With the St. Valentine’s Day tradition of hearts, February is designated National Heart Month by the NIH’s National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. Contemporary celebration of St. Valentine’s Day is mostly focused on notions...
February is designated by NIH as “heart health month.” St. Valentine’s Day, get it? As the website proclaims, “The annual celebration began in 1963 to encourage Americans to join the battle against heart disease.” In...
Early research on practicing gratitude, i.e. reflecting on all of the good things currently going on or that have happened in your life, is linked to health benefits. According to the March 2019 edition...
Sedentary people are at greater risk of heart muscle shrinkage and stiffening, which increases risk of heart failure. The American Heart Association News reports a study on 50 sedentary men and women, ages 45-64...
Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the US, with men leading women in statistical occurrence through 2015. To put it into perspective, in 2015, someone had a heart attack every 40...