Heart disease

From loneliness to leadership community drives economic resilience - opinion

Sderot shows how investing in children and community turns resilience into long-term economic growth and social strength.

|ByELAD KALIMI
AMIT Makif Sderot outdoor campus and play areas
Some of the most popular supplements may actually work in the opposite direction when taken in excessively high doses

Caution: 5 popular dietary supplements that may harm the heart

It turns out that some of the most well-known dietary supplements, at high concentrations, may negatively affect blood vessels and the heart over time.

|ByDORON KUPERSTEIN
Artificial Sweeteners.

Artificial sweeteners help obese people lose 1.6 kg in a year and improve gut bacteria

WHO recommends against using low-calorie sweeteners for weight control, citing risks of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE MAYO CLINIC headquarters in Rochester, Minnesota: Though being overweight or obese is certainly a risk factor and increases one’s odds of suffering a cardiac event, the Mayo Clinic cites data that 15-30% of thin people will get heart disease, the writer notes.

It’s time to treat heart disease like the preventable crisis it is - opinion

We need to do something about the next possible victim of heart disease.

|ByALAN FREISHTAT

Israeli researchers discover 'blue dye' to repair hearts after attack

"Because Chicago Sky Blue is non-toxic, we think it might be tested to prevent further damage following the initial injury of a heart attack."

JANUARY 20, 2020ByHANNAH HEPNER
A 3D printed, small-scaled human heart engineered from the patient’s own materials and cells.