New 2025 guidelines focus on early intervention and lifestyle to manage high blood pressure

New 2025 guidelines focus on early intervention and lifestyle to manage high blood pressure

Preventing and managing high blood pressure with healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as following a heart-healthy diet including reducing salt intake, staying physically active, maintaining a healthy weight and managing stress—combined with early treatment with medication to lower blood pressure if necessary—are recommended to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, kidney disease, cognitive…

Read More
Top lifestyle tips to naturally reduce the risk of heart blockage

Top lifestyle tips to naturally reduce the risk of heart blockage

Want to prevent heart disease naturally? Learn how these lifestyle strategies, like healthy eating, quitting smoking, and staying active, can help. Heart blockage can often be prevented and managed naturally through simple yet effective lifestyle changes. A proactive approach to cardiovascular health includes a healthy diet, regular physical activity, quitting smoking, and managing stress. These…

Read More
Study: Association of life’s essential 8 score with incidence of atrial fibrillation: The Framingham heart study. Image Credit: Magic mine / Shutterstock

Poor lifestyle habits nearly double your chance of developing AFib

Adults with poor Life’s Essential 8 scores faced significantly higher atrial fibrillation risk, suggesting that heart-healthy habits could be key to preventing this common arrhythmia. Study: Association of life’s essential 8 score with incidence of atrial fibrillation: The Framingham heart study. Image Credit: Magic mine / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the American Journal of…

Read More
Yahoo news home

Sometimes, a healthy lifestyle isn’t enough

“Metabolic health” may sound like a snooze fest, but it is among our nation’s most serious challenges. The term describes what millions of Americans lack: trim waistlines, good blood pressure and optimal levels of blood sugar, triglycerides and cholesterol. The better-known results include epidemics of diabetes and heart disease, though some people also may develop…

Read More
Yahoo lifestyle home

The Surprising Anti-Inflammatory Food You Should Be Eating More Of But Probably Aren’t, According to Dietitians

Reviewed by Dietitian Kelli McGrane, M.S., RD Photographer Victor Protasio, Food Stylist Chelsea Zimmer, Prop Stylist Christina Daley When you think of anti-inflammatory foods, fatty fish like salmon, sardines and mackerel might not be the first to come to mind—but registered dietitians agree that they should be. Rich in omega-3 fatty acids, fatty fish may…

Read More