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5 Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore
We don't always feel 100 percent all the time, and it's normal to feel a little nauseous, tired, or sniffly every once in a while. These are minor symptoms though, and usually go away on their own. But there are a few red flag signals our bodies flash to warn us of serious medical conditions, and they're symptoms you shouldn't pass off as nothing.
Another Reason to Stop After One Glass: Increased Stroke Risk
'Tis the season for drinking. You're bound to enjoy champagne toasts with family, wining and dining with friends, and sipping back an eggnog at your office holiday party. One drink is fine, but a recent study shows that for women, consuming more than two alcoholic drinks a day can lead to heart problems.
Smoking Pot Linked to Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
We all know that smoking pot regularly just isn't good for our health. It can impair learning, affect memory retention and retrieval, and cause perceptual abnormalities (where you think you hear or see something that isn't there). The smoke from marijuana is also linked to lung cancer, and now research shows that chronic pot smoking can raise a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke.
Biking By Muscle
Biking is a great way to work your legs without taking a toll on your knees. To work the separate muscle groups in your legs it pays to pedal with clips, or straps, that secure your foot to the pedal.
Emphasize the downstroke: If you push on the downstroke you will work your quads - the muscle in the front of the thigh.
High Blood Pressure: What Does it Mean?
Every time you go to the doctor, they wrap a little inflatable cuff around your upper arm, pump air into it, and squeeze your poor little bicep until it just about explodes. They're measuring your blood pressure, but how does it work?
The air is pumped until your circulation is cut off (you know, that uncomfortable feeling).
Get Educated and Reduce Your Risk of Stroke
Reuters is reporting that a recent Swedish study has found that the risk of stroke among women increases the less educated you are. The reason is not simply that education magically improves your health, but that by being educated, you make healthier decisions based on learned knowledge. This can mostly be attributed to the significant differences in health behaviors in well educated versus non-educated women such as smoking and alcohol consumption.
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Pedal Power: How to Maximize Your Stroke
One thing I like about biking is that it feels easy — you know "just like riding a bike." Even though it seems pretty simple there is technique to riding. Pedaling for instance should feel like you are making smooth circles through out the entire revolution of the pedal.
Looking to Improve Your Strokes: Expert-Tennis-Tips.com
If you're spending time on the tennis court this summer and looking for some tips on how to get your game ON, you should check out the Expert Tennis Tips website. They have a series of tips on all of the different strokes that can really help your game. Some of the tip pages have videos - I found slow motion video of the forehand mesmerizing, while other pages have great photos of tennis stars showing off their strokes.
What Do You Know About Heat Strokes?
Exercising outside is one of my favorite things to do. Unfortunately high temps and humidity can not only make it more challenging, but exerting yourself in this type of weather can also lead to heat stroke. Knowing about this heat-related condition is the first thing you can do to prevent it so let's test what you know.
Stroke
In This Report- Highlights
- Introduction
- Symptoms
- Risk Factors
- Prognosis
- Prevention
- Diagnosis
- Managing a Stroke
- Medications
- Surgery
- Recovery
- Resources
- References
- In 2007, the FDA approved the cholesterol drug atorvastatin (Lipitor) to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with heart disease.
- High-dose atorvastatin may help reduce the risk of recurrent stroke in patients who have had a recent stroke or transient ischemic attack, according to a New England Journal of Medicine study.
- In 2006, the FDA strengthened the warning label for the anticoagulant drug warfarin (Coumadin) to emphasize its bleeding risks. However, warfarin is still the gold standard treatment for most patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Evidence suggests that people at risk for stroke should avoid taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen (Advil) and diclofenac (Cataflam). COX-2 inhibitors should only be used as a last resort for pain relief.
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