1 in 3 AdultsHave Warning Signs Of A StrokeAnd Don’t Know It
Image: StrokeAssociation.org By American Heart Association News A third of U.S. adults have had […]
Read moreCPR ~ Help Save A Life
It’s not hard to learn the steps to do CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Our kids are being taught it in school. Now it’s your turn. The Beegees Stayin’ Alive helps this family learn, maybe it will help you.
The French Paradox:Is Red Wine Actually Good For Your Heart?
In 1991 the television program 60 Minutes speculated that French people’s consumption of red wine may be responsible for their low incidence of cardiac disease. Americans jumped on the bandwagon; red wine consumption in the United States rapidly increased 44%. The following is condensed from Harvard Heart Letter by Julie Corliss The evidence that drinking red […]
Read moreHarvard’s Brief Heart Health Quiz
Below Harvard gives you the answers to three questions about your heart that you may have been curious about:
Old-fashioned Treadmill
From Mental Floss Exercising on a treadmill can often feel like torture and that’s not a coincidence. In 1818, an English civil engineer named Sir William Cubitt devised a machine called the “tread-wheel” to reform stubborn and idle convicts. Prisoners would step on the 24 spokes of a large paddle wheel, climbing it like a […]
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