COULD YOU BE ONE OF THE 154.7 MILLION ‘OVERWEIGHT’ AMERICANS AND NOT KNOW IT? Calculate your BMI to estimate your risk for potential heart problems It is no secret that over the past few decades, Americans have become increasingly oblivious to their own weight problems. The misperception of weight status, Read more…
DID YOU KNOW YOUR WAISTLINE IS A KEY PREDICTOR TO HEART DISEASE? According to Helene Glassberg, MD, director of the Preventive Cardiology and Lipid Center at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, “The heavier you are, the higher your risk of heart disease, period.” Excess weight often means higher-than-normal Read more…
Smoking is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke. Cigarette smoking increases the risk of and can worsen nearly all forms of acquired heart disease. The good news is that people who quit smoking get heart benefits quickly and can recover from the detrimental effects of tobacco. In 1964, Read more…
If you eat the “standard American diet” that most people eat in the modern world, it’s quite likely you will develop heart disease. When it comes to treating heart disease, most doctors promote drugs, expensive, invasive testing, high-tech medical procedures and heart surgery as the standard options. A significant number Read more…
ONE FAMILY, THREE GENERATIONS, SEVERAL RISK FACTORS: COULD THE WOMEN IN YOUR FAMILY BE AT HIGH RISK OF HEART DISEASE? Whether it is your mother, grandmother, daughter, or all of the above, celebrate Mother’s Day this year by taking care of HER. With 8 million women in the United States Read more…
This Mother’s Day give the gift of a Cardiovascular Screening. It could save HER life. Heartscan Services SAVING LIVES ONE HEART AT A TIME. This year when deciding what to give Mom for Mother’s Day make it something meaningful. The gift of a non-invasive Cardiovascular Screen which includes: An Echocardiogram, Read more…
YOUR RISK FOR HEART DISEASE IS DIRECTLY LINKED TO YOUR FAMILY HISTORY. IF HEART DISEASE RUNS IN YOUR FAMILY BE PREVENTATIVE…IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. One in five men carries a gene from their father that nearly doubles their risk of coronary heart disease. If you have had a father Read more…
Answer “Yes” or “No” to the following statements. Yes | No 1. I have taken antibiotics during my life. Yes | No 2. I have gotten vaccines. Yes | No 3. I have taken aspirin, or Tylenol, or ibuprofen, or other over-the-counter pain medication. Yes | No 4. I shower Read more…
INGREDIENTS 2 1/4 cups pomegranate juice 2 1/4 cups vodka 1 cup lime juice 3/4 cup Cointreau, or Grand Marnier 1/4 cup ginger juice, (see Note) 2 tablespoons sugar, preferably superfine bar sugar, plus more for the rims Strips of lime zest, for garnish DIRECTIONS 1. Mix pomegranate juice, vodka, Read more…
1- Garlic – Due to its anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-yeast properties “One of the best immune-system helpers is garlic,” writes herbalist Susan Weed, adding that experts say “it contains at least 17 different factors that nourish and support powerful immune system functioning.” Cooking with fresh garlic is one way Read more…