risk of heart disease
Most fitness experts will tell you to stretch your muscles after a workout. However, there are some reasons you should do it at other times as well. Here are five surprising health benefits of stretching.
Many people, especially people with diabetes or pre-diabetes, have elevated triglycerides. Exercise is one lifestyle habit that helps bring triglycerides that circulate in your bloodstream down. What type of exercise is best for lowering triglycerides? Find out.
For years, we’ve heard the mantra about lowering the amount of sodium in our diet. But, are there health risks to doing so? Here’s what new research shows about sodium and the risk of heart disease.
Heart health – we should all be concerned about it. We know that aerobic exercise has heart health benefits but combining it with this Yoga may be even more protective.
Recently, a number of studies have shown that coffee has health benefits. However, the benefits may not apply equally to everyone. In fact, some people may be at higher risk of adverse effects from caffeine when they drink more than one cup of coffee a day.
Many women mistakenly assume their risk for breast cancer is higher than the risk of heart disease and that heart disease is more of a “man’s disease.” Heart disease is still the number one killer of women, although it sometimes presents differently in women. Here’s what you should know.
How do you know whether you’re at high risk of heart disease? Cardiologists at UT Southwestern, based on recent research, describe five tests that more accurately predict the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Stress comes in different forms and there are several different types of stress. Longer term almost any form of stress is bad for you but there’s growing evidence that short-term, controlled exposure to stress might be beneficial. Find out why.
You have a family history of heart disease and it worries you. You wonder what your likelihood is of having a heart attack. Here’s what you should know.
A nut higher in calories than many foods and snacks. You might expect that eating them would lead to weight gain? But is there truth to this? Find out what research shows about eating nuts and the impact it has on body weight.
Calcium supplements are among the most popular non-prescription pills women take. The reason? Bone health, of course. However, the role calcium plays in preserving bone density and preventing fractures is being called into question. Here’s why you probably don’t need a calcium supplement.
The risk of heart disease goes up in women after menopause. One factor previously thought to be protective is having a high HDL-cholesterol, the good form of cholesterol that supposedly removes plaque from the inside of arteries – but more recent research calls this idea into question, especially in women. Find out why a high HDL-cholesterol may not be as protective as previously thought.
