Heart Disease


Being Healthy During Flu Season

Influenza is really a virus-like infection that is quickly transmitted from person to person. The infection mainly affects the nose, throat, and bronchi, but occasionally affects the lungs. Symptoms of the flu contain fever, cough, sore throat, chills, body aches, headache, and fatigue. In serious instances, complications such as pneumonia can develop. Most people today who have the flu will recover within 1-2 weeks, but nobody wants to contract the virus at all. Few men and women can afford the time away from work or school. So how does one stay healthy during flu season?


Burning The Midnight Oil Linked To Artery Problems

If you regularly stay up to catch the late show with the host of your choice, or watch the end of a favorite classic movie, you might be more than a bit drowsy the next day, you might also be putting yourself at risk for some pretty dangerous artery problems.A first ever study, presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 58th Annual Scientific Sessions, looks at bedtimes and health, and finds that men who go to bed after midnight have much more arterial stiffening, an early signal of atherosclerosis (plaque build up on the insides of the arteries).