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Cardiovascular Disease
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The Ultimate Exercise Rx for Peripheral Artery Disease
Walking hurts when you've got peripheral artery disease. The good news is, the right exercise can help—a lot. Read on.
Don’t Let the New Blood Pressure Guidelines Fool You—or Your Doctor
New guidelines mean that 103 million American adults now have high blood pressure. That could be a recipe for over-treatment.
What the New Blood Pressure Guidelines Mean for You
New blood pressure guidelines mean more people qualify for hypertension diagnosis. Here's what that means for you...
Taking a Statin? Beware of These Dangerous Interactions With Other Heart Drugs
If you’re taking a statin drug to help reduce your risk for heart attack or stroke, you wouldn’t expect it to interact with another heart...
The Best Way to Reverse AFib (It’s Not Drugs or Surgery)
If you’re diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, commonly known as AFib—a chronic condition that creates abnormal heart rhythms, increasing the risk for stroke and heart failure—your...
Shake It Up, Baby: How to Vibrate Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure
“Jiggle” machines to lose weight—those belts that vibrate around your middle while you just stand there—go back to the 19th century. News flash: They don’t...
The Ugly Truth About Statins
What the Research Really Shows About Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Under recent controversial guidelines from the American Heart Association, nearly half of all American adults between the...
A Lifesaving Option for People Too Weak for Heart Surgery
Imagine this nightmare scenario—you are told that you have a major problem in your heart that, if left untreated, will definitely kill you. But you’re...
Why You Don’t Need a Heart Scan or a Coronary Artery Calcium Score Test
Coronary artery disease has been called “the silent killer.” You even may have known someone who dropped dead out of the blue because of it....
Chant to Lower Blood Pressure
Use Chanting to Achieve a Peaceful Mind and Healthy Body Maybe you’ve never realized it, but when sports fans cheer in unison for their teams,...
Lower Blood Pressure By Tapping Your Toes
There’s a killer running rampant amongst us—and its name is high blood pressure. Overly dramatic? I don’t think so. High blood pressure increases your risk...