When Bill woke in the hospital room, a smiling nurse was wrapping a sphygmomanometer around his right arm.
Terror gripped him when he tried to form the words, “What happened?” They got stuck in his brain and never made it to his mouth.
“You’ve had a stroke, Dad.” His daughter stood beside the bed, [...]
Heart attacks seem to be sudden, but that?s not the truth. Signs and symptoms of a heart attack need to be recognized. These help in quick medical attention, as well as saving lives.
A common sign of an impending heart attack is discomfort or slight pain. The discomfort occurs mostly in the chest area. It is [...]
Do you have nocturnal panic attacks? Many of us do and most of those that do have them do not know what they are. If you find yourself doing things like this, then you may be experiencing this condition.
You go to sleep knowing that you need to sleep to have a good day [...]
Heart attacks come in all sizes, from minor to major, and the symptoms of a pending heart attack can be deceiving in many cases. Some symptoms of a pending heart attack may have been showing up for quite awhile and were ignored as something else.
Pending heart attack symptoms mask themselves as indigestion, being overworked [...]
Most of us are familiar with the notion that high blood pressure is a silent killer, but rarely do we hear that sleep disorders are also deadly. As a matter of fact, obstructive sleep apnea is one of the least diagnosed causes of stroke and heart attack.
?Apnea? refers to the absence of breathing. [...]
Nowadays in this fast paced world and changing lifestyle majority of the people are in the burden of stress. Stress has become an integral part of every human being and they try to find the ways to lower it down significantly. Being everyone stressed out, now it has become very important in how to react [...]
Cholesterol is said to be the fatty, waxy and lipid substance circulating in the bloodstream providing much needed fat to the body. Being the most important substance it not only produces sex hormones but also guards the arteries by providing a covering coat to them. Till now majority of the people and experts are confused [...]
Many people I talk to experience noticeable changes in how they feel. Their energy and stamina levels have dropped. The rigors of a normal day are taking a toll on what was once a youthful and robust person.
Perhaps you are one who wonders, “What is happening to me?”. Does this sound like you or [...]
In recent years changes in diet and lifestyle in many western societies have led to an increase in the number of people suffering from high blood pressure.
High blood pressure (otherwise known as hypertension, or more correctly arterial hypertension) is a serious condition which rarely carries any symptoms and which, if not detected and treated, can [...]
If you feel that you sweat excessively, please consult your doctor and find out. There is no measurement of normal sweating. So each of us have to find out if we are sweating excessively, normally or very less. If excess perspiration is your problem, find out more about it below. Please note that excessive sweating [...]
