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Postural Hypotension
Postural hypotension is a sudden, transient drop in blood pressure that happens when rising from sitting or lying down, and it causes dizziness. Learn how to prevent or reduce this dizziness.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Heart-Healthy Recipes
A collection of heart-healthy recipes that promote optimal heart health.
Filed Under: Recipes
Q&A on High Cholesterol: What’s the Best Way to Lower Triglyceride Levels?
To lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels naturally, you need to take a close look at your diet. Learn why the Pan-Asian Mediterranean (PAM) diet is the best diet for those with high cholesterol and triglycerides.
Filed Under: Q&As
Prostate Health: A Key to Sexual Function
The health of your prostate and a satisfying sex life are in many ways interconnected and dependent on each other. By taking steps now, you can maintain proper prostate function, and reignite your sexual desire and performance.
Filed Under: Men's Health
Q&A: Stroke Recovery
The best thing you can do to help yourself recover from a stroke is to give damaged cells the raw materials they need to create energy.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Treating High Blood Pressure With Calcium-Channel Blockers
Calcium-channel blockers are commonly prescribed to lower blood pressure. Learn how this type of prescription high blood pressure medication works in the body and discover its possible side effects.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Air Quality And Your Heart Health
Environmental pollution can have a negative affect on heart health. A new study found that significant pollution exposure upped the risk of heart attack for six hours.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Q&A: Prescription Niacin: Is the New Drug Worth It?
We don't need an expensive prescription drug to do the same thing that niacin has done for 50 years: raise HDL and defuse Lp(a), one of the most dangerous components of cholesterol.
Filed Under: Q&As
Sex and Your Heart
New treatments for sexual dysfunction can help improve overall heart healt.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Top Tips for Bone Health
Find out the recommended daily calcium level for your age. Food, supplements, excersice and sun exposure can help you get your proper amount of daily calcium.
Filed Under: Women's Health
Lower High Blood Pressure With Earthing
High blood pressure can be caused by hyperviscosity, or thick and sticky blood that moves slowly through the circulatory system. Research shows that the practice of Earthing (also called grounding) can thin the blood and help lower blood pressure.
Filed Under: Heart Health
The Aspirin Resistance Test as Part of Heart-Disease Screening
To combat heart disease, aspirin therapy helps prevent the clots that lead to heart attacks and strokes. But for those with aspirin resistance, aspirin therapy is ineffective. Learn about the test that will tell if aspirin therapy will work for you.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Does Salt in the Diet Cause High Blood Pressure?
To lower high blood pressure, you need to watch your salt intake, because salt promotes water retention, and excess water in the body drives up blood pressure readings.
Filed Under: Heart Health
What Is a Healthy Cholesterol Level?
What is a healthy cholesterol level? A healthy cholesterol level is more than your total cholesterol number, says Dr. Stephen Sinatra. It must also take into account your cholesterol fractions.
Filed Under: Heart Health
Dr. Sinatra's Exercise Program For Joint And Heart Health
Exercise. I can't think of another lifestyle modification with such immediate and long-lasting benefits for your health and well-being. Even simple exercises strengthen your heart, circulatory system, bones, and muscles; build stamina; and improve your state of mind.
Filed Under: Bone & Joint Health
The Sinatra Smart Zone Scores for Heart Disease Tests
When screening for heart disease, you need to undergo the right combination of tests--then you need to know what your scores mean in terms of your heart disease risk. Find out the Sinatra Smart Zone values for many heart disease screening tests.
Filed Under: Heart Health
