An estimated 4.8 million Americans have congestive heart failure (CHF). Increasing prevalence, hospitalizations, and deaths have made CHF a major chronic condition in the United States. It often is the end stage of cardiac disease. Half of the patients diagnosed with CHF will be dead within 5 years. Each year, there are an estimated 400,000 [...]

Everywhere you turn, you are admonished to pay attention to your cholesterol (and to a lesser extent, your triglyceride) levels. Cholesterol and triglycerides are two forms of lipid, or fat, that circulate in your bloodstream. They are both necessary for life itself. Cholesterol is necessary for building and maintaining key parts of your cells (such [...]

Advances in medical therapy have improved outcomes for many ambulatory patients with heart failure and low ejection fraction (EF; a measure of how much blood the left ventricle of the heart pumps out with each contraction), according to background information in the article. However, each year an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 patients are hospitalized for [...]

Studies examining the association between coffee consumption and risk of myocardial infarction (MI heart attack) have been inconclusive. Coffee is a major source of caffeine, which is the most widely consumed stimulant in the world and has been implicated in the development of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, according to background information in the [...]

In the whole world, cardiac arrest is one of the leading death causing illnesses. Numbers of patients get higher and higher everyday. The main reason of this disease is maybe hereditary or unconscious to health. When one of the family members has cardiac problem, here are some notes you have to consider. If you’ve had [...]

Antioxidants keep cholesterol from going through a process called “oxidation.” Oxidation happens when oxygen reacts with cholesterol in your blood. Oxidation causes the “bad” cholesterol (called “LDL” cholesterol) to stick to the lining of your arteries. The oxidized cholesterol can even block your arteries, so blood can’t get through. This blocking is called “atherosclerosis.” Some [...]

The ear infection is brought by the presence and growth of bacteria or viruses usually in the middle ear. Ear Wax (Cerumen) – Yellow secretion from glands in the outer ear canal that keeps the skin of the ear canal dry and protected from infection. Every one of us should consider and remember the following: [...]

From childhood to adult, we should know that health is wealth. This is considered as the greatest aspect one should have. If not this, any activities would be in vain. Any dreams and wishes would be impossible. Let everyone knows that all doings in life are connected with human health Vitamins and minerals are substances [...]