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How You Can Stop Taking Blood Pressure Meds
While blood pressure medications are necessary in some cases, you can beat high blood pressure in the same way you beat heart disease — by changing the way you eat, move (or don’t move!), and handle stress. First, get your diet under con...
Why Older People Have Trouble Sleeping
People need 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night. In the past, it was believed that older individuals didn’t require as much sleep as the young, but research is proving that theory to be a myth. Ironically, it seems that the more sleep we nee...
More to Cholesterol Than ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’
The human body manufactures cholesterol to help build healthy cells. However, too much cholesterol in your blood forms fatty deposits that can narrow arteries, impeding blood flow and causing your heart to work too hard. These fatty deposits...
Do Probiotics Help Your Heart?
Many people take probiotic pills every day to relieve digestive problems, but new research shows that taking these “good bacteria” pills also may ward off life-threatening heart problems. In the wake of the study, a top cardiologist tells N...
Does Sugar Cause Heart Disease?
Believe it or not, sugar is in just about everything you eat nowadays- and that leaves many wondering “does sugar cause heart disease?” Simply put, sugar is a carbohydrate. There are many different types of specialty sugars, such as those f...
Is Heart Disease Hereditary?
When I talk to a patient about changing his or her lifestyle, the initial response is often something like this: “There’s really nothing I can do about it. Heart disease runs in my family.” Of course, family history does play a role. B...
Lend Your Hands Before Your Mouth
Many people are reluctant to learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), because they imagine themselves giving mouth-to-mouth to a complete stranger. For instance, what if a drug-addict who may be HIV positive falls at your feet? Or a 350-po...
What Is Making us Obese?
To understand the scope of the diabetes epidemic, you need only look at the numbers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 15 percent of Americans were obese in 1980. Today, that number is 30 percent. And if you ...