Articles about facts about heart disease (0-50 of 842)
Importance Of Preventive Heart Care Program By: Pratiksha G Gandhi | - As the saying goes, prevention is better than cure, preventive care focuses on keeping people healthy by way of regular health check-ups, guided diet plans, education to promote healthy habits and prescribed clinical or out-patient tests.
Preventive heart care or cardiac care ensures health and longevity. The need is for a comprehensive heart care program that includes sustained individual risk reduction counselling to support healthy lifestyles and prevents heart disease and ... Tags:heart care, preventive heart care, cardiac care, heart disease
Running Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger By: Destry Masterson | - Running is the best way to keep your heart in shape, which is something a lot of people do not think about. Heart attack and heart disease is a rapidly growing problem within western cultures and western society.
Many people are worried about being skinny, but not necessarily being healthy, and others are more or less unconcerned about health altogether. Although I have no say as to how you live your life, I do happen to know a few facts that may preserve or benefit it.
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Heart Disease - Food For Thought And A Healthier Heart By: Adam Shaw | - Having spent so many years working on Cardiac Care Units and lost close family members to sudden heart attacks, I know the devastating effects that a heart attack can lead to. So many lives are ripped apart each year through the failure to understand and diagnose the early warning signs.
A heart attack is the result of your head not understanding the everyday messages of your heart.
Health Information About Bichon Frise All Owners Should Know By: Randall Flagg | - Skin problems is one of common issue that these type of dogs experience with itchyness, rashes and sores which may cause the furs to fall out, letting the raw skin exposed with bleeding bald patches. Veterinarians blame this vulnerability to dermatological diseases as being due to the double layered coat that is characteristic of the breed. They've inner coats and outer coats, the inner coats being long and silky combined with the curly ones, these cause hair strands to get tangled forming some ... Tags:bichon frise, information about bichon frise, facts about bichon frise
The Hard Facts On Healthy Eating By: E. Dawson | - There are many different people saying many different things these days when it comes to healthy diets. How can we tell who is telling us the facts and who to take with a grain of salt? There are many so-called diet gurus out there today, that all give us different facts and figures and that lead us to believe that there are hundreds of ways to go about healthy eating. It really is easy to see how a great number of us can get confused and it is easy to take advise that is not so healthy for us i ... Tags:facts about healthy eating, healthy diet, healthy lifestyle
Wine And Health- Do They Go Together? By: Steven Magill | - The discussion on wine and health has been growing in the medical community and it leaves many wondering if the two go together. The consumption of wine has been an issue of growing enormity over the past several years. Here we will study the positives and negatives of wine consumption and get through some of the myths to see what is best for you, the consumer.
The Facts About Cholesterol By: E. Dawson | - Although this may sound shocking, cholesterol is actually not the main culprit for heart disease. I know this is hard to believe when our doctors and the media both tell us of the dangers of high cholesterol. But the truth is that it is foods and anything else that causes the body inflammation that is the main cause of heart disease, along with diabetes and blood pressure, not necessarily the cholesterol containing foods or the cholesterol levels themselves.
Fat Burning Foods Saturated Fat - Don't Believe The Hype By: David Thorpe | - Before I start I'd just like to say that this fat burning foods article covers a very controversial topic. Not because the science involved is flawed, or because I'm trying to push some new "miracle weight loss technique" on to you.
Fat Burning Foods: Saturated Fat Is It Bad For Our Health
Fat Burning Foods What If Saturated Fat Was Good For Us? By: David Thorpe | - Before I start I'd just like to say that this fat burning foods article covers a very controversial topic. Not because the science involved is flawed, or because I'm trying to push some new "miracle weight loss technique" on to you.
Fat Burning Foods: Saturated Fat Is It Bad For Our Health
Running And Heart Attacks - Can Running Kill You? By: david dack | - Running is cardiovascular activity per excellence, it gets the heart pumping and working hard for long periods of time. Therefore, it does put considerable stress on the body, mostly the heart and lungs. That's why lots of people started to link heart problems to running due to all this extra stress. Well, is this conclusion a true scientific fact? Or, it's just a myth that the media preaches to play on people's fears and get attention?
Heart Disease Related Diabetes - Is Diabetes And Heart Disease Interlinked? By: Jared Wright | - Diabetes and Heart Disease are closely related in many patients. The link can be seen if one knows certain facts about diabetes. It is hard to believe but true as many patients suffer from heart disease and diabetes associated conditions.
The interlink between diabetes and heart disease
Food is changed into glucose with the help of insulin produced by the pancreas. The glucose will enter the body cells to energize them. When the insulin produced by the pancreas is not ... Tags:diabetes heart disease, diabetic heart disease
Coronary Heart Disease And Guidelines By: Venkata Krishnan Rajagopalan | - Over the past hundred years medical science has proven that there is an unmistakable link between what you eat and coronary heart disease. If you are therefore diagnosed with high levels of cholesterol, for example, don't despair. There is something you can do about it. Below we will briefly discuss coronary heart disease and guidelines on how to overcome it.
Basics Of A Coronary Artery Bypass Graft By: Donald Massey | - Your heart muscle receives oxygenated blood through the coronary arteries and their branches. As long as these arteries remain unblocked, blood can easily flow through them to the muscle. Over time, however, the passages can become obstructed. This usually happens when plaque accumulates along the inside walls, a condition called arteriosclerosis. The opening through which blood normally flows becomes narrowed, which prevents it from reaching your heart. Depending on how narrow the arteries have ... Tags:Health, Medical, heart disease, heart care
It develops when fatty material, calcium, and scar tissue (plaque) were combined and builds up in the arteries that supply the heart with blood. Through these arteries, called coronary arteries the heart muscle (myocardium) gets oxygen and other nutriens it needs to pump blood.
Facts About Bad Cholesterol By: Hugh J. Lara | - Cholesterol gets so much bad press that it's hard to believe that your body actually needs it. There are two kinds of cholesterol in your body, good cholesterol also known as HDL cholesterol, and bad cholesterol or LDL cholesterol. Cholesterol in your body is necessary to make hormones, vitamin D and bile salts.
The bad cholesterol on the other hand can cause you lots of problems. The main worry with LDL cholesterol is that it will dump cholesterol onto artery walls that will create ... Tags:cholesterol, disease, Health, Heart Disease
Did You Know These 5 Facts About Heart Disease? By: Hazel Blackthorne | - The biggest and most infamous serial killer in America is not a clinical psychopath, it is heart disease. Heart disease has been steadily increasing since the 1950s and seen a marked increase in the last 20 years. At one time or another someones life will be directly or indirectly affected by heart disease.
Below are 5 shocking facts that you should know about heart disease:
Heart Disease - Is Being Pleasantly Plump A Good Idea? By: Seamus Deere | - The heart is one of, if not the most important organ in the human body. It literally pumps life through the body. It takes the oxygen from the lungs and pumps it through your veins to feed the other major organs of the body. It is truly a magical piece of equipment. It is no wonder that the heart has been held in high esteem throughout history as a very powerful symbol whether it be love or courage. The heart has been used at the centre of many stories, tales, myths and legends that have been in ... Tags:heart disease, heart attack, chest pains, health complications
Looking Into Facts About Diabetes By: Larry D Keen | - Diabetes is becoming a worldwide health problem. It is becoming a growing concern among all health care professionals. There are things to know about identifying this disease. The more you know, the more you can do about it. Here are some facts about diabetes to look into.
What it is
Your pancreas releases insulin to process sugar in your blood. Under normal circumstances, enough insulin is present to process sugar. In some cases, your body may not produce enough insuli ... Tags:blood sugar, diabetes mellitus, facts about diabetes, pancreas
The January 17, 2008 issue of Business Week carries a well researched article titled: Do Cholesterol Drugs Do Any Good? The article goes on to answer this question with a resounding No! The short story about statin drugs is that they can in fact, be life saving in men who have already had a heart attack. But statin drugs are worthless for everyone else! This is just one of countless incidences of good drugs being pushed too far in Big Pharma's marketing efforts.
A Sugar Rich-diet Increases Heart Risks By: medicalzones | - Limiting your sugar intake not only reduces fat and calories but also reduce the risk of heart disease, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Scientists, led by Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH, Dr. Miriam Vos, a professor of pediatrics at Emory University analyzed U.S. government nutritional data and blood lipid levels in more than 6,000 adult men and women between 1999 and 2006. Each of the participants had been interviewed about what they had ... Tags:diet, food, Health, heart disease, sugar rich-diet
Black And Green: Organic Living And The Black Community By: Vianesa Vargas | - Did you know that many of the current health problems that affect people of African descent can be absolved by adopting organic living? In fact, there are many deadly diseases that affect the black community. From type two diabetes, stroke hypertension and coronary heart disease - all of these ailments can be prevented by adopting a different way of living. One of these lifestyle changes would be to adopt an organic lifestyle and follow a heart-healthy diet.
What To Do If You Still Smoke Tobacco By: Marlin Ellis | - Simply put, if you smoke, the best thing to do is quit. This is a lot easier said than done, but it's still entirely possible. There are even multiple options to aid the process rather than taking the "cold turkey" approach. Sadly, people use the excuse that they've been smoking for too many years to quit. In reality, this shows either a lack of desire to quit or a lack of knowledge as to how many options are actually out there.
Facts You Need To Know About Heart Disease By: Robert Langtry | - Heart disease is a disease of the heart that has several variations such as hypertension, congenital heart disease, heart infection, disorders of the heart valves and heart arrythmias. Heart disease doesnt develop all at once but comes on slowly and insidiously; with the patient seldom knowing that the disease is forming.
It is a fact that exercise, a healthy diet or low cholesterol can protect or prevent the various forms of heart disease. It is interesting to note; however, tha ... Tags:heart disease, heart disease symptoms, heart disease treatment
How To Effectively Eat For A Healthy Heart By: Jenny Grahams | - Heart disease is one or the wests biggest killers but there are simple steps you can take to minimize your risk. By making the decision to eat for a healthy heart, you can eliminate many of the causes of heart disease as well as other health conditions.
There are three main health conditions that contribute to heart disease. These are high blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol and being overweight. Others include smoking and lack of exercise. By adopting a healthy eating regim ... Tags:healthy heart, heart disease, healthy foods, healthy eating, better health, healthy diet
Help! I Need A Pacemaker! By: Jo Ann LeQuang | - Every day around the world, people get the strange and often unexpected news that they may need to get a pacemaker. Most of them barely know what a pacemaker is the day the doctor springs the news—and it can be hard to find out what a pacemaker really is all about.
In some ways, a pacemaker is a lot like what you think it is. It is a small, roundish, metal device (about the size of a pocket watch) that is placed inside your upper chest along with one or more insulated wires th ... Tags:pacemkaer, pacemakers, arrhythmia, heart disease, pace maker
Fat Has Become A National Obsession By: Sherry Granader | - How much fat do you need per day? Do you know what the best source of fat is? Do you count your fat grams every single day? Is saturated fat bad for you? All of these issues surrounding fat have been debated for years and the debate is still going on.
Stop Smoking Cigarettes Before You Develop Heart Disease By: Aydan Corkern | - The heart is the organ that has amazed doctors that have studied and found that its function does no more than a water pump would on your car. But the heart is no ordinary water pump and it functions are truly amazing. Blood is pumped throughout your body, as it does, it carries fresh oxygen to your lungs and nutrients to the tissues of the body. Blood also takes waste, such as carbon dioxide, away from your tissues. Without this process, we could not live. When you smoke cigarettes, it is damag ... Tags:heart disease, smoking, cigarettes, oxygen, abdominal pain, healthy lifestyle
Resveratrol - Is It Really Good For Your Heart? By: Gary Kidd | - Some of the companies who are offering products with Resveratrol are beginning to make claims that it is good for your heart and will over time rebuild cells. So, with the French living 25% longer than Americans, having less heart disease, is this really true?
Well, when we study the French, we see that their diet is very similar to that of Americans, high in fat and cholesterol. Research has in fact shown that Resveratrol can act as an anti inflammatory and help prevent fatty bui ... Tags:resveratrol, heart disease, cancer, anti aging products, live longer
Why Is Smoking Dangerous By: Wayne Cooper | - The labels on the cigarettes give you your first clue. Yep thats right! Smoking isn't safe. Years ago the bad effects of smoking were unknown. Those smoking for years did not know the dangers. Now that this information is available and known, and some may want to give up, it is understandable that those smoking for years may struggle in their efforts to quit smoking. What is hard to understand is why young people still smoke today even though we know the dangers and effects of smoking.
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Facts About Cigarette Smoking And Tobacco. By: John D. Stratis | - Clear evidence shows that smoking is the most preventable cause of early death, heart and lung disease and disability.
There are numerous noxious effects of cigarettes, and it gradually takes your body closer to the ailments. You become liable to cardiovascular disease, a variety of cancers, respiratory sickness's, adversel effects regarding pregnancy, gastrointestinal troubles and mouth and gum problems
Up In Smoke: The Facts About Cigarettes By: Samantha Gilmartin | - The word cigarette comes from the French and means small cigar. The earliest cigarette dates back to around the ninth century and took the form of reeds and smoking tubes.
Cigarettes, as we know them today, are full of tobacco which is processed from the fresh leaves of the Nicotiana plant. The process involves the plant being stripped of its leaves, these leaves being dried and cured before being shredded into small pieces. There are many varied ways of consuming tobacco, but sm ... Tags:smoking, cancer, lung cancer, smoking ban, cigarettes, tobacco, nicotine, heart disease, NSCLC
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Facts About Fats. By: Parveen | - Fats, The Good…The Bad and Omega 3.
This has become a hot topic lately. There is so much talk of fats, the healthy fats, the bad fats, the trans fats. I have done some research on fats, trying to keep it simple for us. Here is some important information I have come up with. Omega 3 has become a favorite topic of mine. It has such amazing health improvement qualities. Remember, this is for your information only, and not meant as gospel nor is it meant for diagnostic purposes.
We need essential fatty acids, namely the linoleic acid “LA” and the alpha-linoleic acid “ALA”since they are necessary for the formation of healthy cell membrans. They are vital in regulating the functions of our brain, organs and nervous system. If we lack either one, we encounter symptoms like impaired vision and learning, skin lesions, behavioural disorders (depression, Alzheimer's disease etc), reproductive failur ... Tags:flax, flax seed, essential fatty acids, omega 6, omega 3, linoleic acid, alpha linoleic acid, heart disease, blood clotting, blood pressure, bad choles
Facts And Faqs On The Mediterranean Diet By: Robert William Locke. | - As I have been living in Italy for the last thirty years, I can vouch for the great qualities of the Mediterranean diet. It is well known that the incidence of heart disease is less in Mediterranean countries than in the USA. The same is true for cancer rates. There is a possibility that this diet may play a part in slowing Alzheimer's disease. It has been studied and researched all over the world.
When we look at our diet and what is good and bad for us, it is always beneficial to look at the way our ancestors used to eat. What has been eaten for 100,000s of years has determined the ability of our body to digest certain food. It will take another few thousand years (at best) before our body is able to digest the junk food some people ingest nowadays.
Prior to the Second World War, meat was expensive and most people only ate it on special occasions or at ... Tags:meat, beef, pork, chicken, lamb, ham, digestion, digestive tract, cancer, heart disease, junk food, mcdonald, carnivore, ptyalin, large intestines, small intestines,
Brothers Ride Adult Stem Cell Express From Heart Failure To Health By: Jon Bradshaw | - Faced with massive heart problems beyond conventional help American brothers John and Walter Homeier traveled to Bangkok to receive the very latest in adult stem cell therapy for the failing heart. Fourteen months later the older brother, John, is back doing what he used to do before his illness - playing golf, walking as far as he likes and working every day. Younger brother, Walter, just one month after his treatment is already doing well, reporting that his energy is improving day by day.
Does Flax Seed Contain More Omega 3 Than Salmon? By: Alfred James | - Flaxseed Foods Of The Kings
During the eighth century, King Charlemagne passed laws requiring the consumption of flaxseed by his subjects to ensure their good health. Over more recent centuries, flaxseed use has grown across Europe, Africa and now to North America. In spite of all this history, flaxseed is still a mystery to many. It, along with soy, is just starting to gain in popularity in the world of nutrition. This is especially prevalent in Hollywood where everyone seems to be on f ... Tags:flaxseed, flax seed, flax, health, heart, cancer, disease, weight loss, health, heart disease, heart, omega, fatty, oil, heath, weight loss, health, omega 3, omega 6, s
Fish Oil: Possibly The Century's New Miracle Supplement By: Sam Morovy | - Recent research in this century has shown that the world, especially Americans, should increase the amount of omega-3 fatty acids that they consume. However, where does one find these nutrients? Well, one of the best sources of the omega-3 fatty acid is, conveniently, fish oil. The omega-3 fatty acids that are contained within fish oil can be broken down into two subnutrients that predominant the omega-3s in fish oil: EPA and DHA. EPA stands for eicosapentaenoic acid while DHA stands for doco ... Tags:nutrition, fish oil, heart disease, depression, nutritional supplements, supplements, diet
Fight Your Risk Of Heart Disease - Take Your Fish Oil! By: Sam Morovy | - It all started in about the late 1970's, several studies that investigated certain aspects of a population revealed that the Inuit people, a people whose diet consisted largely of fish, had a much lower incidence of heart attack.
For reasons that are not specifically known, fish oil, according to the author of one study titled From Inuit to implementation: omega-3 fatty acids come of age, seems to be able to stabilize myocardial membranes electrically, resulting in reduced sus ... Tags:nutrition, fish oil, heart disease, depression, nutritional supplements, supplements, diet
Discover Fish Oil's Powerful Ability To Fight Depression And Violence By: Sam Morovy | - Among the various things that fish oil fights including Alzheimer's, rheumatoid arthritis, ADD, and heart disease, it has also been shown to be quite useful in fighting the neurological disorder known as depression.
One study, titled Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acid status as a predictor of future suicide risk, by M. Sublette and other authors tracked 33 depressed patients that were not on any medication at the time. They tracked the omega-3 fatty acid levels (sup ... Tags:nutrition, fish oil, heart disease, depression, nutritional supplements, supplements, diet
Omega-3 Is Truly A Wonder By: Carol Stack | - The nutrition wonder of modern times Omega-3 fish oil is overwhelmingly supported by scientific proof to correct and prevent so many different health ailments that it is a no-brainer to include it as one of your daily supplements if not in your diet.
What Smoking Can Offer You? By: Ng Peng Hock | - It is known that smoking is a risk factor of heart disease. But, do you really know what smoking can offer you? Perhaps the facts stated hereafter will give you some clues: every 8 seconds, someone dies from the use of tobacco; every cigarette smoked shortens at least 7 minutes of life on average, about the time taken to smoke it.
If smoking can cause such harmful effects to the body, why the youths are still picking up this deadly habit? Statistics shows that between 80,000 and 1 ... Tags:heart disease, smoking, stroke,
10 Tips To Drive Away Stress By: Ng Peng Hock | - If you do have a healthy diet with moderate exercise, but you are constantly under stress, there is still a possibility that you will become a candidate of heart disease. But one may tell you this: in the present competitive world, how can you live without stress? In reality, you can never escape stress. When you are young, you need face one examination after another. After graduation, you will face competition from your peers when you apply for jobs. After you get your jobs, you will have to fi ... Tags:heart disease, exercise, stress
Are You Stressed? Watch Your Cholesterol Level! By: Ng Peng Hock | - Previous studies had revealed that stress is linked to increased heart rate and weakened immune systems. However, a recent research conducted by the University College of London has found that over the long term, stress may actually raise cholesterol blood levels for some people. This means the risk of heart disease may subsequently be increased.
The researchers cited three possible reasons why stress may raise cholesterol level:
Facts And Insights Of Heart Disease In Women By: Joann Cheong | - Many people, when they hear the term "heart disease", easily think that it's a man's disease. But, the truth of the matter is, heart disease affects women the way it affects men. It's not just a man's thing. In fact, such disease is considered throughout the world as the number one killer of women, contrary to the popular belief that breast cancer is the primary culprit.
Canberries - Could This Simple Berry Help Protect Against Heart Disease And Cancer? By: Keith Woolley | - In today's world, it seems that almost any topic is open for debate. While I was gathering facts for this article, I was quite surprised to find some of the issues I thought were settled are actually still being openly discussed.
When is the last time you ate cranberries? Was it with a turkey dinner? With all the research pointing to the amazing health benefits of this simple berry, shouldn't cranberries be more than a once a year side dish?
