Category Archives: Heart Health

Suffering from a heart attack is one of the greatest fears a person can have. To suddenly feel an intense pressure in your chest, causing strong pain that radiates down the left arm, invokes fear and anxiety of an untimely death. However, with prompt treatment, most of these symptoms can be mitigated, with bypass surgery ...click here to read more

A new review from the American Heart Association (AHA) revealed that swapping unhealthy dietary fats, like saturated fat, with healthier choices like monounsaturated fat—found in olive oil—can reduce bad cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease. It’s nearly as effective as taking statins. Healthy fats include polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat. Polyunsaturated fat is ...click here to read more

Heart troubles are no laughing matter. From the dawn of civilization, the heart was recognized as one of the vital organs central to our very existence. Where do we keep our fondest memories and our top secrets? In our hearts. What do men offer women (aside from their hand) in exchange for her love and ...click here to read more

Stroke rehabilitation often involves exercises to improve post-stroke recovery. This is because many motor skills can become affected after a stroke, depending on what area of the brain is affected. For example, patients may need to redevelop their ability to walk or even use their hands. Rehab is often conducted alongside a physiotherapist who will ...click here to read more

The term labile hypertension refers to fluctuations in your blood pressure. When discussing blood pressure, it is either referred to was being high, low, or normal. Labile hypertension, on the other hand, refers to sudden and ongoing changes in blood pressure that fluctuate far more than usual. It can go from being in the normal ...click here to read more

The symptoms of a stroke can last a lifetime and be very debilitating. A stroke can rob you of your ability to walk, talk, or even move. It can be very difficult to treat a stroke once it has already occurred, which is why much of the available treatment is focused on stroke prevention. Helps ...click here to read more

While airplanes are one of mankind’s greatest inventions, they can be the source of a great deal of noise. No one knows this more than those who live close to an airport, especially one that receives a heavy amount of air traffic. The noise produced by these metal behemoths can be very impacting. A recent ...click here to read more

Technology is always advancing. It’s transformed the way we live and operate. Thinking back only about a decade ago, we all used simple cell phones, with most video and media consumption occurring on our tv’s and desktop computers. Flash forward to today and the phones in our pockets are essentially tiny computers capable of doing ...click here to read more

Poor circulation in the hands can occur when you have poor circulation overall. While most cases of poor circulation have prominent effects on the legs and feet, the hands are not immune. Generalized conditions resulting in poor circulation, such as atherosclerosis or peripheral artery disease, can sometimes lead to poor circulation in the hands. There ...click here to read more

The foundation of lowering cholesterol is eating well, not smoking, and maintaining a healthy weight. But for some, those three measures just aren’t enough to bring their cholesterol down to a healthy range. Sure, you can go on statins to lower cholesterol, but if you wanted to continue down the natural path for a bit ...click here to read more

It seems we’re all concerned about our blood pressure, whether it’s too high or too low. If your doctor has raised concerns about blood pressure, you may have gone out and purchased an at-home device to monitor it. By now, you probably know that you shouldn’t check your blood pressure after a meal, after physical ...click here to read more

Blood plays an important role in providing much need oxygen and nutrients to organs and tissues. But the blood can’t do its part if it’s unable to reach its destination. This is where the circulatory system comes in. Through the actions of a pumping heart and the contraction of various muscles, blood can be propelled ...click here to read more

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a silent killer. It is a chronic pressure being put on the blood vessels that leads to the eventual development of health problems such as heart disease. High blood pressure is such a widespread problem that many people buy home monitors to help manage this potentially deadly condition. However, ...click here to read more

To smoke or not to smoke? That question has been answered emphatically by the rising numbers of lung cancer and heart disease incidence. But the dangers of social smoking remain ambiguous. Social smokers are defined as people who don’t smoke daily but often smoke in certain social situations. For example, when going out for drinks ...click here to read more