The small electronic device a nurse attaches to the end of your index finger with a plastic clip calculates how much oxygen is carried in your blood. It’s based on measuring the difference between levels of the red pigment hemoglobin which carries oxygen in your blood. It turns out that oxygenated hemoglobin (”oxyhemoglobin”) and nonoxygenated [...]
A good reason to keep up with exercise: “Age is the major risk factor
for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and this is attributable in part to
stiffening of large elastic arteries and development of vascular
endothelial dysfunction (e.g., impaired endothelium-dependent dilation,
EDD). In contrast, regular aerobic exercise is associated with reduced risk
of CVD. Endurance exercise-trained middle-aged/older adults demonstrate
lower large elastic [...]
The ratio of positive to negative thoughts is a major factor in overall happiness. Your brain is constantly monitoring the emotional tone of your thoughts – too many negative thoughts and your brain responds by creating stress and sadness in your body. When you add more positive thoughts, your brain will create relaxation and happiness. [...]
Do you ever wonder how the Healthy Heart Diet works to help you lower the risk of having heart disease? Especially high is the risk of heart disease in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Overweight and obesity are among the major contributing factors in heart problems. Heart Smart Diet works by helping you reduce your [...]
The Phrase High Blood Pressure conjures up a variety of things to all people. Common definitions refer to the condition without referencing to the cause.
Because of the silent and insidious way it works in the background i.e. no symptoms it is referred to as the Silent Killer. High blood pressure if left untreated and ignored [...]
It’s hard to know where to draw the line between being nice and being a walking doormat. It’s not something anyone else can tell you how to do and it’s not exactly something black and white enough so that you can look it up in a book. It ultimately comes down to doing things that [...]
When you’re trying to figure out tough problems you may feel alone and scared. There is a lot of pressure in the world to do your best and you may feel that your hesitation or doubt makes you less of a person. This couldn’t be further from the truth. By exhibiting uncertainty you prove that [...]
At present the researchers have concluded that mental stress and pressure either due to home or some business tension deteriorates the medical condition. With so many problems it becomes almost impossible to stay stress free. But atleast for monitary tensions now their is a relief or financial aid.
Mortgage loan is a type of loan that [...]
AUGUST 23. LONDON - People generally use medicines to relieve themselves from several diseases, but when medicines become the cause for other diseases there is very little one can do.
Researches in a UK hospital have recently found out that several drugs, which are used to treat high blood pressure can expose people to diabetes.
There are [...]
Yoga can sometimes achieve the impossible which medicines are not able to achieve. Blood pressure is one of the silent assassins. Blood pressure can shoot up without any signal and can adversely affect the normal functioning of the body parts like the lungs or the heart. Yoga has cure for high blood pressure.
The asana has [...]