Insomnia Increases Risk of Heart Attack 45%

by | Nov 21, 2011 | 4 comments

Chronic insomnia makes people tired and irritable –and it may increase heart attack risk to boot—according to a research team from Norway. The scientists investigated the connection between sleeping patterns and heart attack risk in a group of 50,000 men over the...

This Keeps Hypertension At Bay

by | Oct 9, 2011 | 2 comments

Add lower blood pressure to the laundry list of benefits ascribed to healthy sleep. According to a new study older adults who get enough deep wave sleep –a type of sleep associated with healthy sleep habits—have 83%  lower hypertension risk than those that don’t sink...

Natural Way to Reduce High Blood Pressure

by | May 25, 2011 | 5 comments

Those wondering what they should eat to lower their blood pressure may be surprised that the answer may be “nothing,” according to a research team from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute. In a new study, they found that periodically fasting boosts...

Foods to Eat for High Blood Pressure

by | May 12, 2011 | 0 comments

Move over LDL, there’s a new cholesterol-class in town that should appear on every health conscious person’s radar screen. The AHA recently released the fruits of a massive research review involving 500 heart-health studies from the last 3 decades. The bottom line?...

Detect Heart Attack Before It Happens

by | Apr 11, 2011 | 1 comment

According to a new study including 2000 patients from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and published in Journal of the American Medical Association, risk of severe heart attack can be detected much sooner using a new blood test. Most people have several unnoticeable,...