One out of every five Americans has some form of heart disease. Literally millions of cases could be prevented if people had better information about the best prevention and treatment strategies. Despite the abundance of health information reported in the media, many...
Everyone knows that stress can contribute to weight gain, diabetes and many other ailments, but few people realize just how harmful stress...
Loneliness may increase the risk of high blood pressure. Recent finding: Lonely people over age 50 have blood pressure readings 30 points...
For Patrick Reynolds, it was natural to start smoking cigarettes. He's the grandson of R.J. Reynolds, founder of the...
If you're like most people, you'll have some level of fear if you're scheduled for a...
Everyone knows the soothing effect of listening to a favorite piece of music. But l-l until recently, there was little scientific evidence...
Stay alert with self-applied acupressure, Use your index and middle fingers to massage stimulation points in a circular motion—90 seconds in...
Hand-holding eases stress in happily married couples. When a married woman under extreme stress reaches out and touches her husband's...
Nobody escapes stress, but some fortunate people seem to be able to negotiate the shallows of life with apparent ease. They take...
Heart failure patients with central sleep ap- I Inea (in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep due to a brain...
Find a quiet place where you can fall asleep easily...set an alarm if you are worried about oversleeping—a nap should...
Not getting enough sleep affects mental processes as much as not sleeping at all. Recent study: The response times and memorization abilities...