Posts Tagged ‘Cholesterol’

4
Feb

Wear Red Day puts focus on women’s heart disease – Monroe News Star

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Wear Red Day puts focus on women's heart disease
Monroe News Star
Some factors, such as genetics, ethnicity and family history can't be changed, but through diet, exercise and healthy habits — such as quitting smoking or never smoking — people can keep their bad cholesterol, triglycerides and metabolism in check.
RI's Go Red for Women Day: 7 Steps to a Healthier Heart GoLocalProv
Hamilton Township workers wear red to raise awareness of heart disease Press of Atlantic City
MN Wears Red to Focus on Women's Heart Disease Public News Service
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4
Feb

Wear Red Day puts focus on women’s heart disease – Monroe News Star

   Posted by: Quit Smoking    in Uncategorized


CBS Local

Wear Red Day puts focus on women's heart disease
Monroe News Star
Some factors, such as genetics, ethnicity and family history can't be changed, but through diet, exercise and healthy habits — such as quitting smoking or never smoking — people can keep their bad cholesterol, triglycerides and metabolism in check.
RI's Go Red for Women Day: 7 Steps to a Healthier Heart GoLocalProv
Hamilton Township workers wear red to raise awareness of heart disease Press of Atlantic City
MN Wears Red to Focus on Women's Heart Disease Public News Service
NBC Bay Area  - WJBD Online  - KY3
all 551 news articles »

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3
Feb

Heart disease no longer just for men alone – Monroe News Star

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CBS Local

Heart disease no longer just for men alone
Monroe News Star
Some factors, such as genetics, ethnicity and family history can't be changed, but through diet, exercise and healthy habits — such as quitting smoking or never smoking — people can keep their bad cholesterol, triglycerides and metabolism in check.
RI's Go Red for Women Day: 7 Steps to a Healthier Heart GoLocalProv
MN Wears Red to Focus on Women's Heart Disease Public News Service
Hamilton Township workers well-red on heart disease Press of Atlantic City
NBC Bay Area  - KY3
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Researchers in Australia have discovered that mothers who smoke during pregnancy are causing developmental changes to their unborn babies that lead to them having lower levels of the type of cholesterol that is known to protect against heart disease in later life - high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. The research, published online today in the European Heart Journal [1], showed that, by ...

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28
Dec

Smoking cessation improves cholesterol profile

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It is very common for patients visiting medical clinics to be worried about their cholesterol profile. These are important biological measures of overall cardiovascular health. Still, many people overlook one important measurement: whether they still smoke.

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24
Dec

Quitting Smoking Could Help Cholesterol Levels

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Research published in the American Heart Journal suggests that people who quit smoking could experience a boost in good cholesterol levels, even if they wind up gaining a few pounds in the process. The study, the subject of a December 23 article by Lynne Peeples of Reuters Health, studied 1,500 subjects who smoked an average of 21 cigarettes daily at the beginning of the study. After spending a ...

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23
Dec

Quitting smoking improves cholesterol

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Smokers who successfully quit may enjoy yet another health benefit: improved cholesterol profiles. A boost in "good" cholesterol comes with quitting despite weight gain after putting out the last cigarette, hints a new study.

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16
Nov

Quit Smoking, Raise ‘Good’ Cholesterol

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Smokers who kick the habit may experience improvements in their levels of "good" HDL cholesterol within one year, a study of nearly 1,000 people suggests.

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16
Mar

Arteries improve after smokers quit (Straits Times)

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ATLANTA - QUITTING smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this. The improvement came even though smokers gained an average of 4kg after they quit, researchers found. Their levels of so-called good cholesterol improved, too.

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ATLANTA - Quitting smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking the habit, smokers' arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this.

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