Dark Chocolate and Heart Failure

Dark chocolate may reduce heart failure risk in women.
The Washington Post (8/16, Stein) "The Checkup" blog reported that research published in Circulation: Heart Failure suggests that "eating a little dark chocolate in moderate amounts can be healthful."
The Time (8/16, Park) "Wellness" blog reported that investigators "found that women...who consumed one to two servings of chocolate a week enjoyed a 32% lower risk of heart failure than those who ate no chocolate at all during the nine year trial. The women who indulged a bit less, consuming one to three servings a month, reduced their odds of heart failure by 26%." HealthDay (8/16, Gardner), and MedPage Today (8/16, Phend) also covered the story.
Red meat may be linked to increased heart risks in women. CNN /Health.com (8/17, Gardner) reports that "if you eat red meat more than once a day, cutting back to one serving every other day can substantially reduce your risk of having a heart attack or dying from heart disease," according to a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
WebMD (8/16, Hendrick) reported that "scientists examined data on 84,136 women between the ages of 30 and 55 over a 26-year period ending in 2006."
HealthDay (8/16, Reinberg) reported that the researchers "found that women who ate the highest amount of red meat were at the highest risk for heart disease."
According to MedPage Today (8/16, Phend), the researchers found that "a serving of chicken or turkey to replace one of beef, pork, or lamb would lower coronary heart disease risk 19%." HeartWire (8/16, Miller) also covers the story.