Nearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension or high blood pressure (BP). High blood pressure is a condition that can slowly damage your body over time. It can cause disabilities, kidney failure, and stroke, and is often a precursor to heart disease....
Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women, causing one in four male deaths and one in five female deaths a year. While men’s health experts have put a strong emphasis on heart health for years, it hasn’t been that way for women’s health...
People that don’t brush their teeth regularly are putting their heart health at risk. According to a Scottish population study published in the British Medical Journal, poor dental hygiene can increase your risk of heart attack by up to 70%. Although previous...
Eat eggs to cut risk of heart disease? It just doesn’t sound right after all the years we have been told to avoid eggs. But that’s how food technology works. Before it can get people to throw out the real foods that have kept their...
(Health Secrets) Have you had seven to nine servings of fruits and vegetables today? This is the amount recommended by the National Cancer Institute and many other health experts, up from 5 servings just a few years ago. If you are wondering why the recommendation...
