- New dietary guidelines offer sketch for healthy eating
- Heart Beat: Another yellow light for calcium supplements
- Heart Beat: Unexpected benefit for digoxin?
- Heart Beat: Emotional control and the heart
- Heart Beat: Trends in high cholesterol and statin use
- Heart Beat: Heart-health questions stump many
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Would moving to a lower altitude help my heart rate?
- Ask the doctor: Are advanced blood tests needed for coronary artery narrowing?
- July 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the August 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Aiming for ideal improves heart health
- Trial clouds use of niacin with a statin
- Update on aspirin
- What's the best target for blood pressure when it is high?
- Sliding scale for LDL: How low should you go?
- Heart Beat: Research continues to serve up heart perks for coffee drinkers
- Heart Beat: "Just in case" artery scans offer little or no payoff, possible harm
- Heart Beat: No connection between ARBs and cancer
- Ask the doctor: Is swimming in cold water okay for my heart?
- Ask the doctor: Should I be taking a statin?
- Ask the doctor: What should I do about high triglycerides?
- August 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the September 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- COURAGE not followed by action
- What to do when blood pressure resists control
- Peripheral artery disease often goes untreated
- Abundance of fructose not good for the liver, heart
- Heart Beat: "Polypill" test raises questions
- Heart Beat: Caution advised on Chantix use
- Heart Beat: Another day in the sun for olive oil?
- Heart Beat: Failing hearts linked to broken bones
- Heart Beat: Pause in CPR before shock reduces survival
- Follow-up: Sodium/potassium ratio important for health
- Ask the doctor: Do I need to take warfarin for occasional lone atrial fibrillation?
- Ask the doctor: How do I check my heart rate?
- Sodium, potassium together influence heart health
- September 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the October 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Blood vessel disease linked to dementia
- Angioplasty via wrist artery safe, effective
- The smartphone will see you now
- More to the story than alcohol = heart protection
- Heart Beat: Nature trumps nurture for heart disease
- Heart Beat: Water exercise safe for troubled hearts
- Heart Beat: Repeat "zaps" often needed to stop atrial fibrillation
- Ask the doctor: Can exercise damage my pacemaker's wires?
- Ask the doctor: Compression stockings for a long-distance flight?
- Ask the doctor: What accounts for wide swings in blood pressure?
- Ask the doctor: What is a good plan for serious heart failure?
- Screening tests to identify problem drinkers
- Atrial ablation on video
- October 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the November 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- The hidden burden of high blood pressure
- Can a hospital stay make you anemic?
- Don't delay if heart failure symptoms worsen
- Latest thinking on a "cardioprotective" diet
- Heart Beat: Low-fat diets place third of three in cholesterol-lowering power
- Heart Beat: No need to stop aspirin, Plavix before tooth removal
- Heart Beat: Two-drug combo a good start for high BP
- Heart Beat: Heart attack treatment happening faster
- Heart Beat: Cholesterol level in middle age predicts length and quality of life
- Heart Beat: The race to high blood pressure
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Can stopping aspirin cause heart problems?
- Ask the doctor: Can medications make the heart stronger, like exercise does?
- Mediterranean and Portfolio diets
- November 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the December 2011 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Angioplasty a day after a heart attack not worth it
- Preventing pacemaker, ICD infections now a priority
- Putting heart attack, stroke triggers in perspective
- Beta blockers: Cardiac jacks of all trades
- Healthy Eating Plate dishes out sound diet advice
- Heart Beat: Leg workouts improve exercise capacity in people with heart failure
- Heart Beat: Just-in-case electrocardiograms not recommended
- Heart Beat: Any exercise better than none to thwart peripheral artery disease
- Ask the doctor: Should I get more potassium from a salt substitute?
- Ask the doctor: How low should my LDL go?
- December 2011 references and further reading
Articles in the January 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Small change adds up
- How good is your hospital?
- Bringing hospital care home
- Spotlight on cardiovascular drugs: Statins on the front line against heart disease
- How old are your arteries?
- On the horizon: Targeting nerves to heal the heart
- On the horizon: DNA 'caps' offer target for heart drugs
- Trial Watch
- Ask the doctor: Is it safe to take ginkgo with warfarin?
- Ask the doctor: Is it okay to drink wine if you have a slow heart rate?
- Comparing hospital quality
- January 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the February 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Do healthy people need an aspirin a day?
- Slow adoption of helpful heart failure drug
- Raynaud's: The big chill for fingers and toes
- Off-pump bypass surgery: Promise unfulfilled
- Heart Beat: Don't give frozen produce the cold shoulder
- Heart Beat: Controversial warning on Plavix and stomach-protecting medications
- Heart Beat: A vanishing breed
- Ask the doctor: What is diastolic dysfunction?
- Ask the doctor: Should I have an angiogram to confirm a worrisome calcium score?
- Ask the doctor: Can getting too excited while watching sports be harmful to my heart?
- Ask the doctor: Can a blocked artery cause jaw pain?
- February 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the March 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- HDL: The good, but complex, cholesterol
- Bringing clarity to CRP testing
- Protecting the heart from cancer therapy
- Heart Beat: New prescription for some leftover drugs
- Heart Beat: Cut salt for resistant hypertension
- Heart Beat: It's never too late to quit smoking
- Heart Beat: No sailing away from heart disease
- Heart Beat: Lack of sex affects the heart
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Is no-flush niacin as effective as other kinds of niacin?
- Ask the doctor: Does joint replacement surgery cause heart rhythm problems?
- March 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the April 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- American Ideal
- Exercise stress test
- A personal approach to heart failure
- Taming a killer
- Heart Beat: Dual protection
- Trial Watch
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Can I take PreserVision for my eyes even though I take warfarin?
- Ask the doctor: Can allergies cause high blood pressure?
- Ask the doctor: Is it okay to travel to a high altitude with high blood pressure?
- April 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the May 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Chest pain: A heart attack or something else?
- Banishing secondhand smoke
- A no-surgery fix for atrial fibrillation?
- Heart Beat: Blood clot prevention lacking in hospitals
- Heart Beat: Walnuts and arteries
- Heart Beat: Women and heart disease
- Heart Beat: Diabetes drug interferes with vitamin B12
- Heart Beat: Motorized scooters
- In Brief
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: What can I do to stop smoking if the "standard" treatments don't work for me?
- May 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the June 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Persistence pays off in cardiac rehabilitation
- Better ways to get your produce
- Coronary artery vasospasm
- Clearing clogged arteries in the neck
- Heart Beat: Your choice for dieting
- Heart Beat: Going steady
- Heart Beat: Some leniency on heart rate control in atrial fibrillation
- Heart Beat: Get help with a huge medical bill
- Ask the doctor: Do I really need carotid artery surgery?
- Ask the doctor: Can I fly again after having a DVT?
- Ask the doctor: Is earwax connected to heart disease?
- Ask the doctor: Is CholestOff safe to take for someone who has had breast cancer?
- Ask the doctor: Is my LDL too low?
- Finding a cardiac rehabilitation program
- June 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the July 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Heat can beat the heart
- Eating can cause low blood pressure
- Potential salt assault
- When and how to treat a leaky mitral valve
- Heart Beat: Tape of meeting eases jitters before bypass
- Heart Beat: Generic ARBs are coming
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Are there noninvasive alternatives to a nuclear stress test?
- Ask the doctor: Does prednisone increase blood pressure?
- Ask the doctor: What can I do to protect my heart if my body no longer makes testosterone?
- Strategies for cutting back on salt
- July 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the August 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Shining a light on thoracic aortic disease
- Red meat: Avoid the processed stuff
- Diastolic heart failure
- Heart Beat: Stents make later surgery riskier than usual
- Heart Beat: Converting blood sugar to HbA1c
- Heart Beat: Steroids and the heart
- Heart Beat: A sweet, nutty plan for better cholesterol, blood pressure
- Heart Beat: Exercise no trigger for defibrillator shocks
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: How could I have a heart attack after a normal exercise test?
- Ask the doctor: What are the alternatives to a statin for lowering cholesterol?
- Living with a thoracic aortic aneurysm
- August 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the September 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Heart attacks come in all kinds, sizes
- Diagnosing sleep apnea at home
- Stand up for your heart
- New thinking on saturated fat
- Heart Beat: Aspirin and diabetes
- Heart Beat: Faith in medications fades
- In Brief
- Reader to Reader
- Ask the doctor: How often does a leaky mitral valve need to be checked?
- Ask the doctor: My heart is better - should I stop taking amiodarone?
- Stand-up desk options
- Readers' stories of how they quit smoking
- September 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the October 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Beating high blood pressure with food
- Standing guard over blood vessel health
- Choosing the right replacement heart valve
- New heart rate estimate for women
- Heart Beat: Geography influences treatment of clogged carotid arteries
- Heart Beat: Treat yourself to better blood pressure
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Am I exercising too much?
- Ask the doctor: Are raw oats better than cooked oats?
- Information about the OmniHeart diets
- October 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the November 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Calcium supplements and heart attack
- Light and social smoking carry cardiovascular risks
- Resveratrol for a longer life - if you're a yeast
- Yoga could be good for heart disease
- Heart Beat: Bad reaction to a medication? Let your voice be heard
- Heart Beat: Antidepressant little help in heart failure
- Heart Beat: Atrial fibrillation? Don't blame caffeine
- Ask the doctor: Does pomelo juice affect drugs the same way grapefruit juice does?
- Ask the doctor: Do I need an MRI scan of my heart?
- Ask the doctor: Is there a safe way to stop taking warfarin before surgery?
- Ask the doctor: Is wood smoke a problem for my heart?
- Finding a yoga teacher
- Reporting drug, device problems to the FDA
- Grapefruit, drug interactions
- November 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the December 2010 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- What can angioplasty do for you?
- Protein "package" matters in a low-carb diet
- Refining the rules for abdominal aneurysm testing
- Coping with what you can't change
- Heart Beat: Alcohol: Moderation matters, especially with high blood pressure
- Heart Beat: Snow and stents a chilly mix
- Heart Beat: Ornish, Pritikin get Medicare okay for cardiac rehab
- Heart Beat: Heart, arteries thrive with more potassium
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Do I need to get a flu vaccination this year?
- Ask the doctor: Do angiotensin-receptor blockers cause cancer?
- December 2010 references and further reading
Articles in the January 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Searching for health information
- Calculating your heart attack risk
- Make your health information personal
- Observing JUPITER
- Nine tips for a healthier 2009
- Editors' note
- Ask the doctor: Is bundle branch block serious?
- Ask the doctor: Is it possible to reverse coronary artery disease?
- Changing picture of atherosclerosis
- Navigating the ocean of health information
- Ask the doctor: Are big surges in blood pressure dangerous?
- Links to resources for creating a personal health record
- January 2009 references and further reading
Articles in the February 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Six minutes to save a life
- Cardiac arrest: When minutes matter
- Bypass results vary by hospital
- Spotlight on heart tests: C-reactive protein testing comes of age
- Generic heart drugs as good as brand names
- Two-way street between depression and heart disease
- Heart beat: Preeclampsia poses later heart risk
- Heart beat: Statins, aspirin affect prostate cancer test
- Heart beat: Trial gives nod to home warfarin monitoring
- Heart beat: When success leads to failure
- Heart beat: C+E get an F for heart protection
- Heart beat: Beware cardiac arrest after heart attack
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: What does an enlarged heart signify?
- Ask the doctor: Could my statin or exercise be affecting my kidneys?
- Tracking down generic alternatives to brand-name drugs
- Links to Home INR monitoring information
- February 2009 references and further reading
Articles in the March 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- March 2009 references and further reading
- The flap over mitral valve prolapse
- Snapshot of the American diet: Foods out of balance
- Creating order from chaos: Taming atrial fibrillation
- Heart Beat: Exercise benefits clogged leg arteries
- Heart Beat: Gasping shouldn't delay CPR
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Can I have a catheter procedure to stop atrial fibrillation?
- Ask the doctor: Can I exercise even though my valves are leaking a little bit?
- Ask the doctor: Do statins affect blood pressure?
Articles in the April 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Women's heart centers
- April 2009 references and further reading
- Radiation in medicine: A double-edged sword
- Women's hearts need extra attention
- Potassium and sodium out of balance
- Heart Beat: Binge drinking and stroke
- Heart Beat: Osteoporosis drugs not linked to atrial fibrillation
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: Will taking arginine and citrulline protect my arteries?
- Ask the doctor: Does the length of the ST segment on an electrocardiogram matter?
- Ask the doctor: Does narrowing of the aortic valve get better on its own?
Articles in the May 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- May 2009 references and further reading
- Mindfulness in a hectic world
- Trial renews surgery vs. stent debate
- Take the plunge for your heart
- On the alert for deep-vein blood clots
- No need to avoid healthy omega-6 fats
- Heart Beat: Mindfulness helps ease heart failure
- Heart Beat: Say "nuts" to chips
- Heart Beat: A weight loss "secret": Calories matter
- Ask the doctor: How is atrial flutter different from atrial fibrillation?
- Is donating blood good for the heart?
Articles in the June 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Heart attack risk calculators
- June 2009 references and further reading
- Defining a moderate-intensity workout
- Exercise equals angioplasty for leg pain
- Treat "mini-strokes" as an emergency, not a gentle warning
- New guidelines refine aspirin prescription
- Heart Beat: Atrial fibrillation and blood pressure
- Heart Beat: Billions for heart care
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: How did my blood pressure suddenly become normal?
- Ask the doctor: Why aren't prevention efforts stopping an increase in heart disease?
- Ask the doctor: Do I need to take precautions if I stop taking warfarin before a colonoscopy?
- Ask the doctor: Will a memory-boosting supplement interfere with my heart medications?
Articles in the July 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Implanting a biventricular pacemaker
- July 2009 references and further reading
- Regenerating the heart
- Redefining myocardial infarction
- Advanced pacemaker gets the heart in sync
- Heart infection can pose a medical mystery
- Heart Beat: A single pill for prevention?
- Heart Beat: Aspirin gets a backup against atrial fibrillation
- Heart Beat: Summer: A good season for cholesterol
- Heart Beat: Black tea and blood pressure
- Heart Beat: The biggest loser
- Heart Beat: Traffic, anger strain the heart
- On the horizon
- Ask the doctor: Why is peanut butter "healthy" if it has saturated fat?
- Ask the doctor: Is the term "coronary heart disease" redundant?
Articles in the August 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Trials test closing a PFO
- August 2009 references and further reading
- Stomach-protecting drug could block Plavix
- Hole in the heart opens questions
- 13 ways to add fruits and vegetables to your diet
- When the lights suddenly go out
- Heart Beat: New name for TIA?
- Heart Beat: Preventable threats to survival
- Heart Beat: Extending the time for stroke treatment
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Are isometric exercises safe for the heart?
- Ask the doctor: What are silent heart attacks?
- Ask the doctor: Why do I get chest pain when I don't warm up before exercising?
- Ask the doctor: How can you tell when a leaky mitral valve needs to be fixed?
Articles in the September 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- September 2009 references and further reading
- Pain relief balancing act
- Walk often, walk far
- Heart Beat: Treating sleep apnea may pay off for the heart
- Heart Beat: Double treatment for heart attack
- Heart Beat: Anxious about angina
- In Brief
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Two-way street between heart and health
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Body fat: The good, the bad, the…
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Two-way street between head, heart
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Psoriasis is more than skin deep
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Testosterone, sex, and the heart
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: The ovarian connection
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Skeleton key
- Special section: Cardiovascular connections: Odd associations
- Ask the doctor: Does exercise help damaged heart muscle?
- Ask the doctor: Are there radiation-free tests for checking my arteries?
Articles in the October 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- CLEVER trial information
- October 2009 references and further reading
- 11 foods that lower cholesterol
- After a heart attack
- Atrial fibrillation, angioplasty drugs approved
- Cautious confirmation for easier aneurysm repair
- Heart Beat: Big chill for cardiac arrest
- Heart Beat: Trial Watch
- Ask the doctor: Does heart rate affect blood pressure?
- Ask the doctor: Should I wait to have my aortic valve replaced?
- Ask the doctor: Are some blood vessels more prone to blockages than others?
- Ask the doctor: Is vinegar good for the arteries?
Articles in the November 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- November 2009 references and further reading
- Sporadic high blood pressure deserves attention
- Exercise prescription for diabetes
- 6 steps to safer use of triple therapy
- Using music to tune the heart
- Heart Beat: Setting standards for pacemaker and ICD lead extraction
- Heart Beat: Heart failure tough on B vitamins
- Heart Beat: Statins before vascular surgery
- Heart Beat: Go Mediterranean for the brain and heart
- Heart Beat: Blood pressure reading affected by eating
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Is it worrisome to hear a pulse in my ear?
Articles in the December 2009 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Another reason to get a flu shot: your heart
- Vitamin D: a bright spot in nutrition research
- Blood pressure: How low should you go?
- Heart Beat: Peripheral artery disease and stroke
- Heart Beat: Shellfish for the heart?
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Should I double up on aspirin if I think I am having a heart attack?
- Ask the doctor: How can I keep my coronary arteries from going into painful spasms?
- Ask the doctor: Can I take red yeast rice instead of a statin to lower my cholesterol?
- December 2009 references and further reading
Articles in the January 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Gene tests for some, not all
- Do-it-yourself bypass
- Mechanical assist for heart failure
- Repairing the heart one cell at a time
- Heart Beat: Look alive - it's Monday!
- Heart Beat: New vitamin helps lower cholesterol
- Heart Beat: Chilling out
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Can I take a diuretic?
- Ask the doctor: Can a massage cause a stroke?
Articles in the February 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Mini strokes are a maxi problem
- Angiotensin inhibitor or blocker?
- Surgery or angioplasty for opening a clogged neck artery?
- Triglycerides: A big fat problem
- Heart Beat: Sexy supplements can be bad for the heart
- Heart Beat: Pedometer-powered walking
- Heart Beat: New blood sugar measure
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Is this pain from my heart?
- Ask the doctor: Could heart surgery have affected my lung?
- Ask the doctor: Is my blood pressure normal?
- Ask the doctor: Are all dark chocolates good for the heart?
Articles in the March 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Troublesome medications
- Electrocardiogram: Visualizing the heart's electrical signature
- Focus on hormones: Estrogen therapy - benefits in the timing?
- Focus on hormones: Testosterone therapy's benefits, risks need crystallizing
- Heart Beat: It's never too late for healthy eating and exercise
- Heart Beat: Lopsided decline in heart disease deaths
- Heart Beat: Hole in the heart
- Heart Beat: It was only a matter of time: Plant sterols in chips
- Heart Beat: Good news keeps brewing on coffee and heart disease
- Heart Beat: A Chia Pet for diabetes?
- Heart Beat: Red light, green light on medications
- Heart Beat: Checking blood pressure at home
- Ask the doctor: Is it okay to take aspirin, Plavix, and warfarin?
- Ask the doctor: Can a pacemaker cause dizzy spells?
- 9 ways to protect your heart when diabetes threatens it
Articles in the April 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Angioplasty or bypass surgery?
- Trial fails to enhance cholesterol drug's reputation
- Big trouble from small arteries
- State-of-the-heart therapy for prostate cancer
- Heart Beat: Golden opportunity to fight heart disease
- Heart Beat: Small price to pay for an extra 14 years
- Heart Beat: Dual duty for WelChol
- Follow-up
- Clarification
- Ask the doctor: Do people on warfarin need to avoid vitamin supplements that contain vitamin K?
- Ask the doctor: Is a nuclear imaging stress test the same thing as an exercise stress test or exercise echocardiogram?
- Ask the doctor: Are medications for ADHD safe for the heart?
Articles in the May 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Know the warning signs
- ACCORD's discord on blood sugar control
- It's time to accentuate the positive
- Get a hearty start on the day
- A new crystal ball
- Heart Beat: Heparin: a risky bridge over troubled waters?
- Heart Beat: Bypass surgery no barrier to sexual satisfaction
- Heart Beat: Kudos on cholesterol?
- Heart Beat: New guidelines for bleeding disorder
- Heart Beat: Panic attacks linked to heart disease
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Are heart drugs causing my nighttime leg cramps?
Articles in the June 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Don't delay when heart failure threatens
- A second look at beta blockers and blood pressure
- Heart Beat: Warfarin home monitoring program expanded
- Heart Beat: Chrome dome doesn't mean sicker ticker
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Can I keep myself from fainting when I have blood drawn?
- Ask the doctor: Is high blood pressure in the morning a problem?
- Protecting the heart during noncardiac surgery
Articles in the July 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Age no barrier to blood pressure control
- Going after angiotensin
- Fish and fish oil: Good for most folks, but not all
- Does fitness offset fatness?
- Taking heart disease to new heights
- Heart beat: Air pollution fails the heart, vitamins may help
- Heart beat: Heart-stopping thrills
- Heart beat: Hands-only CPR
- Heart beat: Sweeter note sounded for iPod users
- Heart beat: Calcium scan benefit still uncertain
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: Should I worry about my low diastolic pressure?
- Ask the doctor: Does Tricor cause gallstones?
- Heart beat: Hands-only CPR
Articles in the August 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Heart Beat: Dangers of skipping medications after a heart attack
- Slow rehabilitation of drug-coated stents
- Seeing the heart with sound
- Hypertension and diabetes - double trouble
- Balancing hope and reality in heart failure
- Joint inflammation may point the finger at heart disease
- When quitters are winners
- Heart beat: Trial questions beta blockers for all before noncardiac surgery
- Heart beat: DASH diet ignored
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: How long do I need to keep taking Plavix?
- Ask the doctor: Can I have my hernia fixed while taking Plavix?
- Ask the doctor: Are community heart check-ups worth doing?
- Ask the doctor: Is sotalol making me tired and heavier?
- Get the lead out
Articles in the September 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Checking blood pressure: Do try this at home
- Aches and pains - is your statin to blame?
- Mediterranean diet sails well in the USA
- Heart beat: Post-heart attack angina common, and commonly untreated
- Heart beat: Heart disease a major killer among people with HIV/AIDS
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: What's the difference between blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c?
- Ask the doctor: What's the connection between statins and coenzyme Q10?
- Measuring blood pressure at home
Articles in the October 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Good sources of potassium
- Warning signs of a heart attack or stroke
- Harvard Heart Letter October 2008: References and further reading
- Dial 911 when a heart attack has your number
- Alcohol's cardiac effects differ by sex
- Ankle-brachial index
- Smaller surgery speeds recovery from valve fix
- Heart beat: Coffee: A connection to good health?
- Heart beat: CT scans may interfere with pacemakers, other devices
- Heart beat: Tapping the power of potassium
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: Is my blood pressure medicine changing my ability to taste?
- Ask the doctor: How is a blocked stent fixed?
- Ask the doctor: How do I know if my new valve isn't working correctly?
Articles in the November 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- More information on no-surgery valve repair
- Do you have sleep apnea?
- Harvard Heart Letter November 2008: References and further reading
- More information on the long QT syndrome
- Sleep apnea wakes up heart disease
- Flap over tilapia sends the wrong message
- No-surgery valve repair puts excitement to the test
- Living with long QT syndrome
- Slow down and savor the flavor
- Heart Beat: Drugs, angioplasty nearly equal for angina relief
- Heart Beat: Uncertainty dogs Zetia and Vytorin
- In brief
- Ask the doctor: Is low blood pressure a problem?
- Ask the doctor: Are there different kinds of heart failure?
Articles in the December 2008 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- More reading on resistant hypertension
- Folic acid and folate in foods
- December 2008 references and further reading
- Resistant hypertension needs special attention
- Wrist artery a safe approach to the heart
- Beats per minute a signal of heart health
- Folic acid: Too much of a good thing?
- Pre-dental antibiotics for few, not many
- Heart Beat: New COPD medications seem okay for the heart
- Heart Beat: Green tea and statins
- Heart Beat: Hot flashes and the heart
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Is it dangerous to have calcium in the aorta?
- Ask the doctor: Do calcium supplements counteract calcium-channel blockers?
- Ask the doctor: Can you get a stent after bypass surgery and vice versa?
Articles in the January 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Are you prepared for a cardiac emergency?
- Making connections good for the heart and soul
- Talking, tools make for better medical decisions
- Ask the doctor: Can coronary artery grafts break?
- Ask the doctor: Is it okay to stop taking warfarin when atrial fibrillation stops?
- Ask the doctor: Do I need a thallium stress test every year?
- Reader to Reader
- Trying times for painkiller choices
- Heart Beat: Real age - diabetes
- How qualified are health claims for food?
- Heart attack warning signs
- Defibrillators deliver the shock of a lifetime
Articles in the February 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Simple changes in diet can protect you against friendly fire
- Put some bite into heart disease prevention
- Blood pressure drugs can boost blood sugar
- Fish: Friend or foe?
- Heart Beat: Dancing away from heart failure
- Heart Beat: Too soon to sell a gene test for warfarin?
- Heart Beat: Is there an afterlife for pacemakers and defibrillators?
- Ask the doctor: What are the symptoms of, and tests for, an enlarged heart?
- Ask the doctor: What's the skinny on fat-free half-and-half?
Articles in the March 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- New drug fizzles at raising HDL
- Some blood pressure drugs act as a skeleton key
- Heart Beat: Alcohol and high blood pressure
- Heart Beat: Fatal attraction?
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: Do grapes and grape juice protect the heart like wine does?
- Ask the doctor: Is it dangerous for me to go over my target heart rate?
Articles in the April 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Mixed marks for heart surgery report cards
- Aldosteronism: Too much of a good thing
- Statins for aortic valve narrowing?
- Different shades of gray for post-heart attack depression
- Heart Beat: Home defibrillator skills slip away
- Heart Beat: Parkinson's drugs linked to heart valve trouble
- Heart Beat: New Start! for exercise
- Heart Beat: Tea with a twist
- Ask the doctor: Is a lot of exercise bad for the heart?
- Ask the doctor: Does it matter when I take a statin?
- Report cards on cardiac surgeons and hospitals
- Heart Disease and Diabetes
- Life-saving training
Articles in the May 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Sleep problems, heart disease often in bed together
- No benefit for late angioplasty after a heart attack
- Late blood clots tarnish drug-coated stents
- Heart scans hold intermediate promise
- A new way to control blood pressure
- New tool refines heart risk prediction
- What the latest diet trial really means
- Heart beat: As the hammock swings
- Heart beat: States of the heart
- Heart beat: Study suggests limiting use of aspirin plus warfarin
- Ask the doctor: Is weight lifting safe if I have a stent?
- Ask the doctor: Is my breathlessness a heart or lung problem?
- Ask the doctor: Does a low ejection fraction doom me to inactivity?
- Ask the doctor: Can eye drops for glaucoma affect the heart?
Articles in the June 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Yellow light on pain relievers
- Reception still fuzzy for fast CT scans of the heart
- COURAGE to make choices
- Heart Beat: Big bend for blood pressure?
- Heart Beat: High pulse pressure poses risk for atrial fibrillation
- In Brief
- Heart Beat: A heartfelt legacy from long-lived parents
- Heart Beat: More evidence against trans fats
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Can I stop taking my blood pressure medicine?
- Ask the doctor: Should I take nitroglycerin during exercise?
- A road map to life in the fat lane
Articles in the July 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- What triggers heart attacks?
- Guidelines offer women a change of heart
- Heart Beat: Drive-through angioplasty?
- Heart Beat: Applying cardiac advances saves lives
- Heart Beat: Migraine, heart disease linked
- Ask the doctor: Is warfarin turning my toes purple?
- Ask the doctor: What causes C-reactive protein levels to vary?
- Ask the doctor: Can you really prevent heart disease?
- Ask the doctor: Why does my father feel wires poking him in the chest months after open-heart surgery?
Articles in the August 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Outlook on diabetes drug less than rosy
- Aspirin: A user's guide to who needs it and how much to take
- Heart Beat: Longer workouts better for boosting good cholesterol
- Heart Beat: Pacemakers, iPods out of sync
- Heart Beat: Talking it up: speech and atrial fibrillation
- In Brief
- Correction and Clarification
- Ask the doctor: Are Lipitor and Crestor equally good for me?
- Ask the doctor: Do beta blockers and ACE inhibitors help or harm the heart?
- Calculating your heart attack risk
Articles in the September 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Shake the salt habit for a longer life
- When high cholesterol is a family affair
- Skipping a beat - the surprise of palpitations
- Heart Beat: Paying attention to potassium in heart failure
- Heart Beat: A square of chocolate keeps the doctor away?
- Heart Beat: Diabetes poses danger for the heart, body
- Heart Beat: Waist watching
- Heart Beat: Warfarin trumps aspirin for stroke prevention in elderly
- Follow-up
- Ask the doctor: Is red yeast rice good for lowering cholesterol?
- Ask the doctor: Why is my blood pressure higher in one arm than the other?
Articles in the October 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Scaling back on antibiotics
- Driving under the influence of abnormal heart rhythms
- Add intervals of intensity for a stronger heart
- Sticking it to blood pressure?
- Heart Beat: Nothing fancy
- Heart Beat: Beans, beans, the magical fruit
- Heart Beat: The Mysterious Human Heart
- Ask the doctor: Does Fosamax cause atrial fibrillation?
- Ask the doctor: Is it safe to fly with heart failure?
- Antibiotics before dental work
- Driving and abnormal heart rhythms
Articles in the November 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Come back to the garden of eatin'
- No denying the power of produce
- In with the good, out with the bad
- Translating good food into better diets
- 12 tips for holiday eating
- Ask the doctor: Is canned fish good for the heart?
- Ask the doctor: How many calories do I need?
- Diets for the heart
Articles in the December 2007 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Genetic help for a blood-thinner balancing act
- A blood pressure problem that's isolated in name only
- Heart Beat: Teachable moment
- Heart Beat: Steering clear of pacemaker infections
- Heart Beat: Newer bypass technique may be safer for women
- Heart Beat: ACE, ARB duet questioned
- Heart Beat: Take a shot against heart disease
- Heart Beat: Too few get the best therapy for an ailing heart
- Ask the doctor: How do I handle conflicting advice about exercise?
- Ask the doctor: Is yerba mate good for my heart?
Articles in the January 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Ask the doctor: Should I worry that I can feel a pulse above my ear?
- Ask the doctor: Are statins good for arthritis?
- Shining a light on stealth fats
- Leftover drugs pose prescription for trouble
- The best prescription money can't buy
- A numbers game worth playing
- Support groups with heart
- Exercise resources
- Your heart disease risk
- List of support groups
- Disposing unused or unwanted medications
Articles in the February 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Ask the doctor: Low back pain keeps me from exercising. What else can I do to protect my heart?
- Heart Beat: Heart heavy hospital bill
- Heart Beat: On the links to recovery
- Heart Beat: Don't blame the bean
- Take two candy bars and call me in the morning?
- High marks for below-average cholesterol
- Streamlined CPR guidelines a life-saving move
- Resources for CPR
- Flavonol content of foods
- Targets for LDL (bad) cholesterol
Articles in the March 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Eating your way to lower cholesterol
- Ask the doctor: What's the best way to tell heartburn from angina or a heart attack?
- Ask the doctor: What causes fluid to build up around the heart and what can be done to treat it?
- On the horizon: New stop-smoking aids
- Heart Beat: Heart disease - it's all relative
- Heart Beat: A little quiet for the heart, please
- Heart Beat: No cancer bonus for statin therapy
- Heart Beat: Play it safe, avoid L-arginine supplements
- Heart Beat: Pay attention to shortness of breath
- Survival of the fittest
- Nothing peripheral about this artery disease
- Reading about peripheral arterial disease
- March 2006 HeartBeat references
- Check your fitness
- Statement on sterols
Articles in the April 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Ask the doctor: Which is more important, high bad cholesterol or high good cholesterol?
- Heart Beat: Testing a no-warfarin heart valve
- Heart Beat: Soy it ain't so!
- Heart Beat: FDA okays new drug for tough-to-treat chest pain
- Heart Beat: Bone thinning linked to blood thinner
- Finding your way through the (mini) Maze
- The riddle of MyPyramid
- Clash of the titans
- Problems with the Pyramid
- Write a letter for MRI-safe pacemakers and ICDs
- April 2006 HeartBeat references
Articles in the May 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Beyond the bulge: A new look at heart disease in women
- Ask the doctor: MRIs and stents
- Ask the doctor: Can fried fish be good for my heart?
- Follow-up: Procedures for atrial fibrillation
- Heart Beat: Heart hurt by carbon monoxide poisoning
- Heart Beat: Coffee may slow the flow
- Heart Beat: Longer survival, more cases, boost heart failure population
- Heart Beat: Safety of bypass drug questioned
- Better diet? No pressure.
- A switch in time saves more than nine
- Eating to lower blood pressure
- May 2006 HeartBeat references
Articles in the June 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Heart Beat: What we don't know about prayer…
- Heart Beat: High cholesterol can be a pain
- Heart Beat: Pacemakers and mammograms
- Ask the doctor: What to do about TIAs?
- In Brief: Back on your feet again
- Heart Beat: Exercise and cardiac arrest
- Heart Beat: Little support for that sinking feeling
- Heave-ho for homocysteine?
- A new wave in heart testing
- Better heart attack prediction from new cholesterol tests?
- Mechanical fix for fluid overload
- Plavix isn't for everyone
- Checking up on apo B and non-HDL cholesterol
- June 2006 HeartBeat references
- Ask the Doctor: Guidelines for preventing future strokes after a stroke or TIA
Articles in the July 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Heart Beat: Stock these for a long journey
- Snail's pace for home INR testing
- By the way, doctor: What's the problem with grapefruit juice and statins?
- Follow-Up
- Heart Beat: Softening the blow
- Heart Beat: What's after age 50?
- Heart Beat: Heat and heart failure
- Stem cells offer promise - not more - for heart disease
- To make an omelet, you have to break some eggs
- A question of time?
- July 2006 HeartBeat references
Articles in the August 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- When heart disease turns traumatic
- Blood clots a late hazard for drug-coated stents
- Ask the doctor: Is niacin okay for people with diabetes?
- In Brief
- Heart Beat: Persistent pain common after a stroke
- Heart Beat: Green tea: beverage, not medicine
- A number worth watching
- August 2006 HeartBeat references
- More information on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Articles in the September 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Central treatment for peripheral artery disease
- Crystallizing moment
- Ask the doctor: Is coconut good or bad for the heart?
- Ask the doctor: How long will my bypass grafts last?
- Heart Beat: Diabetes and depression, a circular connection
- Heart Beat: Fast-food trans fats aren't good at home, abroad
- Heart Beat: Policosanol: A sweet nothing for high cholesterol
- High blood pressure: Common, commonly uncontrolled, and dangerous
- Refining the prescription for fish oil
Articles in the October 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Ten steps for keeping heart disease in check
- Heart Beat: A mantra for heart disease
- Heart Beat: Migraine and heart disease
- Ask the doctor: Is mitral valve surgery safe for an 82-year-old?
- Ask the doctor: Can I take nattokinase instead of warfarin?
- Ask the doctor: Is my blood pressure too high in the morning?
- Ask the doctor: Does "no trans fat" really mean no trans fat?
Articles in the November 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Putting activity in your day
- Simplicity still rules for heart disease forecast
- Take it with a grain of salt
- Heart Beat: Baby, it's cold outside
- Heart Beat: Getting away from secondhand smoke
- Heart Beat: Take aspirin before ibuprofen, not after
- Heart Beat: Portion distortion
- Heart Beat: Spicy medicine, or just spice?
- In Brief
- Ask the doctor: What is vasospastic angina?
- Ask the doctor: Does a collapsed stent need fixing?
Articles in the December 2006 issue of Harvard Heart Letter include:
- Sudden death isn't always so sudden
- Artificial heart helps the beat go on
- Salt substitutes deserve a place at the table
- Squeezing your way to lower blood pressure
- Heart Beat: What foods are rich in antioxidants?
- Heart Beat: Searching for dollar-saving generics
- Heart Beat: Statins may need a boost in blacks
- Heart Beat: Stick it to 'em
- Follow-up: Pacemakers and MRIs
- MRI safe pacemakers?
From the editors of the Harvard Heart Letter. The following are links to online information mentioned in past issues of Harvard Heart Letter or to extra information we couldn't fit into the printed version.
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
- Atrial ablation on video
- Screening tests to identify problem drinkers
- October 2011 references and further reading
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
- Finding a yoga teacher
- Reporting drug, device problems to the FDA
- Grapefruit, drug interactions
- November 2010 references and further reading
October 2010
September 2010
- Stand-up desk options
- September 2010 references and further reading
- Readers' stories of how they quit smoking
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
- Tracking down generic alternatives to brand-name drugs
- Links to Home INR monitoring information
- February 2009 references and further reading
- Cardiac arrest: When minutes matter
- Six minutes to save a life
January 2009
- Calculating your heart attack risk
- Searching for health information
- Links to resources for creating a personal health record
- January 2009 references and further reading
December 2008
- More reading on resistant hypertension
- Folic acid and folate in foods
- December 2008 references and further reading
November 2008
- More information on no-surgery valve repair
- Do you have sleep apnea?
- Harvard Heart Letter November 2008: References and further reading
- More information on the long QT syndrome
October 2008
- Warning signs of a heart attack or stroke
- Good sources of potassium
- Harvard Heart Letter October 2008: References and further reading
September 2008
July 2008
November 2007
October 2007
August 2007
April 2007
January 2007
December 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
- June 2006 HeartBeat references
- Checking up on apo B and non-HDL cholesterol
- Ask the Doctor: Guidelines for preventing future strokes after a stroke or TIA
May 2006
April 2006
- Write a letter for MRI-safe pacemakers and ICDs
- Problems with the Pyramid
- April 2006 HeartBeat references
March 2006
- Reading about peripheral arterial disease
- March 2006 HeartBeat references
- Check your fitness
- Statement on sterols

