Ladies, we may need to rethink our form of birth control. According to researchers at the Ghent University in Belgium, women who take - or have ever taken - birth controls face an increased risk of...

According to an article on MSNBC Health page, a bad or troubled marriage can lead to a broken heart. Literally. A study listed in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine revealed that marital...

Do you suffer from panic attacks? Merriam Webster dictionary defines panic attacks as 'feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning'. Other symptoms of a panic attack...

I received the following letter in my email a few days ago: According to the American Heart Association, 140 million adults have borderline-high or high cholesterol. Even if you feel great and have an...

There's another diet book on the market, but this is a diet book with a difference. It's not all about losing weight. It's about eating healthy and preventing heart attacks and strokes....

My mother had numerous transient ischemic attacks or mini-strokes. One I remember well. We were sitting at the kitchen table talking, and suddenly her words were coming out all garbled. She had lost...

Be careful about mixing medications, whether prescribed or over the counter. It could be dangerous. Always check with your doctor or pharmacist. An article in Science Daily talks about one example,...

You've probably heard the old saying that variety is the spice of life. An old Polish proverb disagrees. It reads: Salt is the spice of life. Another Polish proverb says: Without salt the feast is...

It's common knowledge. Trans fats are bad for your health. New research only emphasizes that. An article I found on North Jersey.com, and originally from the Washington Post News service, tells...

Guidelines for controlling blood pressure include eating lots of fruit and vegetables. The guidelines don't include other foods including cocoa and tea. An article from Ivanhoe's Medical...

I think most people know that high blood pressure is dangerous. It can lead to heart disease, heart attacks and stroke. Often there are no symptoms. It's called the silent killer for that reason....

What I like to call "head problems" seem to run in our family, and it seems they are all connected. My mother suffered from severe migraines most of her life. As she grew older, she began to...

An article from the Pak Tribune took me a bit by surprise. I've taken aspirin to prevent heart attacks for years. Now the article tells us: In a stunning example of gender differences in medicine,...

There are many things we can do to keep our hearts healthy - proper diet, stress reduction, exercise. The American Heart Association has one more for you to remember. Medical News Today tells us that...

Medical professionals may misdiagnose a woman's heart attack. Women have a whole new set of symptoms. Men are stricken by chest pains, and pains that shoot down their ams. Women, on the other...

Since my mother had breast cancer, and other members of my family were victims of various types of cancer, that has always been my biggest worry when it comes to my health. But, according to an...

It's a real blow when you lose your job, whether your a high paid executive or a struggling waitress. I know. Been there and done that. No matter the amount, you depend on that income and suddenly...

Does the sight of all that delicious food make your mouth water? Me too. We truly live in the land of plenty. Unfortunately, maybe we have too much plenty. An article from FOX news tells us that the...

The American Heart Association tells us that heart disease is the number one killer of American women. I think you could change that to include women in other industrialized nations. Women's...