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The Danger Of Exercising Hard Without Consultation Exercise is a good habit that will bring us many health benefits. It plays an important role in the prevention of heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, and many other diseases. However, it may also get one into trouble especially when he or she has not exercised for a long time. What To Do If You Have The Metabolic Syndrome? Though it is still not very clear what causes the metabolic syndrome, it seems that overweight does play a very important role. The syndrome is clearly more commonly found in those people who are overweight than in those who are not. Even if one has the metabolic syndrome, he or she should not worry too much. Why? Coronary Heart Disease In The Elderly Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of mortality and morbidity in the elderly. In western countries, it accounts for 80 – 85 percent of all cardiac deaths in older people. How Hypertension Is Linked To Diabetes And Kidney Failure? Are you aware that about 40 percent of Asian diabetic patients with hypertension eventually develop kidney disease, 10 percent of these patients will require dialysis within 10 years of diagnosis? Staying Healthy Need Not Diet But Exercise Now, some British researchers have advised clinically obese women don’t go on diet but change the way they eat, and they can eat whatever they want in moderation to improve their health. Drug Coated Stents May Be Harmful To Patients! Drug-coated stents have hailed as a major advance just 3 years ago are now being blamed to cause blood clots and other complications in certain high-risk cases and patients. Meditation Can Also Make Your Heart Happy Drugs cannot effectively reduce stress levels and should not be considered as the primary approach. A happy, spiritual or emotional heart is basically good medicine. Meditation is good for your heart. A New Look Of Egg We are frequently advised by our doctors that if you have high cholesterol level, you should avoid taking any egg especially the egg yolk. So, most of us will equate taking egg yolk to having heart disease because a high cholesterol level will possibly raise the risk of heart disease. Such fear has been instilled in our mind for the last thirty years. Chocolate Bar Can Make You And Your Heart Happy Is this some kind of joke? No, this is true because a small study conducted in 2005 by University of L'Aquila in Italy had found that dark chocolate (not milk chocolate) may help reduce blood pressure and boost body's ability to metabolize sugar from food. Traditional Therapies Can Prevent Heart Disease Too It seems that these so called medicines (mainly from the West) could not either treat the diseases effectively or have side effects that have brought patients into another level of frustration. A Balance Diet Can Make Your Heart Happy A healthy diet can not only reduce the risk of developing heart disease but also increase the chances of survival after a heart attack. A Simple Way To Understand Fats "Don't take too much fats!" This is a piece of advice we used to get from people around us. Are all fats bad for us? Of course no! Nevertheless, before we can decide which fats we should take and which fats we should not take, it is better to understand the nature of fats and where they can be found in the foods we consumed. Can Needles Really Manage Your Weight? Recently, a new way of weight loss solution has become popular using needles. What is this? Another sales gimmick? Not really! It is a technique used by TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioners known as "Acupuncture". 8 Questions You Should Ask Your Doctor About Your Heart You must have many questions to ask your doctors on how to maintain a healthy heart. This article highlights eight most commonly asked questions and typical answers from one of the many cardiologists. Two 3-5-7 principles that can bring you a heart-healthy lifestyle A heart-healthy lifestyle can be achieved by proper diet and moderate exercise. Two simple principles show how this can be done.