Category Archives: Heart Health

Multivitamins are an effective way to supplement diets that do not provide a person’s daily recommended vitamin intake. It is estimated that millions of American take multivitamins daily, with the assumption that they are promoting health and preventing disease. However, according to a new study, men taking a multivitamin every day aren’t helping their cardiovascular ...click here to read more

We’ve been told for ages that in order to live a long and healthy life, we need to have a healthy lifestyle complete with nutritious food and plenty of exercise. However, according to a new study from Emory University, the University of California at San Francisco, and Northwestern University, your ethnicity also plays a part ...click here to read more

Atrial fibrillation is an irregular rapid heart rate that can increase your risk of stroke, and according to researchers, big women have nearly a threefold increase in the risk of atrial fibrillation than smaller women. In individuals with atrial fibrillation, the two upper chambers of the heart—the right and left atria—beat irregularly and out of ...click here to read more

How is your blood pressure? How often do you check it? Perhaps you have your own device at home to monitor your blood pressure whenever you’re not feeling well. Or, maybe you check your blood pressure just in case when you’re at the pharmacy. And, of course, your visit to the family doctor should include ...click here to read more

Silent heart attack (silent ischemia) has been found to leave scars on the heart. A silent heart attack is a heart attack with minimal, if any, symptoms. For this reason, it is difficult to know when you are experiencing a heart attack, which can lead to further complications an even death. Some reports of silent ...click here to read more

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death, but it goes unrecognized by the majority of the population, and simple factors such as blood pressure and cholesterol levels play a major role in its development. Realizing that cardiovascular health is important is half the battle. One of the best things you can do is live ...click here to read more

Experiencing a burning sensation in the chest and subsequent chest pain can be the result of many disorders. It often leads to discomfort, aching pain, and perhaps even a metallic taste left in the mouth. Fortunately, most of the causes of these symptoms are not severe and can easily be remedied. The first thing people ...click here to read more

Having high triglyceride levels is often part of the criteria when diagnosing high cholesterol, and it also plays a role in cardiovascular disease and strokes. Keeping triglyceride levels down in our blood stream may require the use of pharmaceutical medication, exposing you to the annoying and potentially harmful side effects. Thankfully, there is a natural ...click here to read more

There are individuals out there who believe that obesity could protect them from health problems and even perhaps provide some sort of survival advantage. This is called the obesity paradox. While this theory may have held some truth in an uncivilized age where food was very hard to come by, nowadays, it is not the ...click here to read more

Living with high blood pressure (hypertension) can be a hassle to deal with. A major contributor to our blood pressure is diet. Once we become accustomed to a certain diet, we find it hard to adjust. However, we eventually need to swap out the food that increases blood pressure, as over time, high blood pressure ...click here to read more

Lying awake in bed and not being able to fall asleep is a relatively common occurrence for most people, especially those with insomnia. Insomnia is something people don’t give much attention to, but according to a new study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, it is associated with an increased risk of heart ...click here to read more

When you were young, chances are, cholesterol was the last thing on your mind. You may have seen your cholesterol numbers on your blood work results, but unless there was a cause for concern, your doctor might have never discussed your cholesterol levels with you. But as you get older, there are more and more ...click here to read more

Resistant hypertension (high blood pressure) is diagnosed when a person has made the appropriate lifestyle changes in order to reduce their blood pressure or have taken at least two different types of blood pressure-lowering medications, and yet their blood pressure has not improved. Essentially, resistant hypertension refers to blood pressure that is difficult to treat and ...click here to read more

According to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), as many as 20 percent of Canadians diagnosed with high blood pressure (hypertension) may not actually have the condition at all. A common item found in every doctor’s office is a sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure. It is ...click here to read more