Is Sleep Deficiency Bad for You?
Sleep

Is Sleep Deficiency Bad for You?

Derek Burnett | February 10, 2024

...disease, early mortality and stroke. That’s why people concerned about their general wellbeing—and especially those looking for a boost to their concentration and focus—should attend to any sleep issues as...

How Safe Are Proton Pump Inhibitors
Diseases & Conditions

How Safe Are Proton Pump Inhibitors

Brooks Cash, MD | February 8, 2024

...and dementia. How safe Are PPIs? Over the years, various observational studies have suggested that PPI use can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis, and, most recently, dementia,...

More Omega-3s, Please
Nutrition

More Omega-3s, Please

William Harris, PhD | February 7, 2024

...omega-3s decrease inflammation, the source of many chronic diseases. They thin the blood, helping prevent the blood clots that can cause heart attack and stroke. They slow down heart rate,...

Blanking Out and Freezing Up
Diseases & Conditions

Blanking Out and Freezing Up

Louis J. Marino, MD | February 6, 2024

...or permanent disability. A brain injury from a stroke, for instance, can permanently affect the speech centers of the brain. Chronic degenerating brain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and related...

Understanding and Preventing Heart Attacks
Diseases & Conditions

Understanding and Preventing Heart Attacks

Michael Ozner, MD | February 1, 2024

...a heart attack or stroke. Even though there are techniques to open blocked coronary arteries and others to remove clots from arteries in the brain to treat stroke, CVD remains...

Natural Blood Pressure Remedies
Heart

Natural Blood Pressure Remedies

Joan Wilen and Lydia Wilen | January 27, 2024

...stroke, and a variety of other issues. Less common is low blood pressure which has less severe side effects but can cause lasting fainting and dizziness due to low oxygen....

Best Time to Take Blood Pressure Medications
Cardiovascular Disease

Best Time to Take Blood Pressure Medications

Derek Burnett | January 13, 2024

...pressure. Taking them at the wrong time of day, taking them inconsistently, or not taking them at all makes you vulnerable to serious outcomes such as heart attack and stroke....

Blood Pressure Recommendations by Age
Cardiovascular Disease

Blood Pressure Recommendations by Age

Derek Burnett | January 11, 2024

...failure and strokes would be reduced if doctors aggressively treated patients to get their systolic pressure down to 120 mmHg or less instead of just the traditional target of 140...

Signs of Low Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Signs of Low Blood Pressure

Derek Burnett | January 10, 2024

...likely to experience ischemic stroke over the next 25 years. This may have to do with the fact that the blood pressure is changing significantly with great frequency. In a...

Causes of High Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Causes of High Blood Pressure

January 7, 2024

...best ways to lower blood pressure naturally, lowering your risk for obesity, diabetes, heart attack and stroke. Try to get 2.5 hours per week of moderate physical activity. You don’t...

Blood Pressure Medications
Cardiovascular Disease

Blood Pressure Medications

Derek Burnett | January 5, 2024

...been successful in lowering your blood pressure Your blood pressure remains above 140/90 mmHg Your calculated risk of having a heart attack or stroke within the next 10 years is...

Symptoms of High Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Disease

Symptoms of High Blood Pressure

Derek Burnett | January 4, 2024

...stroke, kidney disease, and peripheral vascular disease are all life-threatening events that are typically preceded by high blood pressure. But what causes high blood pressure? What are the symptoms of...

How To Protect Yourself From Noise Pollution
Aging

How To Protect Yourself From Noise Pollution

Mathias Basner, MD, PhD | December 10, 2023

...heart attack, and stroke. Every increase of 10 decibels increases the risk of CVD by 7 to 17 percent, according to a study in The Lancet on the effects of...

The Time of Your Life
Sleep

The Time of Your Life

Satchin Panda, PhD | December 6, 2023

...Research in animals and people shows that time-restricted eating stabilizes blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood fats, and helps prevent metabolic diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. To...

The Sunshine Vitamin
Nutrition

The Sunshine Vitamin

Ouliana Ziouzenkova, PhD | November 18, 2023

...heart attack, stroke, amputation and/or loss of kidney function. To investigate the health effects of vitamin D on people with diabetes, researchers from the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and...