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Pregnancy and Heart Disease 
Pregnancy is one of the physiological conditions that places a considerable burden on the heart, forcing it to work harder for a significantly long period - nine months. While a normal heart is quite capable of taking this extra workload right in its stride, a diseased one may not be able to cope. Different kinds of heart disease may cause different problems during pregnancy. |
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Yoga to Get Your Heart Healthy
According to new research from Yale
University School of Medicine. Findings
show that people who practice yoga and
meditation at least three times a week
may reduce their blood pressure, pulse
and -- most importantly -- their risk of
heart disease. |
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Foods for a healthy
heart
Any woman looking out for a heart healthy diet should eat foods that
help obtain or maintain healthy levels of cholesterol and lipids (fatty
molecules). Besides a heart healthy diet should promote healthy level of blood
pressure and promote maintenance of weight. Read on....
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Age is a
major risk factor for cardiovascular
disease including heart disease. After
menopause, the incidence of heart
disease in women rises and eventually
virtually mirrors heart disease rates in
men. Though heart disease once was
regarded as a "man's disease," it is the
leading cause of death in both men and
women. |
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Exercise
plays an important role in both the
prevention and rehabilitation of many
forms of heart disease. Exercise can
have a positive influence on many of the
factors that increase the risk for heart
disease such as high blood pressure,
high cholesterol, diabetes and obesity. |
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Eight
million women today are living with
heart disease, and they're developing it
at younger and younger ages. Stress is
considered to be a major contributing
factor. Yoga is a gentle form of
exercise. It is not normally aerobic,
and does not place a strain on the heart
or other organs. A wide variety of yoga
positions can be done in bed, sitting
down, lying on the floor or standing.
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The heart
is a muscle that pumps blood and its
essential cargo of oxygen and nutrients
around the body. Like all muscles,
it needs oxygen to work properly.
Its supply comes in via the two powerful
coronary arteries that network deep into
the heart muscle. When something
goes wrong with this supply, the
condition is life threatening. Read
on..... |
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Valentine's Day is often referred to as a day for
lovers, but many men consider it a woman's holiday. As a result, in early
February, panic begins to set in. No man wants to ruin a Valentine's Day
celebration for his girlfriend or spouse. |
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Heart is the "centre" of the
cardiovascular system and since every body organ thrives on
oxygen, building and maintaining a strong heart is crucial for
overall health. The heart health quiz is a test of how much you
know about physical activity & heart health. The following 12
statements are either right or wrong. Decide on what you think &
then compare your response with the final answers.
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You don't have to work out in a gym or go to aerobics classes
to keep fit, but you do have to make exercise and activity of
some sort part of your daily life, Here is a simple quiz to
help you to rate your everyday habits for fitness value.
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Fat is
an essential part of the diet. yet eating too much of it -
especially of highly saturated animal and dairy fats - appears to
be a major factor in many illnesses. The following questions are
designed to help you to rate your own fat-eating habits.
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Videos in Association with Healthology: |
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High blood pressure is a silent killer that presents one
of the greatest health risks facing the African American
community. Learn how you can control high blood pressure and
improve your health.
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Heart disease risk is something you have or don't have.
But how do you know? Learn how you can set yourself on the
path to a heart healthy life. And say aloha to heart
disease.
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Abdominal aortic aneurysms usually grow silently for
years until they rupture and become deadly. Learn if you are
at risk and who definitely needs to be screened.
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