Cut Your Risk of Heart Attack With 5 Things


Updated 10/25/07 3:30 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 8 comments

Cut Your Risk of Heart Attack With 5 Things

During the month of October we put an extra emphasis on Breast Cancer Awareness, which means it's easy to forget about spreading awareness about other killers among women, such as heart disease. In the spirit of covering all grounds to keep us ladies healthy, try to adopt these five simple factors to significantly reduce your own risk of heart attack: Maintain a healthy diet with lots of Read more

An Aspirin a Day Reduces Your Risk of Cancer


Updated 03/21/12 2:40 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Taking Aspirin Every Day Helps Prevent Cancer, Studies Say

In people with risk factors for developing heart disease, taking an aspirin a day can prevent heart attacks. Now three new studies have found that a daily dose of aspirin can also decrease your risk of getting cancer. All studies were published in The Lancet, a leading peer-reviewed medical journal. The first found that patients had a 25 percent lower risk of developing cancer if they took daily Read more