by Christian Goodman | May 12, 2011 |
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?...
by Christian Goodman | May 9, 2011 |
If your out of control hypertension keeps you up at night, you may be making things worse, a study published in the May 20011 issue of Repertory Medicine found. The link between lack of quality sleep and high blood pressure is well known. However, the results of this...
by Christian Goodman | May 6, 2011 |
Stress can take many forms. The image that is conjured for most people when they hear the word “stress” is someone with ragged facial expression as a screaming boss or broken down vehicle lurks in the background. Or, it might be a harried parent trying to keep the...
by Christian Goodman | May 5, 2011 |
The answer to why people of African descent are more likely to suffer from hypertension may be a difference in vitamin D levels, a new study conducted by University of Rochester researchers report. Before the results of this research, scientists had assumed that...
by Christian Goodman | May 1, 2011 |
If you’re struggling with high blood pressure, it may be time to lift more than just your blood pressure monitor, research published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reports. High blood pressure is one of the leading causes of heart disease and...
by Christian Goodman | Apr 29, 2011 |
I can’t even believe the headlines lately with the weather and other environmental disasters. We are hovering around the BP oil spill anniversary and the earthquake’s effects in Japan are still being suffered months later. Tornadoes this spring have caused such...