Alcohol, although toxic and damaging if consumed in excess, has been linked to several surprising health benefits, particularly in relation to cardiovascular health. The World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that a relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and reduced death rates from heart disease can no longer be doubted. Red wine is particularly favorable as the [...]
When the defibrillator that you had implanted to maintain a healthy heart is recalled, there are many decisions that you may have to wrestle with as reports of injured defibrillator patients roll in. In October 2007, a large manufacturer of defibrillators and pacemakers, Medtronic, recalled several units after it was discovered that the leads used [...]
There are many types of heart disease, but this article will explore five types that are common to happen. Hopefully, this article can add your knowledge concerning this leading cause of death disease.
#1 Congenital heart disease
There is a fallacy of thinking that many people do when they believe that all heart diseases are brought about [...]
Diabetes support groups are available to help the diabetics through learning and planning their new lifestyle. This is nowhere more essential than in learning how to prevent heart attack, a long term complication of this condition. Take heart for it can be prevented.
Heart and blood vessel disease are the main cause of death among diabetics [...]
How do you adjust to the diagnosis of diabetes or to being told that you have one or more of the complications of the disease?
Reacting To The Diagnosis
If you have just received the diagnosis of diabetes or if you have just heard of someone else with diabetes who is suffering from a variety of problems, [...]
Daily blood glucose tests are a way of life for anyone who suffers from diabetes. Without daily testing the diabetic is unable to properly manage and treat their disease which can lead to life threatening complications. Diabetics normally test their blood sugars from 3 to 7 times a day which can quickly diminish their diabetic [...]
American standards of medical practice dictate that almost every diabetic will eventually be placed on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug, as soon as blood tests come back with an LDL number over 100 mg/dl two times in a row. But most diabetics, and many doctors, don’t realize that standard blood tests don’t even measure LDL, they [...]
Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease
Certain medical conditions (e.g., diabetes), disorders, personal habits (e.g., smoking), and drugs or chemicals are known to increase the risk of coronary heart disease, particularly a heart attack. Such factors that lay the groundwork for heart problems are called coronary risk factors. To prevent heart attack, you should be fully [...]
Did you know that if you have diabetes you have a greater chance of dying from heart disease or stroke and it doesn’t make any difference if you are a woman or a man? One reason is high blood levels of sugar make the walls of your blood vessels thicker and cause them to lose [...]
Diabetes Mellitus - A Cardiovascular Disease
“Life is not over because you have diabetes. Make the most of what you have, be grateful.” Dale Evans Rogers (American Singer known as the “Queen of the West”, )
Glucose, a form of sugar, is the body’s main source of fuel. Glucose needs insulin to enter the cells to be [...]
