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Five decades of media coverage spanning heart health research, preventive cardiology, and the science of laughter.
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2020's9 articles
How Job Stress Affects Your Heart
WebMDAug 2024
6 Vitamins Doctors Take So They Don't Get Sick During Virus Season
The HealthyOct 2024
5 Surprising AFib Triggers, from a Cardiologist
The HealthyDec 2023
New REDUCE-IT® Analyses Show Icosapent ethyl Associated with 29 Percent Relative Risk Reduction in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome
Yahoo FinanceNov 2023
Pemafibrate Fails to Lower CVD Risk in Patients With High Triglycerides: PROMINENT
TCTMDNov 2022
Icosapent ethyl decreases CV event risk in smokers to level of never smokers
HealioSep 2022
Sex After a Heart Attack: 7 Things to Know
Reader's DigestFeb 2021
Laughter is Good for Your Heart, According to a New Study
The New York TimesOct 2020
How Cannabis May Affect Your Heart Health
HealthlineAug 2020
2010's23 articles
New Clues to Reducing Risk of Heart Disease
University of MarylandJan 2018
Heart Healthy Diet as Effective as Statins
Baltimore SunJun 2017
The Great Diet Debate: Eggs
YouTube (The Doctors)Apr 2017
Sirott & Murciano Show: Stress and the Heart
WLS AMApr 2017
The Science Behind Laughter and Heart Health
WYPR (Baltimore)Mar 2017
Why is Heart Disease on the Rise?
HealthlineMar 2017
The Facts Behind Fad Diets
ABC2 News (WMAR)Feb 2017
A New Scientific Paper Explores Nutritional Myths
The Washington PostFeb 2017
Small Changes Will Take Care of Your Heart
The Washington PostFeb 2017
Stress & Your Heart
YouTube (Direct Connection)Jan 2017
Mood-Boosting Ingredients to Brighten the Winter Doldrums
The Chalkboard MagazineJan 2017
Laugh Loud & Live Long!
Times of IndiaDec 2016
Yo-Yo Dieting is Dangerous to the Heart
CNNNov 2016
Too Much Heat in the Kitchen Increases the Risk of Heart Disease
CNNNov 2016
Has HDL, the Good Cholesterol, Been Hyped?
Bel Marra HealthAug 2016
Fact or Fiction: Berries, Candy, and the Truth About Your Daily Sugar Intake
The Chalkboard MagazineJul 2016
The Muffin Study
University of Maryland School of MedicineJun 2016
Polyunsaturated fat better than monounsaturated fat in diet for metabolic syndrome
Baltimore SunJun 2016
Has HDL, the 'good' cholesterol, been hyped?
ScienceDailyMay 2016
Stress represents up to 25% of heart disease risk
Baltimore SunDec 2014
Is Laughter the Best Medicine?
National GeographicJun 2014
Hard Nut to Crack: Beauty and Antioxidant Oil
Wall Street JournalJun 2012
100 is the New 150: AHA Lowers Optimal TG Levels
CardioBriefApr 2011
2000's23 articles
You Are What You Eat: How Fat Affects Your Bloodstream
ABC NewsJul 2009
Happy Tunes May Make For Healthier Hearts
NPRNov 2008
Joyful Music May Promote Heart Health
ScienceDailyNov 2008
Study Compares 3 Popular Diets on Heart Health
New York PostNov 2007
Researchers find heart disease in a marathon runner: Is too much exercise a bad thing?
University of Maryland Medical CenterMar 2007
Heart Disease In A Marathon Runner: Is Too Much Exercise A Bad Thing?
ScienceDailyMar 2007
Study Shows Laughter Helps Blood Vessels Function Better
YouTube (Laughter Yoga)Sep 2006
Laughter Proves Good Medicine for Heart
Scientific AmericanJan 2006
Reactions: Go On, Laugh Your Heart Out
The New York TimesMar 2005
Scientists laugh in the face of sickness
The TimesMar 2005
Laughter boosts blood-vessel health
NatureMar 2005
Laughter's Link to Health May Be in the Blood
The Washington PostMar 2005
CRP check for heart disease redundant, study finds
The Globe and MailOct 2005
High attributable risk of elevated C-reactive protein level to conventional coronary heart disease risk factors
Archives of Internal Medicine (PubMed)Oct 2005
Race and Medicine
Science (AAAS)Oct 2003
PERSONAL HEALTH: Cholesterol: When it's good, it's very, very good
The New York TimesJul 2003
High Cholesterol Levels May Reduce the Benefits of Aspirin
The New York TimesJan 2003
Medical students learn to cater for healthy appetites
The LancetApr 2002
Inadequate treatment for women with heart disease: study
CBC NewsFeb 2000
Laughter Protects the Heart
BBCNov 2000
Laughter may be best medicine for heart disease
ReutersNov 2000
Sex bias seen in treating cholesterol
Chicago TribuneMar 2000
STUDY SHOWS CHOLESTEROL-LOWERING MEDICATIONS ARE GREATLY UNDERUSED, ESPECIALLY IN WOMEN
University of Maryland Medical CenterFeb 2000
1990s & Earlier14 articles
Genetic abnormality may explain high rates of heart disease in Asian Indian population
University of Maryland Medical CenterNov 1999
PERSONAL HEALTH; Yet Another Reason to Fight the Fat
The New York TimesJul 1998
TESTING BLOOD FAT AFTER FASTING MAY NOT TELL WHOLE STORY
University of Maryland Medical CenterMar 1998
Study Finds Normal Triglyceride Levels are Risky
The New York TimesNov 1996
Fats get heavier blame in heart studies
Baltimore SunDec 1996
Low triglyceride concentration may be cardiac risk factor
British Medical JournalNov 1996
New strategy to cut risk of heart attacks; limit triglycerides to thin blood, doctor says
Chicago TribuneNov 1996
UM traces genetic key to heart attacks
Baltimore SunNov 1995
Epilepsy drug found to cut risk of heart attacks
Baltimore SunNov 1994
Does Excess Iron Cause Heart Disease? - Round 2: autopsy study appears to refute link of excess iron to heart disease risk
American Heart Association NewsNov 1993
Low Levels of HDL Raise the Risk of Heart Attacks and Death - LOW LEVEL OF 'GOOD' CHOLESTEROL RAISES RISK FOR HEART PATIENTS, STUDY AFFIRMS
American Heart Association NewsOct 1992
Research Links Heart Disease to Low Levels of 'Good' Cholesterol
Los Angeles TimesNov 1988
Low Levels of the Good Cholesterol Raise the Risk of Heart Disease
American Heart AssociationNov 1988
Low levels of "good cholesterol" dangerous
UPINov 1988