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Stats: Up to 7,500 daily steps can curb mortality in older women-7167

Stats: Up to 7,500 daily steps can curb mortality in older women

Many wearable devices that track the number of steps a person takes each day come pre-programmed with a daily goal of 10,000 steps - a quasi- "magical" number that can be daunting for many people, especially those who are older, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

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Sedentary behavior tied to heart risks in older women-6988

Sedentary behavior tied to heart risks in older women

The longer older women sit or lie down during the course of a day-and the longer the individual periods of uninterrupted sitting-the greater their risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, according to a study funded by the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Majority of type 2 diabetics at risk of heart ills-6700

Majority of type 2 diabetics at risk of heart ills

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) in partnership with Novo Nordisk recently announced results from the "Taking Diabetes to Heart" survey, which investigated cardiovascular disease (CVD) awareness among 12,695 people with type 2 diabetes in more than 30 countries.

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Daily aspirin boosts bleeding, confers little benefit-6679

Daily aspirin boosts bleeding, confers little benefit

Three articles in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine warn that taking daily aspirin for primary prevention (e.g., to prevent a first heart attack or stroke) not only doesn't work, but is potentially harmful.

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Tech Talk: Blood pressure telemonitoring helpful in short term-6669

Tech Talk: Blood pressure telemonitoring helpful in short term

Home telemonitoring helps lower blood pressure in people with uncontrolled hypertension for up to two years, although the intervention may need to be repeated at that point if blood pressure starts to go up, researchers say.

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Psychological well-being may boost heart health-6653

Psychological well-being may boost heart health

Maintaining positive thoughts and feelings can help people achieve better overall outcomes when it comes to their cardiovascular health by "strengthening psychological well-being," according to a research team led by Darwin R. Labarthe, MD, MPH, PhD, professor of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

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