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“Take a deep breath.” I’m sure you’ve heard that before. Sometimes stress can get the best of you and stepping away for a deep breath and counting to 10 can help bring you back down. But breathing can do a lot more than get you refocused and calm. It has the potential to help manage ...click here to read more

If you feel tired, irritable, or have low energy, it may be due to an irregular heartbeat. These common symptoms belong to a syndrome called burnout, which is associated with a potentially deadly heart rhythm disturbance. An estimated 17 million American’s experience atrial fibrillation, the most common form of heart arrhythmia. Atrial fibrillation (AF or ...click here to read more

We know that environment can play a significant role in how healthy we are, but a new study suggests that it can specifically impact the risk of arterial hypertension and metabolic syndrome. The research, soon to be published in the Journal of Public Health, shows that air pollution and living in apartment buildings may be ...click here to read more

Heart disease continues to be the number one killer in America, and a person with heart disease has a more difficult time fighting off infections and viruses. This is why it’s so important to stay up to date with your vaccinations, as they help your body fight off preventable illnesses. Without vaccinations, a person with ...click here to read more

Heart disease continues to be the number one killer of men. Risk factors of heart disease in men include being older in age, smoking, high cholesterol, hypertension, inactivity, family history, obesity, and diabetes. Many of these factors are controllable, which means you can work to reduce your risk of heart disease. Now, researchers are suggesting ...click here to read more

New research findings suggest that if you want to reduce your risk of heart attack or stroke, it only takes an hour or less of weightlifting a week. The study looked at over 12,600 adults for over a decade. The researchers found that small amounts of resistance exercise weekly was associated with a 40 to ...click here to read more

Did you know that there is a higher risk of heart attack during the winter? There are many factors that occur during the winter months, particularly now leading up to the New Year, that put your heart at risk. It’s important that you recognize these risk factors so that you can work to reduce your ...click here to read more

A study has found that having symptoms of erectile dysfunction could be an early sign of impending heart disease. Common risk factors for heart disease among men include smoking, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and being overweight. These are the same risk factors of erectile dysfunction that shed light on the condition. If a man is suffering ...click here to read more

Erectile dysfunction is estimated to affect nearly 20 percent of adult men over the age of 20. The condition is characterized by the inability to maintain an erection for the length of time required to achieve sexual satisfaction. A new study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation has found that men with erectile dysfunction ...click here to read more

A leaky heart valve is a medical condition that can vary in severity depending on how much it disrupts normal blood flow. The heart contains four valves – the tricuspid, the pulmonic, the mitral and the aortic – that let blood flow in a single direction as it enters each chamber of the heart. The ...click here to read more

New research has found that semen count is a marker for a man’s overall health and wellness. The study was the largest experiment to date observing semen quality, involving 5,177 men. The participants selected were all in infertile relationships. Nearly half the participants showed low sperm counts in association with additional health problems. In fact, ...click here to read more

If you enjoy the occasional alcoholic beverage, there isn’t anything wrong with that. But if your drinking is regular, you may be hurting your heart. A new study suggests that the more alcohol you consume, the faster your heart beats. It is known that binge drinking is associated with atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeat). The earliest ...click here to read more

American Diabetes Alert Day, an initiative to spread the awareness of diabetes, is held on the last Tuesday of March, every year. This year it is on the 27th, and the motive is to encourage everyone to take the diabetes risk test. According to statistics, an estimated 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, of which 8.1 ...click here to read more

A new study has found an increased risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in postmenopausal women who are deficient in vitamin D. The syndrome is estimated to affect 50 percent of women over the age of 50. The study used 463 women as participants between the ages of 45 and 75. They were all postmenopausal and ...click here to read more