The Best Exercises for High Blood Pressure (and the easiest too)

by Christian Goodman | Apr 28, 2019

Finding the best exercise for lowering blood pressure might be a moving target. Especially when there are so many exercise plans hitting the consumer stream these days. According to a new study published by the American Heart Association, one type of exercise has been...

Eliminate Acid Reflux by Avoiding These 7 Factors

by Scott Davis | Apr 27, 2019

A new study published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care researched lifestyle factors that contributed to acid reflux. Eight factors that most people assumed would be the direct cause of acid reflux were actually found to have absolutely no effect....

Vertigo Caused By This Vitamin Deficiency

by Christian Goodman | Apr 26, 2019

If you are prone to vertigo, with the condition occurring every few months, then a new study in the Journal Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology may have the answer. Apparently, if you lack one common type of vitamin, it increases chronic vertigo risk by 50%....

High Blood Pressure Misdiagnosed By The Wrong Measurement

by Christian Goodman | Apr 25, 2019

A controversial new study looking at Mayo Clinic patients has been recently published, and it looked at what challenges most people – including doctors – in understanding when and how to have one’s blood pressure measured. This could mean that millions of people have...

This Healthy Fat Causes Heart Attacks in the Elderly

by Scott Davis | Apr 24, 2019

For decades, we have been told to load up on this “healthy” fat (and avoid trans-fat and saturated fat). And while this may be okay advice for people under the ages of 50, a new study published in the FASEB Journal has shown that if you’re older than that, you need to...

Snoring Causes a Sudden Death in Healthy People

by Christian Goodman | Apr 23, 2019

A new study published in the journal ERJ Open Research sheds some light on a baffling question. Why are healthy people all over the world dropping dead from a heart attack without any sign of heart injuries or abnormalities? And the only sign that something is wrong...

The Most Fun Way to Lower Blood Pressure 10 Points

by Christian Goodman | Apr 21, 2019

Tackling high blood pressure is usually no fun. You have to cut out the food you love, and then soak yourself in sweat at the gym. A brand-new study presented at the meeting of the American Heart Association in Atlanta, however, has revealed that there is one simple...

Why Arthritis Cells Attack Themselves (And what to do about it)

by ShellyManning | Apr 20, 2019

Autoimmune diseases (like arthritis), is a case where your immune system targets your body’s own tissue and destroys it with inflammation, and is understandably extremely interesting to medical scientists. To put it simply, why would such an otherwise...

How Your Gut Causes High Cholesterol

by Scott Davis | Apr 19, 2019

Most nutritional experts advise that in order to lower cholesterol level, you should cut down the amount of cholesterol and fat in your food. The theory behind this assertion is that cholesterol will go from the food into your bloodstream, where it adds to the blood...

One Ingredient Is Responsible for High Blood Pressure

by Christian Goodman | Apr 18, 2019

According to a recent Journal of Nature Medicine study, one basic ingredient that’s the basis for the most common Western diets is the main cause of the rise in high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks. The researchers studied the type of food most common in...