Aspirin happens to be the most used drug worldwide to prevent heart attack and stroke with more than one-third of U.S. adults on daily aspirin doses. The conclusion to the debate about whether or not you should take a daily dose of aspirin and how much and how often is becoming more clear but it …
Category Archive: Heart Health
Aug
20
Preventing Strokes Part 2
Early warning signs and other symptoms of a stroke were described in my previous post . In this post I'm going to describe several risk factors that threaten the arteries and what you can do to reduce those risks. Clots and clotting that cause blockages in one or both carotid arteries, the large vessels in …
Aug
17
How to Prevent Strokes
My cousin's husband is home from the hospital. He's recovering from a stroke. He is 62 and was about 80 pounds overweight. Since his stroke he's lost about 10 pounds already and he is scared, very scared. Jack, not his real name, was a stroke or heart attack ready to happen and it did. The …
May
04
Attack-Proof Your Heart
No one would blame you for feeling stressed these days. Your retirement fund has shrunk, you're not sure you still have a job or you've been pinked slipped already, and opportunities for financial recovery don't look very bright – at least now yet. Or you may be among the thousands that have started a business …
Mar
12
Heart Attack Symptoms Ignored by Women
The thought of having a heart attack was the farthest thing from her mind when Cindy called her doctor. She thought she was having an episode of acid reflux and delayed calling her doctor. When she finally called her physician, he asked her to go to his office on his request and had an EKG …
Jan
23
Lowering Cholesterol Without Drugs
The medical research continues to demonstrate that high cholesterol puts you at high risk for heart disease. The pharmaceutical companies make billions with the statin drugs that lower your LDL or the 'bad' cholesterol. The good news is that with just a few exceptions, you can lower your cholesterol without drugs. I did that last …
Aug
09
Lower Your Blood Pressure in 5 Steps
The August issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource reports that before menopause, women have lower blood pressure(bp) than men do. In one of their recent studies, however, they found that in people over age 60, women had higher systolic pressure (the top number in your bp reading) than men. Keep in mind that the top …
Feb
04
The Number 1 Cause of Death
Cardiovascular Diseases Still Number 1 Cause of Death Ruthan Brodsky February is Heart Health Month – it’s a natural with Valentine’s day and all the heart decorations. I just finished writing about heart health in one of my other weblogs. This one is called : www.balanceyourhealth.com Click on the above link and check it out. …
Jan
11
No Matter How Old – Blood Pressure Needs to Be Controlled
Preliminary results from the Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) indicate that people in their 80s were at lower risk of dying when they were treated with antihypertensive medication. “High blood pressure medication has been known to reduce the rate of stroke, but the HYVET study suggests that both incidence of stroke and survival …
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