Month: October 2011
Divide over when to use in-depth cholesterol tests (AP)
AP – For heart health, you’re supposed to know your numbers: Total cholesterol, the bad LDL kind and the good HDL kind. But your next checkup might add a new number to the mix.
Savvy Senior: Healthy diet, exercise can help control Type 2 diabetes
Savvy Senior columnist Jim Miller writes that healthy diet and exercise are the first steps to keeping Type 2 diabetes under control. BY JIM MILLER Leave a comment DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: My husband, 62, was just diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. …
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NORAD plans exercise in Washington region early Wednesday
WASHINGTON — NORAD is planning an exercise this week in the Washington region to enhance its skills and test a warning system. The North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct exercise Falcon Virgo 12-01 Wednesday morning. …
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Lower Blood Pressure
Lower Your Blood Pressure, by Barry Shore
After researching literally thousands of information sources I discovered that blood pressure is simply the amount of pressure (like pounds per square inch) it takes for the heart to push blood through your blood vessels into your body, and how much pressure it takes to suck it back. Systolic being the first and diastolic being the second.
Researchers say that 120 (systolic) / (over) 80 (diastolic) is “normal”. However, I have found that this varies between age groups, occupations, sexes and races. In my opinion, if your blood pressure is between 110 to 135 systolic and 55 to 85 diastolic, you are healthy. These readings would be when you are resting, not in the middle of any vigorous exercise or under any extreme distress.
Believing the above I theorized that getting blood vessels to be more flexible and getting the heart to be more relaxed should lower blood pressure. Investigating further I found devices being marketed that already worked on these theories. ZonaPLUStm produces a device that exercises the blood vessels through handgrip squeezing. RESPeRATEtm makes a device to aid in slow breathing exercises to relax the heart.
Scientific research shows that both these devices play a role in lowering blood pressure. Then I contemplated combining both these exercises, squeezing and breathing, into one program. After months of additional research and testing BPDown © was born. Not only does BPDown © combine both squeezing and breathing exercises into one program, but unlike the $300 price tags of other programs, BPDown © costs only $49 including shipping.
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Health fair has checks for diabetes
Some symptoms of Type 2 diabetes may include fatigue, thirst, blurred vision, frequent urination and weight loss. A simple blood test can show if you have diabetes. Weight control, exercise and staying with a steady diet can help you control you …
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Weight Gain Might Raise Endometrial Cancer Risk (HealthDay)
Can NSAIDs Cut Colorectal Cancer Deaths in Older Women? (HealthDay)
Health Tip: Children and Bedwetting (HealthDay)
Breast Reconstruction Boosts Women’s Emotional Well-Being: Study (HealthDay)
HealthDay – MONDAY, Oct. 24 (HealthDay News) — Women who had a mastectomy and
underwent breast reconstruction using tissue from their own abdomen showed
rapid improvements in psychological, social and sexual health after the
procedure, a new, small study says.