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Women may have different symptoms
– By Mayo Clinic Staff
Women may have all, none, many or a few of the typical heart attack symptoms. While some type of pain, pressure or discomfort in the chest is still a common symptom of a heart attack in women, many women have heart attack symptoms without chest pain
Heart attack symptoms: Know what’s a medical emergency
– By Mayo Clinic Staff
Typical heart attack symptoms Chest discomfort or pain.This discomfort or pain can feel like a tight ache, pressure, fullness or squeezing in your chest lasting more than a few minutes. This discomfort may come and go
Abdominal fat and what to do about it
-By Harvard Medical Publications
Visceral fat more of a health concern than subcutaneous fat Though the term might sound dated, “middle-age spread” is a greater concern than ever. As people go through their middle years, their proportion of fat to body weight tends to increase
3 Things That Wreck Your Hormones
– By Dr Alan Christianson
Your hormones are the keys to vibrant health, and you can find any number of sources that will tell you that you need to fix or balance them. Whenever we set out to fix something, whether it is your body or your car, the first thing is to figure out what needs fixing
Mindfulness May Lower Blood Sugar Levels
– By Amanda MacMillan
Now, a new study published in the journal Obesity offers a strategy that may help. In a group of overweight women, mindfulness training reduced stress and … exercise, obesity-related health issues and general stress management. … Still, the decrease in blood sugar levels could be enough to have real …
US police forces are practicing mindfulness to reduce officers’ stress—and violence
– Story by Quartz Media
The technique’s goal is to change the way officers manage stress and their … The aims are twofold: to help officers cope with trauma, and to reduce violence … Research shows that because of the violence, pressure, and demands of …
Sodium nitrate in meat: Heart disease risk factor?
– By Katherine Zeratsky R.D., L.D.
How healthy is that food on your plate? Find out about sodium nitrate, a preservative in some meats that may harm your blood vessels and arteries.
Depression (major depressive disorder)
– By Mayo Clinic Staff
Self – Management – Lifestyle and home remedies Depression generally isn’t a disorder that you can treat on your own. But in addition to professional treatment, these self-care steps can help
How to relieve work stress
– Story in Destiny Connect
It was through such observations and extensive research that Dr David … and Trauma Release Exercises (TRE), a safe and highly effective stress-release … It’s therefore vital to manage stress and anxiety in the workplace, which is …
Mindfulness-based stress reduction effective in women with overweight, obesity
– By Nazia Raja-Khan, MD
Nazia Raja-Khan, MD, of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, and colleagues evaluated women with BMI at least 25 kg/m2 randomly assigned to 8 weeks of mindfulness-based stress reduction
