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This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
It is important to read food labels and choose foods with low cholesterol and saturated trans fat. You should limit saturated fat to no higher than 6% of daily calories.
People about to have surgery must tell their health care providers about all supplements they take.
The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
Hypertension is a silent killer because it is deadly and has no significant early symptoms. The danger from hypertension is the extra load on the heart, which can lead to hypertensive heart disease and kidney damage. This occurs without any major symptoms until the high blood pressure becomes extreme. Regular blood pressure checks are an important method of catching hypertension before it can kill you.