Osteoporosis- Definition, Risk Factors and Prevention By: Barney Garcia Osteoporosis is a bone disease which causes a deterioration of bone density and low bone mass. This is dangerous because is causes the bones to become fragile (especially the hips, spine and wrists) and there is increased risk of broken bones and slow recovery periods. Tags: Osteoporosis, Definition, Risk Factors
Depression │ How Depression Hurts Your Heart By: Stacey Colino As if feeling bad weren’t enough, negative emotions could be harming your heart. Over time, persistent blues, anxiety or anger can increase the risk of heart disease—or make an existing condition worse. “Psychosocial factors are increasingly recognized as important predictors of heart disease,” says Richard Stein, M.D., director of preventive cardiology at the Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and author of "Outliving Heart Disease." “Depression is right up there with hi... Tags: depression, heart disease, heart disease risk factors, depression risk factors, cardiovascular
Heart Disease Prevention │ The Diabetes-Heart Disease Connection By: Diana Benzaia If you saw a tiger, you’d run for your life. But what if you didn’t see it? For those of you with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, heart disease is that unseen tiger. You’re two to four times more likely to develop a heart condition than people without diabetes? Even more shocking, those individuals are more likely to die from heart disease or other cardiovascular ills than from the complications of diabetes itself. Yet surveys show that 68 percent of Americans with diabetes are un... Tags: heart disease prevention, diabetes, complication, problem, heart disease risk factors, cardiova
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