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Sometimes we hear about the elephant in the room that nobody talks about. What if that elephant is sitting on your chest? That is one of the key tips people are told when they are experiencing major heart issues. They … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Cardiovascular Disease
News today indicates that a single pill can reduce heart attack and stroke. It is called a polypill. It contains several generic blood pressure and cholesterol medications. The Polypill Announcement https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/pill-polypill-stroke-heart-attack/2020/11/17/id/997390/ Four drugs – Simvastatin (a cholesterol-lowering drug), Atenolol (a … Continue reading
Diabetes creates more health problems than most people know. Many of us think of diabetes as being a blood sugar problem. However, diabetes is a triple threat to your health. Background https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/blood-pressure-kidney-disease-drugs-medication/2020/11/05/id/995514/. Diabetes is insidious. People who skip annual physicals … Continue reading
Metabolic syndrome is a medical term given to a cluster of conditions that increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, and diabetes. High blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, and large waist circumference are health problems when … Continue reading
Fatty deposits can clog your arteries and create future cardiovascular issues – coronary heart disease, angina, carotid artery disease, peripheral artery disease, and even chronic kidney disease. These fatty deposits can be made up of cholesterol, calcium, fibrin, and cellular … Continue reading
Short blog, under 200 words. I have always loved statistics. I took it as an elective way back when. I got nine hours waived for another degree I got. I look at the stats for coronavirus and read excerpts of … Continue reading
Light-intensity exercise for thirty minutes a day reduces your risk of dying of any cause. A sedentary lifestyle increases your risk of dying from any cause. This was the assessment by the American Heart Association in a published study conducted … Continue reading
What we don’t know can seriously harm us – healthwise. We’ve heard for years that cholesterol is something to monitor because it will cause cardiovascular problems. Not true! We’ve heard that fat is bad for us. Again, not the whole … Continue reading
Fox News posted an article today discussing the subject of obesity and longevity. An analysis of ten studies comprising nearly 200,000 U.S. adults over the past seventy years showed some insight into our health and weight. None of the participants … Continue reading
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine explored coffee and its relationship to mortality. Coffee drinkers compared to non-coffee drinkers had a lower risk of death from all sources. One cup/day to six or more cups/day yielded … Continue reading