Welcome to 2012 and a new list of New Year’s resolutions — a list that likely includes some variation on adopting a healthier lifestyle. Thanks to the acceleration of technology, fulfilling your resolutions this time around may be easier than it was in 2011. The combination of diet, exercise and sleep, according to my Singularity University colleague Daniel Kraft , are keys to good health. Kraft, a physician-scientist who chairs the medicine track and runs the FutureMed program at Singularity, believes that we can end the obesity epidemic and reduce the incidence of “non-communicable” diseases (such as heart disease) through technology. Kraft helped me put together an assessment of the technologies available today that can help you fulfill your New Year’s resolutions for good health. Read full article > >

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Eight technologies for a healthier 2012

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans should be used to assess patients with suspected heart disease, rather than standard checks, experts say.

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MRI scans ‘best for heart checks’

Women who start smoking are more likely to develop coronary heart disease than men who take up the habit, say researchers.

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Smoking worsens female heart risk

A person’s age can be used as effectively as tests such as those for blood pressure or cholesterol to predict the risk of heart disease or stroke, according to a new study.

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Age can predict heart problems

Actress Gemma Atkinson talks losing her father to heart disease

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One hundred thousand patients have not been tested for a preventable form of heart disease in England, according to an audit of the NHS.

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Genetic cholesterol ‘not tested’

No man (or woman) is an island, and it’s well known that social ties are good for your health. Social connections have been linked with greater longevity, and just living with someone else may lower heart disease risk.

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Family, worry linked to chest pain

As if headaches and heart disease weren’t reason enough. Regularly taking aspirin, a new study suggests, reduces the risk of dying of a solid tumor cancer decades later by 21 percent. In an examination of more than 25,000 patients from eight different…

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Only one in 10 women aged 50 or older say they’ve discussed their risk of heart disease during a GP visit, according to a survey.

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Women ‘in the dark’ on heart risk

Binge drinkers have a risk of heart disease twice that of people who consume the same amount of alcohol but more steadily, researchers say.

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Binge drinks ‘raise heart risk’

It’s no secret that high blood pressure increases your risk of heart disease and stroke. Nor should it come as a surprise that binge drinking isn’t the healthiest habit. But a new study suggests that combining the two may add up to double the trouble — and much more, in some cases.

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