Early Stroke Avoidance Measures... or at the Very Least Potentially Minimize Long-Term Effects This is not a medical article and you should seek professional medical people to provide you with their assessment. Avoid or Minimize a Stroke These measures below may provide a healthy foundation for someone to help them avoid a stroke or to at least minimize the long-term effects of a stroke. Beginning with the easy to do items – so no excuses do these now. Health History Speak with your … [Read more...]
What’s One Thing You Must Do For Yourself?
One thing you must do for yourself is to know your numbers. Know your numbers in this context refers to your body health numbers. Your blood pressure, your resting and active heart rates, a blood test with a full range of the critical results and more. For now one thing you must do for yourself is have your annual physical examination with your Doctor. As the previous article, "Are You Helping Or Hurting Yourself", discussed very often people who have high blood pressure don’t exhibit … [Read more...]
Are You Helping Or Hurting Yourself?
You’ve heard the term ‘silent killer’? These words refer to high blood pressure. Because very often people who have high blood pressure don’t exhibit any symptoms of high blood pressure. Meanwhile inside their body the stress and strain of high blood pressure is creating havoc. These people have a high risk of developing heart disease, heart failure, stroke and other items. This is all internal to the body, yet, certain outside the body habits and behaviors may help to reduce high blood … [Read more...]
Are You Prepared To Do It?
This is that time of year when if you own a boat you’re getting it ready to do what it’s made to do – get into the water. Many people in New England create a list so they follow all of the steps and don’t miss anything that may be important. Now, even if you’ve been doing this for years, you will want to follow a checklist to make certain you don’t miss any critical items. Here’s a list to start you off with – and feel free to add more items as you wish. I’d appreciate it if you let … [Read more...]
Are You Stressed Out?
It seems like everybody is completely stressed out! Seriously, there have been times in the ‘old’ days, you know (When things were ‘normal’, yeah right, like when was that?) when people you ran into seemed really stressed. It wasn’t just how they looked, or how they reacted to things, it was clear as they even said out loud – “I’m seriously stressed out!” Now it’s different as people aren’t saying they’re stressed out and maybe they’re not even aware of it and that my friends is a … [Read more...]
