Cardiovascular wellness focuses on plaque reduction, managing arrhythmias like AFib, and recognizing emergency signs of heart failure or infarction.
Excess cholesterol, fat and calcium can collect along the walls of your arteries, forming plaque and restricting blood flow. Called atherosclerosis, this narrowing and hardening of your arteries can lead to cardiovascular disease.
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A pollotarian diet includes eating chicken, fish, dairy products and eggs, but not eating red meat or meat from any land mammals. The "pollo" prefix in pollotarian literally refers to the word chicken, although pollotarians eat other poultry.
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High blood pressure, or hypertension, increases your risk for kidney disease and stroke, and a healthy diet and lifestyle lowers your risk for developing high blood pressure. Pork may have the reputation of being unhealthy, but no single food causes high blood pressure.
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Chest congestion is an accumulation of fluids and mucus in the lungs, which can cause symptoms of pain, discomfort, tenderness, coughing and difficulty breathing. Chest congestion can be a sign of a serious heart or lung illness or disorder that requires urgent medical treatment.
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An enlarged heart, or cardiomegaly, is often a symptom of one of several underlying conditions. Some conditions that can cause an enlarged heart include high blood pressure, heart failure, coronary artery disease, a heart valve problem, and pregnancy.
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An acute myocardial infarction, also known as a heart attack, occurs when a blockage in one or more of the blood vessels leading to the heart muscle causes a disruption in the blood flow to the cardiac tissue.
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Because so many variables affect your cholesterol, it’s difficult to pinpoint an actual amount of time it takes to lower it. The type of diet you follow, any weight loss or exercise you do, smoking cessation and medications will all affect how quickly you lower your levels.
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Coronary artery disease has been the leading cause of death in America for many years. With this disease, blockages develop in the arteries that supply blood to the heart. These blockages decrease blood flow to the heart muscle, which can eventually lead to a heart attack.
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Arterial calcium deposits contribute to the development of artherosclerosis, which is the hardening and narrowing of your arteries. Combined with cholesterol plaque, calcium deposits can significantly increase your chance of coronary heart disease, heart attacks and strokes, according to the American Heart Association.
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Regular exercise is important for everyone to keep bones, muscles and heart strong and to lose or maintain a healthy weight. However, if your blood pressure tends to be low, you may need to take some precautions when exercising.
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You can now lower your blood pressure by consuming apple cider vinegar. Other herbs, foods and dietary changes can assist in increasing the effectiveness of the vinegar. You can take a shot of it diluted in water or use it as a seasoning on uncooked or lightly cooked foods.
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Ferritin is a protein that stores extra iron until the body needs it. The amount of ferritin in your blood reflects the amount of iron in your body; low ferritin levels indicate that you have low iron.
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Beta blockers are a class of medications that work by blocking a type of cell receptor known as a beta receptor.
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Experiencing heart palpitations while running can be scary, especially if the feeling is new to you or continues for several minutes. Heart palpitations while running or resting are rarely dangerous, and the cause can often be diagnosed by considering your lifestyle choices.
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A heart attack occurs when the flow of blood, and therefore oxygen, to a portion of the heart becomes blocked.
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Some people may eat fish for fish oil, or take fish oil supplements in order to maintain their health. Most of the benefits that fish oil offers come from its generous supply of omega-3 fatty acids, otherwise known as “good” fats.
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Alka-Seltzer is an effervescent antacid and pain reliever used for temporary relief of heartburn, indigestion, sour stomach, headache and minor body aches and pains. High blood pressure, or HBP, is a condition of when the force exerted by blood on your arteries is high enough to cause damage.
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Erection difficulties occur when a man is unable to obtain or keep an erection. Impotence, or erectile dysfunction, may have a variety of causes. High blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes are some of the health problems that can affect blood vessels that interfere with erections.
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When you encounter a substance to which you are allergic, your body releases histamines, which stimulate an immune response. As a side effect of the immune response, you’ll get congested, start sneezing, experience a runny nose or develop hives.
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As a dietary source of potassium, papaya may help lower your blood pressure. This tropical fruit -- grown in Hawaii, Florida, California, Mexico and Puerto Rico -- is rich in potassium, a mineral that counteracts the effects of sodium and helps you keep your blood pressure within a normal range.
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