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Cholesterol

6 Step Low Cholesterol Diet Plan

The low cholesterol diet plan was created to reduce a person’s cholesterol levels. When a low cholesterol diet plan becomes a lifetime habit, it can be very effective. A low cholesterol diet plan works by lowering the qua...
 
 
Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Affected By Blood Pressure Changes

According to research, a decrease as well as increase in your blood pressure throughout middle age could significantly affect your lifetime cardiovascular disease risk. Researchers discovered that those that maintained or lower...
 
 
Diet Soft Drinks

Drinking Diet Soft Drinks Daily Linked to Risk of Stroke

According to a study, people who consume diet soft drinks every day could be at greater risk of having vascular events like stroke, myocardial infarction (or heart attack), as well as vascular death. On the other hand, they dis...
 

 
Salt and High Blood Pressure

Salt and High Blood Pressure Association Clarified

Researchers debunk the widely-believed concept that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the result of excess salt causing an increased blood volume, exerting extra pressure on the arteries. The study clarifies the  salt a...
 
 
An Antioxidant Rich Diet Reduces Stroke Risk

An Antioxidant Rich Diet Reduces Stroke Risk

A study reports that women who ate an antioxidant-rich diet had fewer strokes regardless of whether they had a previous history of cardiovascular disease. “Eating antioxidant-rich foods may reduce your stroke risk by inhi...
 
 
Fish Consumption

Fish Consumption Could Reduce Heart Disease Risk in Young Women

Researchers report that young women may reduce their risk of developing heart disease simply by increasing fish consumption rich in omega-3 fatty acids. In the first population-based study in women of childbearing age, those wh...
 

 
Causes of High Blood Pressure

Genes That May Be Causes of High Blood Pressure Identified

A ground-breaking study into the causes of high blood pressure identifies key genetic mechanisms that help control blood pressure. The study analysed genetic material in human kidneys in a search for genes that might be causes ...
 
 
Blood Pressure Chart

Blood Pressure Chart

The first or blue section of the blood pressure chart below explains the systolic and the diastolic pressure, the two pressures used for expressing blood pressure ranges. As shown in the blue section of the chart, blood pressur...
 
 
Prehypertension Increases Risk Of Stroke

Prehypertension Increases Risk Of Stroke

According to experts, individuals with prehypertension have got a 55 % greater risk of having a future stroke than those without. Prehypertension is a clinical class formed by experts in 2003 to identify people whose blood pres...