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Swine Flu and Heart Disease Update April 30th 2009

Swine Flu and Heart Disease Update April 30th 2009

April 30, 2009 No Comments

@import url(www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search Following our previous article on ‘swine flu, influenza and heart disease‘, we’ve decided to closely monitor and track the global progression of the swine flu virus, and inform you regularly of the relevant facts and breaking news. This is because this disease has special relevance for many of our readers who are heart ...

Loneliness, depression and heart disease

April 29, 2009 No Comments

@import url(www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search We’ve all heard of the expression ‘he/she died of a broken heart’. But this old saying may be closer to the truth than you think. ‘Broken heart’ is a colloquial expression that can mask many reasons for severe unhappiness, including those that result from relationship breakdown, loneliness and depression. These two ...

Heart Disease

Swine Flu, Influenza and Heart Disease

April 28, 2009 No Comments

@import url(www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search We are facing the possibility of a global influenza pandemic due to an outbreak of a type of flu known as swine flu that has recently broken out in parts of Mexico, and is now rapidly spreading to all parts of the world. The World health organisation has issued a statement that ...

Heart Disease

Salt may not be so bad for blood pressure

April 21, 2009 No Comments

For many years we’ve been told by scientists and dieticians that too much salt is bad for us, and causes high blood pressure (hypertension), and damages the walls of our arteries (atherosclerosis), leading to coronary heart disease and stroke. However, new research from Loyola University in Chicago may have to cause us to rethink. Apparently, ...

Potassium
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Mediterranean Diet Recipes for Better Heart Health

// It’s no secret that the mediterranean diet brings heart health benefits such as lower blood pressure and reduced...

Miracle ‘weight loss’ cures that aren’t

@import url(www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search Obesity is a major risk factor in many diseases and illnesses, including high blood pressure,...

Salt may not be so bad for blood pressure

For many years we’ve been told by scientists and dieticians that too much salt is bad for us, and...

Heart healthy red pepper soup with lime recipe

@import url(www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search By Ann-Marie Waters, Associate Editor. If you’re interested in looking after your heart health, and love...

Beetroot Lowers Blood Pressure

@import url(www.google.com/cse/api/branding.css); Custom Search by Ann-Marie Waters, Associate Editor. High blood pressure is on the increase, worldwide, and now...

Overweight people may still be heart healthy

What’s going on? We are continuously bombarded about our weight, with messages about healthy meal plans, healthy eating food,...

Peripheral Arterial Disease

Peripheral arterial disease (PAD), also known as peripheral artery or peripheral vascular disease, is a condition which is characterised...

Panic Attacks May Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease

  Who Do Panic Attacks Affect? Some 2.4 million Americans regularly experience episodes of panic, although the cause of...