Creating A Panic Solution: Cross The Terror Barrier It's Better Over Here

Fitness is not just sweating at the gym. You do that too when you have had a heart attack. It is not the only thing that needs to be done in my opinion.

Nuts and Coronary Heart Disease

Nut consumption reduces the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Millions of people world-wide die from CHD each year. Epidemiological studies have shown that adding moderately walnuts or almonds to ones diet will decrease serum concentration of cholesterol in both women and men. Also, nuts have other protective constituents, such as protein, magnesium, vitamin E, fibre, potassium and alpha linolenic acid.

Measuring Your Blood Pressure Accurately

Often, the doctor will listen to your arm through a stethoscope when he is taking you blood pressure. Many of us don't ask what this is for, but it is to hear the sounds of your heart pumping blood through the main artery in your arm and the stethoscope is the best instrument, used by placing it on the crook of your elbow.

The Side Effects of taking ACE Inhibitors for High Blood Pressure

All forms of medication have downsides if we are really being honest with ourselves. High Blood Pressure Medicine is no different. To be honest as I have covered in other articles with regards to medicine for High Blood Pressure it is very much a case of the lesser of two evils or “damned if you do, damned if you don’t.”

Panic and Eating Anxiety: Food For Thought and Reading The Label

It is amazing the things you can learn even at my age. There won't be anymore Pasta Alfredo on my plate. I really will miss butter and all the goodies I used to make with it.

Know The Early Signs Of A Heart Attack Your Life Could Depend On It

Learn these important early signs of a heart attack to make sure you get help early before more damage occurs. Successful recovery for heart attack victims depends heavily on early treatment. The first hour after signs of a heart attack begin is known in the medical community as the golden hour. The chances of recovery greatly improve if treatment begins within this first hour.

Simple Steps For Controlling High Blood Pressure Effectively

Hypertension can lead to major breakdowns of our body's systems if we do not take the right measures and the consequences are very serious: complicated heart attacks, strokes or the failure of your kidneys.

Green Tea: The Best Medicine for High Cholesterol?

It was reportedly discovered by a Chinese emperor some 40 centuries ago. And, legend has it, the discovery was purely by accident. But that coincidental discovery has improved the health of people around the world, who have turned to green tea in particular to help soothe their pains, improve their digestion, alleviate their depression, boost their immune system, and perhaps even lengthen their lives. But what is it that makes green tea so beneficial to human health?

What Is a Heart Attack?

A heart attack [or Myocardial Infarction (MI)] occurs when the supply of blood and oxygen to an area of heart muscle is blocked, usually by a clot in a coronary artery.

What are the Types and Uses of Home Blood Pressure Monitors?

A very large number of people are suffering from high blood pressure and are in danger to develop a severe heart disease or even a heart attack. High blood pressure is also

ECG Rhythms

ECG is an abbreviation for an electrocardiograph. An ECG records the heart's electrical activity as a graph or a series of wavy lines on a moving strip of paper. It provides information on a patient's heart rate and rhythm and blood flow. It is used to diagnose medical problems such as a heart attack or irregular heartbeats.

High Cholesterol - Why Me?

High cholesterol is a serious problem among 13 million Americans. Unless you monitor your cholesterol levels on a consistent basis you would never know that your levels are high. In America a loved one dies every 34 seconds from cholesterol and its effects. There are no symptoms. Cholesterol is initially a silent friend who over time turns into an enemy.