Skip to main content

Featured post

Heart Attack in Women and Modifiable Risk Factors

Heart Attack in Women and Modifiable Risk Factors

Heart attacks are becoming more common in young women:
According to a study published in the American Heart Association's journal, there is an increasing trend of heart attacks in young women between the age of 35 - 54 years.

Based on analysis of data of  hospital admissions in the US, researchers have found that hospital visits for heart attacks in patients between age 35 and 54 increased from 27 percent in 1995–99 to 32 percent in 2010–14. The increase was more pronounced in women, a 10 percent rise, than in men, with 3 percent rise.


Risk Factors That Can Be Managed:
You can control or treat these risk factors with lifestyle changes and your healthcare provider's help:

  • High blood pressure
  • Smoking
  • High blood cholesterol
  • Lack of regular activity
  • Obesity or overweight
  • Diabetes


Risk Factors You Can't Control:
 You can't change these risk factors:
  • Age
  • Gender
  • Heredity (family health history)
  • Race
  • Previous stroke or heart attack

Mortgage Calculator

To maintain optimum health children require about 60 minutes of physical activity every day to help improve their psychological well-being.

Popular posts from this blog

الفلسطينيون يفتقرون إلى الدعم العربي الرئيسي للقدس

قرار ترامب بشأن القدس وقد اعترف السيد ترامب بالقدس عاصمة لإسرائيل وأمر بالبدء في عملية نقل السفارة الأمريكية من تل أبيب إلى القدس. ووفقا للتقارير الإخبارية، لم يوقع السيد ترامب على التنازل عن التحول، الذي وقع كل ستة أشهر من قبل رؤساء الولايات المتحدة، المقرر في 1 ديسمبر. رد فعل الدول العربية وفى الاربع والعشرين ساعة الاولى من اعلان الرئيس الامريكى اعترافه بالقدس عاصمة لاسرائيل، لم يبد العاهل الاردنى الملك عبد الله والرئيس التركى طيب اردوغان سوى اعتراض شديد على اعتراف الولايات المتحدة. كما ادان اعضاء مجلس الامن الدولى فى اجتماع يوم الجمعة والمملكة المتحدة ومعظم اعضاء الاتحاد الاوروبى القرار الامريكى. وقال وزراء خارجية الدول العربية ال 22 الذين اجتمعوا فى القاهرة ان قرار الرئيس الامريكى دونالد ترامب بالاعتراف بالقدس عاصمة لاسرائيل "خطير وغير مقبول" و "هجوم سافر على حل سياسى" للصراع الاسرائيلى الفلسطينى. وبعد أن أدانت الدول العربية موقف ترامب المؤيد لإسرائيل، لم تعارض الدول العربية ذلك بنشاط. بالنسبة للعديد من الدول العربية والخلي...
Read more

What Breast cancer Survivors Have to cope With?

Breast cancer survivors, who lose muscle mass, can benefit from strength training, studies suggest Breast cancer is more survivable than ever. Strength training is a key to helping women survive well. wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock.com Lynn Panton , Florida State University and Ashley Artese , Roanoke College Breast cancer research has resulted in treatment that has greatly improved survival rates. As a result, there are 3.1 million breast cancer survivors alive in the United States today. The five-year survival rate is about 90 percent. This is great news. But, survivors are still left to struggle with many adverse side effects from the disease and cancer treatments, which include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and hormonal suppression drugs that are used to suppress hormones that may have fueled the breast cancer. Particularly worrisome side effects are accelerated losses in bone mineral density and muscle mass – with gains in fat ...
Read more

benefits of Super food Peanut butter

Peanut butter is fairly nutritious food consumed by 90% of American households. It has reached the status of a superfood  h igh in healthy  fats  and  protein .  All natural peanut butter is a low carb food. It is high in healthy fats, has moderates amount of protein and has a relatively high amount of fiber. Also, peanut butter  is a rich source of niacin, folate, Vitamin E , a potent  antioxidant  that protects nervous membranes,  along with a host of other essential nutrients and minerals. It's also high in fiber.  Peanut butter is a good source of magnesium, which is an essential nutrient for people with  diabetes . Continuous periods of high blood sugar may reduce magnesium levels in the body. Thiamine is also present which helps the brain and nervous system convert glucose to energy. For full nutritional details see  here . Unsaturated fats, which make up the majority of the fat content in peanut b...
Read more