Healthy Heart
Below are our 12 articles in the 'healthy heart' category:
The heart beat is a complex occurence and involves electricity, nerve impulses, muscular contractions, blood and oxygen. The human heart beats many hundreds of thousands of times in a lifetime though ...
The role of diet and exercise has been very well documented in recent years. Most people are aware of what they should be eating and that they should incrwease their physical activitiy, but some find ...
Giving up smoking is one of the single most effective ways of preventing disease of the heart or blood vessels. The effects of tar, nicotine and other chemicals found in tobacco have a very ...
There is not an early enough time to be teaching children of the hazards of neglecting the heart. Learning and awareness can be achieved through play, games, physical activity or by simply talking ...
The risks of heart attack, disease, angina, stroke and many other problems of the heart tend to increase as we age but by changing our lifestyles it may be possible to curt these risks and live ...
Although stress canbe a healthy part of life, it can also have a very negative effect if present most of the time in high volumes. Reducing stress is one way in which we can protect oursleves from ...
Alcohol continues to be researched for its beneficial effects on health, but to gain from these effects, amounts of alcohol consumed are very limited. Any amounts over the guidelines can have a ...
The heart is made up of muscle fibres and works as a pump. It allows blood to return to the lungs and become re-oxygenated before it is pumped to the rest of the body. The pump action is determined ...
Today’s modern society commands quite rightly that there should be no discrimination between human beings regardless of background religious preference or anything else that makes us unique. ...
Blood pressure is a measurement of the force of blood against the inner walls of the arteries whilst being pumped around the body. If blood pressure is above the acceptable limits, it is known as ...
Lowering cxholesterol is something most of us would benefit from in order to protect ourselves from serious illness and disease in the future. By making some basic changes in our lifestyles, we can ...
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 developed and perfected that can ...
