Pulse of the Heart

Ingestion of several eggs a day tends to increase blood concentrations of cholesterol, particularly the amount circulating in low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)—the so-called bad cholesterol. However, a new study indicates eating eggs can increase the amount...

Insulin rather than salt is the major driver of hypertension, according to an analysis of data from a prospective study of 23 patients with confirmed atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
In the study, obese patients consuming a high saturated fat, low starch diet increased daily sodium intake from less than 2 grams a day to more than 20 grams a day. But they also lost an average of 5.5 kg-or about 5% of their total body weight-in six...

Researchers aimed to estimate the effect of periodontal therapy on traditional and novel cardiovascular risk factors in systemically healthy individuals who have periodontitis.
A standard course of periodontal therapy (subgingival scaling and root planing) including the adjunctive use of a locally delivered antimicrobial, IPT, resulted in significant reductions in a cluster of inflammatory markers at 1 and 2 months together...

A patient's history of maternal coronary heart disease is a more significant risk factor than a paternal history, investigators reported here. But the risk escalates even more when both parents had the disease.
Compared with male patients with no family history of heart disease, men had a 55% greater risk of developing heart disease if they had a maternal history of coronary heart disease . Their risk was 41% greater if they had a paternal coronary heart disease...