
Lifestyle plays an important role in treating high blood pressure. If you successfully control your blood pressure with a healthy lifestyle, you may avoid, delay or reduce the need for medication. Here are some lifestyle changes you can make to lower your blood pressure and keep it down. 1. Lose extra pounds and watch your [...]

Maintaining an active lifestyle is an important part of a healthy life. There are many benefits attached to leading an active and healthy lifestyle. Very often as people grow older they begin to lead a less active life. This leads to various ailments. The fact is that one can easily lead an active and healthy [...]

Keeping your cholesterol levels healthy is a great way to keep your heart healthy – and lower your chances of getting heart disease or having a stroke. Cholesterol can be tricky to understand, though, because not all is bad for you. Some is actually good for you. The most important thing you can do as [...]

Type 2 diabetes is a long-term and typically preventable condition that results in too much glucose (a type of sugar) in the blood. The National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of UK published recently new diabetes guidelines and provide recommendations that are designed

Recent studies show that fiber may be beneficial in reducing the risk of many lifestyle-related diseases. Research suggests that fiber may: • Help protect against colon cancer.

Diabetes risk is significantly increased if white rice is eaten regularly. The researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health look at previous studies and evidence of the association between eating white rice and the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Pregnant women should avoid certain addiction to have safe pregnancy and delivery, and for better health of the baby. I have observed rise of these addictions in girls and women of child-bearing age. As health consultant and homeopathic physician, I receive many queries about what are bad-effects of smoking and drinking during pregnancy. Following research [...]

The term “heart disease” refers to several types of heart conditions. The most common type is coronary artery disease, which can cause heart attack, angina, heart failure, and arrhythmias.

Glaucoma is a group of diseases that can damage the eye’s optic nerve and result in vision loss and blindness. Glaucoma occurs when the normal fluid pressure inside the eyes slowly rises. However, recent findings now show that glaucoma can occur with normal eye pressure. With early detection and timely treatment, you can often protect [...]

Managing your health can be complicated. Every day, we face situations that involve life-changing decisions about our health. Research shows that today’s health information is hard to understand and use to make good decisions. But health information and services don’t have to be so complicated. It helps to be a savvy consumer.