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Links Between Childhood Asthma and Obesity   Asthma is a chronic disease that causes airways to become inflamed. Does your child have this disease? If… Read More »May 2012 Newsletter

Has your doctor recommended keeping closer tabs on your blood pressure? One convenient way to do this is by monitoring your blood pressure at home, in between doctor visits. You can do this in a matter of minutes.

But first, a refresher. What is blood pressure and what do the numbers mean? Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Blood pressure is actually the measure of two numbers.  Systolic pressure is the force on artery walls when your heart beats. Diastolic pressure is the force on your arteries between beats – when your heart is relaxed. Blood pressure is invisible and silent, but can also be deadly when it’s too high – 140/90 or higher.^{1Read More »March 2012 Wellness Newsletter — Monitoring High Blood Pressure at Home}

More than a million Americans have heart attacks each year. Nearly half of them die.1 Why does this happen? In many cases, it’s because people… Read More »February 2012 Wellness Newsletter — Is it a Heart Attack?

You’ve probably heard it all before. Maybe the advice has even been so drilled into your head that it’s simply become background noise: Eat your… Read More »January 2012 Wellness Newsletter — Nutrition 101