More than one person I know swears that their child’s first word wasn’t the treasured “Mama” or “Dada” but “Happy Meal!” There certainly no doubt that we live in the supersize-me age of ...
When a relationship ends, it is almost cliché to hear one party or the other (usually the one who got dumped) say that they are suffering from a broken heart.
In late autumn, emergency medical teams enter into what they call the “CO season”— a time when the number of carbon monoxide (CO) poisonings spikes due to faulty furnaces, space heaters, ...
Most of us are probably familiar with most of the traditional risk factors for heart disease such as age, obesity, family history, high blood pressure, diabetes, or smoking.
Not only do women get heart disease, but it remains the number one killer of women.
According to the Mayo Clinic, more women die each year of heart disease than men.
Many of us naturally think of heart disease, or other heart problems, as a condition which affects only middle-aged women approaching menopause or older women.
Hypertension is the technical term for high blood pressure. To have true high blood pressure, your readings must be at 140/90 mmHg or higher, whereas normal blood pressure is 120/80 ...