How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Do gallstones always need treatment?
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Strength training and blood pressure
Most types of strength training, including weight lifting, are safe and beneficial for people who take medication for high blood pressure. But lifting very heavy weights (including boxes of books or heavy furniture) should be avoided.
Cold-water dips: Healthy or risky?
Swimming (or just dunking) in cold water is generally safe. But people with heart rhythm disorders should be cautious about this practice. The evidence for the health benefits for cold-water immersion (which allegedly include fat loss and reduced inflammation) is limited. Submerging the face in cold water triggers the diving reflex, which causes the heart to slow down and blood pressure to rise. This response, in addition to an adrenaline surge from cold water on the skin, may trigger an underlying arrhythmia.
Normal weight, but big belly? That raises heart disease risk
Keep heart disease at bay with a salad a day?
Screening for atrial fibrillation: An update
Why people faint: From common to very rare causes
Fruit of the month: Melons
Spice up your cooking to cut down on salt
Healthy brain, healthier heart?
Researchers have increasingly found links between poor mental health and higher heart disease risk. Stress, childhood trauma, and other issues may affect behavior and trigger physical changes that elevate heart risk. Taking steps to support mental health can potentially improve heart health as well.
Will new guidelines for heart failure affect you?
How to protect your health in a power outage
Can juicing help you get more fruits and vegetables?
Physical therapy provides modest improvement for chronic low back pain
Scoliosis treatment: Can it help as you get older?
Kinesio taping offers only modest relief for musculoskeletal disorders
New resistance training guidance may simplify your workout
What factors speed up aging?
The problem with "classic" Lyme disease symptoms
Staying active throughout middle age may lower women's risk of dying early
Do gallstones always need treatment?
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