Healthy Heart...
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All About The Heart Beat
Everybody has a basic understanding and knowledge about their heart and that it beats with a dull 'thud-thud', and also that it is a basic function of human life but...
Exercise & Healthy Eating
The function of the heart and circulatory system can be greatly improved by ensuring that lifestyle choices are of benefit to us. Aside from smoking, diet and exercise...
Facts and Figures: Heart Disease in the UK
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the countries that make up the United Kingdom have rates of cardiovascular disease, including...
Facts and Figures: Heart Disease Worldwide
Heart disease and cardiovascular disease are very big killers worldwide and will become one of the leading causes of death in developing...
Giving up Smoking and Your Heart
Smoking continues to be a subject that causes concern and debate for many people. It cannot be suggested that smoking has anything but a negative effect on the body,...
Heart Health for Kids
Looking after your heart is a serious business and something that most of us could do slightly if not a lot better. Keeping your heart healthy should be part of life...
Heart Health for Seniors
As we age there are many factors that influence our health. Sometimes these issues are serious, sometimes not but it is a fact that we must try and prevent our...
Heart Health: Limiting Stress
When in moderation, stress can have a very positive affect on our lives and can motivate us and help us achieve our goals, but it has also been well researched and...
Heart Health: Moderate Drinking
Enjoyed socially, drinking is a part of life that can bring pleasure and relaxation to many people. In large quantities, however, it can be dangerous and seriously...
How a Healthy Heart Works
The heart is a muscle essential for life and begins functioning from inside the uterus before birth and continues to work until death.
Anatomy of The Heart
The...
Issues Surrounding Heart Disease
Today’s modern society commands quite rightly that there should be no discrimination between human beings regardless of background religious preference or anything...
Lowering Blood Pressure
When someone has their blood pressure measured they are actually having the force of the blood through the arteries measured. The top number or systolic reading of a...
Lowering Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a naturally occurring substance produced by the liver. When we eat a diet high in fats our livers produce excessive levels of cholesterol, which is then...
The Heart: Facts, Figures and Stats
The heart functions without us having to think about it and beats around 70 times every minute during our lifetime. That means that we have just over 100 000 heart...
What Are Thrombolytics?
When a blood vessel becomes blocked by a clot many serious consequences can result including tissue death and permanent damage or even death. Drugs have now been...
