If you have high blood pressure and want to lower it, your doctor may have suggested you take aspirin. However, to make sure the aspirin is effective, the best time to take it is at bedtime.
In a hypertension study conducted by the University of Vigo in Spain with 100 individuals—34 men and 66 women—no difference in blood [...]

f you visited your doctor for your cholesterol and triglycerides, he or she probably recommendeds your LDL “bad” cholesterol be less than 100 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) and your triglycerides be below 160 mg/dL. If your cholesterol was normal, but your triglycerides were high, it doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods.

Inflammation is a protective mechanism produced by the body in response to an injury, and when you stub your toe or scrape your elbow, you see inflammation at work. Certain diseases such as arthritis, allergies, and aging are linked to inflammation, and if you haven’t heard about systemic inflammation, you might want to know how it works [...]

According to survey conducted by the American Heart Association in 2005, 23.9% of the American male population and 18.1% of the American female population smoke. Together these smokers total over 46 million American people.
As everyone knows, smoking is a death sentence, and approximately one out of every five deaths in America is related to smoking. So, to encourage you [...]

Pomegranates are chocked full of antioxidants and phytochemical compounds, which keep LDLs “bad” cholesterol down, lower blood pressure, prevent blood platelets from clustering and clumping together, and reduce atherosclerosis plaque deposits. In fact, in a 2004 study of heart patients with severe carotid artery blockages, one ounce of pomegranate juice every day for a year [...]

September is National Cholesterol Education Month, so I thought an article about cholesterol would be a good choice. If you want to live a long healthy, you’ll probably want to educate yourself and learn basics cholesterol facts, as well as what you can do to prevent it and control it. So, let’s start with what [...]

Learn how Niacin helps your HDLs.