Courtesy of: Your Napa Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Despite Risks, Heart Disease Patients Often Keep Smoking. Among more than 2,600 adults with a history of heart attack or stroke, researchers found that 30% were smokers and only a third of this group had stopped smoking over the following four years, despite the majority knowing that smoking increases their risk for future cardiovascular events....

Courtesy of: Your Napa Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Fat Around the Heart Is Deadly. According to a study that reviewed CT scans of nearly 7,000 middle-aged and older adults whom researchers monitored for 17 years, there’s an association between fat build-up around the heart and a significant increased risk for heart failure, even in individuals who are not considered overweight.                  ...

Courtesy of: Your Napa Chiropractor Dr. Joseph T. Megna Health Alert: Osteoporosis Raises Risk of Hearing Loss in Women. Using data from the decades-long Nurses Health studies, researchers estimate that women with osteoporosis have up to a 40% increased risk for moderate-to-severe hearing loss, even if they’re taking medications to slow bone loss. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, May 2021 More