Journal of the American Heart Association Archives

Hypertension Risk Increases by Major Roadways

January 13, 2015 by Merv Mandelbaum

Live near the highway? Well, it’s time to get your blood pressure checked. A study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that people living within a scant 100 metres of a major roadway have a 22% increased risk for high blood pressure. 5,401 people participated … Read More

Too Much TV May Increase Early Death Risk

July 30, 2014 by Merv Mandelbaum

Watch more than three hours of TV a day? If so, we have two questions: how the hell do you have that much time? And do you know you might die sooner than the rest of us? Grim tidings come courtesy of a study published in the Journal of the … Read More