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MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- People with heart failure who eat a diet high in foods that cause inflammation are twice as likely to end up in the hospital or die as those who eat foods known to reduce inflammation, new research shows."If people with heart failure can reduce the amount of pro-inflammatory foods that they eat, it might help with their survival," said lead researcher JungHee Kang, a nursing research assistant and PhD student at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.Diet has been shown to play a role in regulating inflammation, which is associated with many chronic illnesses, including heart disease. Diets high in foods such as red meat, refined grains and high-fat dairy products have been shown to increase inflammation, while foods such as...

MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a good reason for women to take a heart attack more seriously than they might: A new study shows that women are more likely to develop heart failure or die within five years of their first severe heart attack than men are.Though the gender gap was narrower for a less severe type of heart attack, that wasn't true with a more severe type, according to Canadian researchers who discovered women have a 20% greater risk of developing heart failure or dying within five years.Why?The study found a few clues: Women were generally older at the time of their heart attacks and had more risk factors that could have increased their heart failure risk, but they also were seen less frequently by a cardiovascular specialist, were not as likely to have...

MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) – Nearly 15% of talc-based cosmetic products analyzed in a recent study contained asbestos.Environmental Working Group (EWG) -- an American advocacy nonprofit that commissioned the tests and did the analysis -- said methods used by the cosmetics industry to screen talc supplies are inadequate. The voluntary testing method developed by industry is not sensitive enough to screen for asbestos when compared to electron microscopy, the group said."Many well-known brands use talc in body and facial powders that can be inhaled," said Nneka Leiba, an EWG vice president. She noted that EWG's online database has identified more than 2,000 personal care products that contain talc, including more than 1,000 loose or pressed powders that could pose an...

MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- After millions of Americans chose to travel for Thanksgiving, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned on Sunday that a "surge superimposed upon" a surge of coronavirus cases will likely follow.As the number of coronavirus-related deaths per day rose to its highest point since April, Fauci and other public health officials stressed the importance of wearing masks and practicing social distancing, the Washington Post reported."It's going to get worse over the next several weeks, but the actions that we take in the next several days will determine how bad it is or whether or not we continue to flatten our curve," U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams told Fox News. White House coronavirus task force coordinator Deborah Birx told CBS News that the number of...