DAILY DOSE
Are you leading a heart-healthy lifestyle?
- Negative emotions like anger, anxiety, and depression have long been associated with heart disease, but what about the flip side? Can positive emotions like optimism, life satisfaction, and a sense of well-being actually lower your risk of having a heart attack or stroke?
If you take a calcium supplement, you might be wondering what to make of a new finding from the British Medical Journal suggesting that calcium supplements increase a woman’s risk of heart attack and stroke by about 20 percent.