A heart-healthy diet can include fat, but it’s best to upgrade the fat you’re eating to unsaturated fat such as olive oil, ...

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New evidence suggests older adults with a healthy weight but high percentage of body fat are at increased risk of heart-related diseases and death. Looking at data on 1,528 ...

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As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

Before pouring another drink, consider this sobering new research: Heavy drinkers can develop fat around the heart, leading to heart failure and other cardiac problems. This so-called pericardial fat ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) appears to develop as a result of changes in the biology of a person's internal fat tissue, according to the Adipokine Hypothesis, a new way of ...

Hidden fat stored deep within muscles can significantly raise your risk of heart disease, heart attacks, and heart failure, even if you appear healthy based on standard measures like body mass index ...

HOUSTON (Nov. 1, 2004) -- Diabetic or obese patients suffering advanced heart failure have higher levels of fat embedded in their hearts and greater molecular evidence of haywire cardiac metabolism, a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The saturated fat found mainly in meat and dairy products has a bad reputation, but a new analysis of published studies finds no clear link between people's intake of ...

New research has found that changes in body fat impact early markers of heart health more than changes in body muscle, suggesting there are greater benefits to be expected from losing fat than from ...