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Sleep apnea (OSA) is a condition that is highly under-recognized and undertreated in people with heart disease and high blood pressure. A new scientific statement helps shed light on the condition and the increased awareness that healthcare experts are urged to take in patients with the common conditions. The statement published in the American Heart ...click here to read more

Practicing yoga regularly can greatly improve high cholesterol levels. While many doctors suggest brisk walks or resistance training, yoga is also a great way to help lower cholesterol. Overall, exercise is an established benefit to cholesterol with many anti-inflammatory effects. It can reduce the low-density lipoproteins, increase high-density lipoproteins, and largely affect triglycerides. Yoga is ...click here to read more

  New research is suggesting that obese individuals are far more likely to have long-lasting health issues if they get COVID-19 and survive. And the truth is that it’s not very surprising. Obesity tends to come along with a host of other health complications like heart trouble, high cholesterol, and type-2 diabetes. It’s also closely ...click here to read more

Patients with diabetes who follow a restrictive diet may also reduce the risk for high blood pressure. New research shows that if patients achieve and maintain substantial weight loss to manage their type 2 diabetes, they could also control their high blood pressure enough to stop their anti-hypertensive medication. The Universities of Glasgow and Newcastle ...click here to read more

For those with fatty liver disease, controlling blood sugar may help to reduce their risk of liver scarring and disease progression. There are currently no approved drugs to treat the condition, so researchers are hopeful that lifestyle interventions could help to decrease some of the more serious side effects. According to a new study by ...click here to read more

If you’ve been working to naturally lower your blood pressure for the past six months with little success, the American Heart Association recommends a new approach: medication. They aren’t suggesting that medication should replace the measures you’re taking, but rather making it a part of your treatment plan to reduce long-term health risks. The recommendation ...click here to read more

Navigating liver health can be challenging. Countless products tell you they can help “cleanse” your liver to keep it healthy, particularly following a period of overindulgence. Hey, it’s nice to have a backup plan if you’re planning on drinking too many beverages or taking back a tub of ice cream, right? But let’s get real ...click here to read more

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and legumes, fish, lean proteins, exercise regularly, and limit sugar and salt. You’ve heard all the pillars of heart health before. But what you eat is just part of the story. Many people mistakenly adopt habits that they think are good for their hearts. Instead, they ...click here to read more

If you’re concerned about blood sugar, you’re likely familiar with terms like “insulin resistance” and “insulin sensitivity.” Insulin is a hormone in your body that helps deliver glucose – or sugar – to your tissue to be used for energy. When blood sugar levels are too high, and insulin is constantly being excreted from the ...click here to read more

For more than 40 years, organizations like the American Heart Association (AHA) and others have recommended low-fat diets. They were wrong. The ripple effects of their recommendation are widely felt today. Food manufacturers replaced fat with refined carbohydrates, and people snacked on things like low-fat cookies, chips, and other sweetened products. Fat-free pasta and bread ...click here to read more

According to new research from the University of Tsukuba, exercise could be the key to a healthy liver. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disorder worldwide, which is why it has become the focus of many studies in the past few years. The condition is characterized by fat accumulation in liver ...click here to read more

Since the early 1900s, dieting has been used to help people lose weight and get healthier. At least theoretically. Most of them won’t work and will likely leave you worse off than you were before. One of the first recorded “fad” diets was the “chewing diet.” It claimed that people could lose weight by chewing ...click here to read more

According to a new analysis from the University of Pittsburgh, women who accumulate abdominal fat during menopause are at greater risk of heart disease. This study indicates that measuring waist circumference during preventive health care appointments could be a better indicator of heart disease risk than weight or BMI. The senior author of the study, ...click here to read more

With the pandemic causing many places worldwide to be shut down, cases of depression are increasing. According to recent statistics, the number of people experiencing depressive symptoms is at least three times higher than before the pandemic. It is safe to say that everyone in the world is being affected by the pandemic somehow. And ...click here to read more