High blood pressure, high cholesterol, being over weight, inactive lifestyles and smoking are high risk factors regarding heart attacks and strokes. If you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure it’s strongly recommended that you lower your cholesterol level as…

High blood pressure is very often referred to as “the silent killer.” There is a good reason why high blood pressure, or hypertension, is called that — it is a reputation that has been earned. Most people who have essential…

Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, is an umbrella term used to describe other ailments that affect the busiest muscle in the body, the heart. Mainly, it affects older people and is hereditary in nature. Heart diseases have become…

The KIND of exercise that you choose to participate in isn’t much of a factor either….ANY exercise is GOOD exercise. That doesn’t mean that you should jump out of your chair right now and do some really strenuous exercise until…

PPH (Primary Pulmonary Hypertension) is reaching epidemic proportions in this country. A once rare problem is becoming much more prevalent. (Higher pulmonary artery blood pressure causes the heart to work a lot harder to pump sufficient quantities of blood into…