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The heart attack is an ongoing, active incident. It is not like a thing that begins and ends within a few minutes. You can control or limit the damage to your heart and overall body in course of this incident by taking some immediate measures after the start of the heart attack. Seeking ... Views: 1368
When a man got the “Dear John” treatment from his girlfriend recently, his Fitbit tracked his heartbreak, a dramatic and oh-so-21st century snapshot of what happens to your physical heart when your emotional heart gets trashed.
Indeed, not only do your emotions suffer when you get bad news, ... Views: 1365
Last Christmas, we once again had the pleasure of seeing friends and family and enjoying a different kind of holiday celebration by visiting a Chinese buffet. This is our second year of doing something a little different from the usual holiday feast, and everyone agrees, it is a great way to ... Views: 1364
A very common misconception about enlarged hearts is that it is a medical condition. Yes, it is a medical condition, but it is also a symptom of another more serious disease. Having an enlarged heart, usually first detected through a routine chest x-ray, will actually alert your physician that ... Views: 1360
Well, “someone” (big media) finally asked the obvious question “what is going on with these statin drugs?”
For those of you who have worked with me, you already know that I have some ideas about cholesterol, heart health and statin drugs that vary from the conventional “party line.” I have ... Views: 1359
The following article briefly discusses the correlation between high blood pressure and excessive blood sugar. Both appear interrelated with medical research pointing to the detrimental aspects sugar is having on health. The premise here is that through high sugar Western diets, we are literally ... Views: 1358
The use of asbestos in manufacturing and construction became regulated in the 1970s. However, asbestos continues to threaten modern workers’ lives. Fortunately, there are many qualified mesothelioma attorneys available to help protect your rights.
Basically, the types of workers who are still ... Views: 1358
High blood pressure is a serious illness. It may cause various complications like heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, loss of vision or even death. As a matter of fact, there are nearly 50,000 Americans are being killed each year due to hypertension. This is because there are no identifiable ... Views: 1356
My life changed forever : It was a cold Friday night in August 2006 and I could not seem to get warm all night long.
I kept putting on layer after layer of clothes to stop the shivering and chill. Nothing was working to get me warm. It did not help that I was way back in the bush with no hydro ... Views: 1355
"6" VITAL reasons why You need and should include Monavie Products in your diet for real Natural Heart Health. Learn more....
Monavie Natural Heart Health Products are totally safe using natural ingredients from Mother Natures powerful garden! Produced over years of studies, testing, ... Views: 1350
Life can be challenging, even overwhelming. Tornados strike. A debilitating illness weighs us down. Unexpectedly we lose someone we hold dear. Life has a way of stressing us to the limit of our ability to cope.
The National Institute of Health recently reported that each year over 60 ... Views: 1349
If you live with high blood pressure, you’re familiar with the side effects of anti-hypertensive medications. Fortunately, medications are not the only way to rein in high blood pressure.
Lifestyle plays a key role. By altering some choices you make, you can avoid or reduce the need for ... Views: 1347
Dementia impacts all areas of your life, from medical to social to economic. Dementia impacts you, your family, and those around you. Increased attention and resources have been directed towards understanding the causes of dementia and possible treatments.
There is evidence linking high ... Views: 1347
Very few doctors recognize that your lungs are the key to your health and living longer. Oxygen is the cure for nearly every major disease. Maintaining and growing your lungpower is the key to your heart health, your brain function, and every other system in your body.
Breath is life. How ... Views: 1347
Heart problems can strike people of any age and race though admittedly middle-aged and senior persons make up the majority. The causes are many and so are the types. It is the leading cause of death in the West and some European countries. In fact, statistics show that heart problems have a ... Views: 1346
Angioplasty
The heart muscle depends on a regular and optimum supply of oxygen to function properly. In turn, it pumps blood throughout the body. The oxygen supply to the heart is completed with the help of a system of coronary arteries.The blood flowing through the coronary arteries carries ... Views: 1345
For most people if something were wrong with the heart, they would not know. It is due to lack of the knowledge of the signs that are associated with the heart disease. When the symptoms do not happen on the chest, you cannot tell what is wrong. Sometimes, the heart may have issues so if you ... Views: 1341
High blood pressure causes the heart to work harder and will put additional stress on the body, the organs and the arteries. High blood pressure is also called hypertension. Uncontrolled hypertension will increase the risk of developing a heart attack, stroke, kidney failure and damage to the ... Views: 1340
The humor of needing to go to the bathroom as I said was a release from the panic attack as it was building.
Everything was going on at the same time it seemed, as we sped along the highway.
The driver calling back to the guy watching me, the attendant asking me questions that I found to be ... Views: 1337
Have you ever thought why there is cancer related to blood, brain, bones, lungs and various other body parts besides the heart? Most of us have never heard about heart cancer or tumors and most of us simply assume that it maybe because the heart is the symbol of emotion and maybe it is something ... Views: 1334
If you have high blood pressure, your MD has probably discussed with you sodium, potassium, and calcium as part of your treatment plan; however, the role of magnesium is often overlooked.
Magnesium is a critical player in maintaining normal blood pressure levels, as well as muscle and nerve ... Views: 1332
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While most people think a heart attack comes out of nowhere with symptoms of chest pains only, the vast majority of people do have some other signs ... Views: 1331
Finally, you want more of something instead of less! HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is also known as the “good” cholesterol. HDL removes cholesterol from your bloodstream and carries it back to the liver. I like to think of HDL as a vacuum cleaner, picking up cholesterol LDL ... Views: 1331
You want to be more physically active, but how do you find the time? And just how much activity do you have to do?
In Part 1, we identified ‘time’ as the number one reason most people are not more active. Did you implement any of the tips for getting more activity into your home ... Views: 1331
Heart healthy tips can be quite simple!
1. Use olive oil to prepare your meals.
Olive oil contains monounsaturated fat, which helps reduce LDL cholesterol. To receive the highest level of antioxidant benefits, select "extra-virgin" and "virgin" oils, the least processed forms. When you see ... Views: 1329
Our hearts want to be connected. They need to be connected. Connected to what? Connected to greater peace, love, and to be more open- this is the connection that I am talking about. I’m talking about learning to live with a more “open heart.”
Why an open heart? Let me tell you a short ... Views: 1329
Heart disease takes more life than any other illness across the planet. In 2009 in the USA, 599,413 died of heart related problems. Far too frequently the cause of death was a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. Looking at the WHO figures for Thailand for 2011, the death statistics are ... Views: 1329
The Heart Outcomes Prevention Evaluation (HOPE) study followed 10,000 individuals that were at risk for developing strokes. The participants found that increased levels of vitamin E significantly lowered their risk over the four year study. Cardiovascular disease is a leading disease killer for ... Views: 1328
All too often people are set back by the word diet because they automatically think it means no flavor. This could actually be very true, but it doesn’t have to be. Who said diets for high blood pressure have to be bland? Be creative and you will be surprised at what flavors you can ... Views: 1327
The results of a 20 year study bring to light the importance of healthy diet and lifestyle from an early age. Elevated cholesterol levels in young adults in their 20's and 30's were predictive of the development of coronary artery calcium and atherosclerosis later in life.
Coronary Artery ... Views: 1326
February is Heart Month, so you’re probably hearing a great deal about what to do to keep your heart healthy. Eat this and not that, exercise more, get more sleep and reduce your stress level. This amazing organ works hard to keep us alive, so let’s take a brief look at what the heart and the ... Views: 1325
I hate to come across as negative with my first article here on SelfGrowth.com, but I’m beginning to think that heart conditions such as stroke and heart attack are becoming less and less preventable in the world we live in. With environmental toxins in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and ... Views: 1325
Some foods are known to raise cholesterol. Some are known to lower cholesterol. If you replace the bad foods with good foods you double your benefit. Most of us know unhealthy food when we see it. But it's not so obvious which foods are really good, especially when it comes to reducing ... Views: 1324
Heart disease is the number one cause of death of Americans in the United States. Cholesterol is one of the major factors that impacts the development of heart disease. Understanding more about what cholesterol is and how to manage your cholesterol can help you decrease your risk of facing the ... Views: 1322
High blood pressure is commonly known as hypertension. People begin to suffer this condition at the age of 40. This disorder affecting the pressure exerted by the blood on its wall can bring about many complications and can damage a lot of organs.
Sometimes, its complication is usually fatal ... Views: 1322
There are many people who struggle with treatment for high cholesterol. Often, the first response by health care providers is to treat symptoms with various medicines. They also recommend a wide range of changes to affected individuals’ diet and lifestyle, but these practices may take time to ... Views: 1322
Since immemorial times, celery has been used to lower high blood pressure, with Hippocrates prescribing the vegetable as a tonic for those suffering from nervous tension. Unfortunately, the medicinal properties of celery had been ignored for many years in favor of pharmaceutical high blood ... Views: 1318
Flax seed oil is the richest source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), a member of the omega -3 essential fatty acid family. Because our body is unable to manufacture essential fatty acids (EFAs), they must be consumed through our diet. Here are just a few of the health benefits of omega -3 ... Views: 1318
A two decade Harvard study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine involving 121,342 men and women strongly suggests that red meat consumption will increase the risk of developing cancer and heart disease. There were 23,926 total deaths in the group with 5,910 from cardiovascular disease ... Views: 1317
Awareness about high blood pressure is very important for the simple reason that the condition is very prevalent. And correspondingly there is a very high likelihood that you or a loved one may be afflicted by hypertension, or may come to be afflicted by the disorder at some time in the ... Views: 1315
Have you ever felt your heart to be pumping so hard especially when you are at the height of extreme emotions like anger or happiness? Have you ever felt a sudden rush of blood when you are nervous or excited? Are these conditions related to hypertension?
What is Hypertension?
Commonly ... Views: 1315
Here is a question I receive in my nutrition classes quite often: Is peanut butter healthy? Well, the answer is, “not quite”. Peanut butter is considered an inflammatory food because of its ratio between Omega 6 and Omega 3 fats. And as you probably know, chronic inflammation is the root for ... Views: 1313
The most common symptom of coronary artery disease is angina or "angina pectoris," also known simply as chest pain. Angina can be described as a discomfort, heaviness, pressure, aching, burning, fullness, squeezing, or painful feeling due to coronary heart disease. Often, it can be mistaken for ... Views: 1313
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Could YOU have been misdiagnosed and treated for high blood pressure? I do run into this on occasion so read on! University of Montreal ... Views: 1310
The month is about love and there is no better way to say I love you than to share heart healthy insight with friends, family and loved ones. For so many years when the topic was heart health most of the info was based on what the medical profession knew about men and their heart health. ... Views: 1309
We all are aware of the importance of heart and its normal functioning for our existence. The human heart is responsible for the continuous supply of oxygen-rich blood to various different organs of our body but it is not the heart alone that function but the various blood channels associated ... Views: 1306
When it comes to heart health, cholesterol plays a serious role. High levels of cholesterol in the blood is a significant risk factor with coronary heart disease and stroke. That should be enough reason to find out your cholesterol level and if any kind of corrective action should be taken. This ... Views: 1304
Mild cardiomegaly refers to a less severe form of cardiomegaly, which is an enlargement of the heart. The heart is responsible for pumping blood throughout the circulatory system to ensure that all tissues and organs of the body are adequately supplied with oxygenated blood. Cardiomegaly is a ... Views: 1304
¤ there are a huge number of people inside the united states of America suffers from this disease, the number can pass 20.000 person. the main reason of Asbestosis is asbestos , people who works in risk conditions have the great opportunity to be infected with this dangerous disease .
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