Prevent a Heart Attack or Stroke by Controlling Your Blood Pressure
The following is a guest post by Janet Wright, MD, FACC, Executive Direction of Million Heartsâ„¢, a national initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
View ArticleSalt Shake-Up: Low-Salt Push May Be Unhealthy
For years we've been told to slash our sodium consumption to protect against strokes, heart attacks and high blood pressure. But now an influential committee says there's no scientific evidence that a...
View ArticleShould Everyone Cut Salt Intake? Study Says No
A large international study questions the conventional advice that all people should cut their salt intake to the bone. Too much salt is bad, especially for those over 60 or those who already have...
View Article7 Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure Naturally
Two new studies suggest that people with high blood pressure may do an even better job than their doctors at lowering it, especially if insurance would pay for a good blood-pressure monitoring kit to...
View ArticleA Little More Salt Is Not So Bad for Us
A little more salt may not be such a bad thing for healthy older adults, a new study finds.
View ArticleLive Healthy and Be a Blessing to Your Heart
Michael Clarke Duncan was full of life just three years ago. The then-54-year-old actor was at the pinnacle of his career. His Academy Award-nominated performance as John Coffey in The Green Mile is...
View ArticleCSPI's Most Outrageously Unhealthy Restaurant Meals
En español | Every year the Washington, D.C., consumer-watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest ( CSPI) takes a look at menus from the country’s top chain restaurants and figures out...
View Article
