Harvard Heart Letter: September 2008

Measuring blood pressure at home

There are wrong ways and right ways to measure your blood pressure. In this video, Harvard Heart Letter Editor Patrick Skerrett demonstrates both. More »

Checking blood pressure: Do try this at home

Regular home blood pressure monitoring, for people with hypertension or those who are at risk for it, is a recommended health practice that can help keep blood pressure under control. More »

Aches and pains - is your statin to blame?

About ten percent of people who start taking a statin experence muscle pain. Usually this will go away on its own, or by adjusting the dosage of the medication or switching to a different one. More »

Mediterranean diet sails well in the USA

Long-term research finds that following a Mediterranean diet, which emphasizes vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and fish, can reduce the risk of heart disease, benefit heart attack survivors, and help with weight loss. More »

Heart beat: Post-heart attack angina common, and commonly untreated

A study found that a year after a heart attack, about 20% of people were still suffering from angina. A program of cardiac rehabilitation can strengthen the heart and help eliminate angina's pain. More »

Heart beat: Heart disease a major killer among people with HIV/AIDS

People living with HIV are more susceptible to heart disease, so it is important for them to stay healthy and fit, in order to ward off risk factors like high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension. More »

In brief

Brief updates on controlling heart rate with medication, quality of heart attack care at night and on weekends, and vitamin D's importance to the heart and arteries. More »

Ask the doctor: What's the difference between blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c?

In your article on blood sugar control, you kept talking about hemoglobin A1c. I measure my blood sugar all the time, but my meter doesn't have a setting for a percentage reading. Is there a simple connection between blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c? More »

Ask the doctor: What's the connection between statins and coenzyme Q10?

Why don't you ever tell your readers that everyone who takes a statin to lower cholesterol should be taking coenzyme Q10, too? More »

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Measuring blood pressure at home

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?

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