Heart Attack Risk Cut 32% Using These Berries

by Scott Davis | Feb 19, 2013 | 4 comments

There is a certain group of berries that have been shown to cut heart attack risk in people who eat them by more than 30%. Considering the National Institutes of Health have regarded heart disease as the number one killer worldwide, these tasty little gems should be...

New Blood Pressure Test Prevents Stroke and Death

by Christian Goodman | Feb 17, 2013 | 11 comments

A new testing device for blood pressure is being touted as possibly the best way to identify atrial fibrillation, which experts say is critical in preventing stroke in affected populations. Finding stroke risk caused by atrial fibrillation just by taking blood...

Four Foods That Lower Cholesterol

by Scott Davis | Feb 10, 2013 | 11 comments

Whether you are just trying to get healthier or you have been told by your doctor to get your diet changed, the need to reduce LDL cholesterol levels and increase HDLs hits more and more people as the complications from high cholesterol increase. It can be daunting to...

Heart Attack Risk Drastically Cut Using This After Meal Approach

by Scott Davis | Feb 9, 2013 | 5 comments

Having a high-fat meal once in a while…even fairly frequently…isn’t as bad as you might think, as long as you follow the meal up with this one simple approach. Researchers in Japan found that people who are sedentary after having a high-fat meal will have triglyceride...

Why People are Living Longer but Sicker

by Jodi Knapp | Jan 16, 2013 | 6 comments

Can a nation actually have the highest concentrations of deadly diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and high blood pressure and still live longer than other nations? Yes, but a longer life doesn’t mean a healthier one…at all. In a report from the United...

Riskiest Times for Heart Attack

by Scott Davis | Jan 15, 2013 | 14 comments

Heart attack is the number 1 cause of death in almost every country of the Western world. We all know someone who has suffered one, and in the back of our heads we all worry about someday having a heart attack ourselves. You’re probably aware of many things you can do...