Keeping kids healthy can be a big job. From the day their children are born, parents ferry them to and from medical offices, getting their immune systems boosted, teeth cleaned, eyes checked and stuffy noses decongested. But experts say there’s one body part parents and health care professionals may be overlooking: the heart. “As a…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — It’s not unusual to have one or more family members with some form of heart disease. Nonetheless, some people may not even know they have heart disease until they experience a heart attack or stroke or are diagnosed with heart failure. Despite the prevalence of heart disease, many people are still unclear…
Numb legs will annoy you and typically mean that there are underlying health issues. Sitting for long periods will numb your legs temporarily, but ongoing or frequent numbness could mean something is wrong. The following are six health risks that result in numb legs: 1. Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy Diabetes tops the list as the…
When Dr Ian K. Smith is not writing books about healthy living, or penning novels, you might find him walking around his favourite city, Paris. He loves the French capital because, among its many charms, he says it is one of the easiest places in the world to meet one’s daily step count. “Walking is…
Despite medical advances, America’s heart disease crisis worsens—alarming new data reveals how lifestyle choices, racial disparities, and rising obesity rates are driving an unprecedented public health challenge. Study: 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association. Image Credit: Mr Dasenna / Shutterstock In a recent report published…
A bottle of wine a week, combined with a Mediterranean diet, could be as good as statins for heart health, academics have suggested. And most studies examining the health ties to wine have relied on people self-reporting how much alcohol they drink, which may be “prone to measurement errors”, researchers said. So academics set out…
Life expectancy in the US already falls behind many other developed countries, putting us in 49th place in global rankings in 2022 — but a new report says we’ll drop even further to 66th place in 2050. That year, Americans are expected to live 80.4 years on average, up from 79.9 years in 2035 and…
Certain risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and sedentary lifestyle can make one susceptible to stroke. Want to know what you can do to prevent it? Sweat not as we got an expert on board to highlight the vital measures that one should take to reduce the chances of a stroke. A…
In the United States, strokes are a top cause of death and a major cause of disability, according to the American Stroke Association. This is a scary reality, especially since many of the stroke risk factors are pretty silent (like high cholesterol and high blood pressure) ― until they’re not. But just because some of…
“A stroke can kill you or your loved one. It can lead to full or partial paralysis,” Luke Coutinho A stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide, yet many people fail to recognise its warning signs on time. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 15 million people suffer a…