Heart Disease :: Try transcendental meditation
Performing transcendental meditation, a relaxation technique derived from the ancient Vedic tradition in India, may improve cardiac risk factor in people with coronary heart disease, says a study.
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Heart Disease :: Salt substitute could cut heart disease risk
Use of potassium-enriched salt in place of regular salt in everyday diet could cut the risk of several diseases, including heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, a study has found.
Meditation :: Meditation can also heal your heart
Meditation has always shown to have calming effect on the body and the soul, but the researchers now have uncovered yet another benefit of transcendental meditation, that it may reduce cardiac risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease.
Diabetes :: Adults with Diabetes Still Don?t Know They Have It
The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes in U.S. adults age 20 and older has risen from about 5.1 percent to 6.5 percent, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), who analyzed national survey data from two periods ? 1988 to 1994 and 1999 to 2002. However, the percentage of adults with undiagnosed diabetes did not change significantly over the years studied. About 2.8 percent of U.S. adults ? one-third of those with diabetes ? still don?t know they have it.
Health :: Exercise to keep your arteries healthy
To keep your arteries healthy, a regular exercise program is essential, reports the June issue of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch.
High Blood Pressure :: Over half of people have high BP, high sugar, pot belly
With rising stress levels and erratic lifestyle playing havoc with health, a new study has found that more than half of the population over the age of 40 suffers from metabloic syndrome, a condition which predisposes people to heart attack and stroke.
High Blood Pressure :: Early treatment could benefit teens with prehypertension
A study has found that, teenagers diagnosed with prehypertension can be prevented from developing hypertension and related complications later in life if they start treatment early on.
Smoking :: Varenicline – New pill helps quit smoking
A Pfizer drug shown to help more than one in five smokers quit after a year?s use received approval in the US, adding another option to the limited pool of effective stop-smoking prescription medicines.
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome :: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome Symptoms
The first symptom to develop is usually muscular rigidity, followed by high fever and changes in cognitive functions.
Hypertension :: Lifestyle Changes Beneficial in Lowering High Blood Pressure
Men and women with elevated blood pressure who make healthy lifestyle changes and sustain them for up to a year and a half can substantially reduce their rates of high blood pressure and potentially decrease their heart disease risk. With behavioral counseling, increases in physical activity, and adoption of a healthy eating plan called DASH, rates of high blood pressure dropped from 37 to 22 percent among participants in a study conducted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health.