In the last post, I mentioned how stress is mostly unavoidable in our daily lives.  It can be good for short periods of time, but when it becomes prolonged, is when we run into health problems that can affect our health (including our hearts). Read more »

In another post, I discussed the causes of heart disease that are under your control.  In this post, I want to give you the risk factors of heart disease that are not under your control. These are risk factors that we are born with and cannot change.  However, just because you have risk factors that you cannot control, does not mean that you want to ignore the factors that you can control.  Here is a list of the risk factors that you can’t change: Read more »

We have all experienced stress at some point in our lives.  Most people experience stress every day.  It is often what gets us going in the mornings and gives us the motivation to do things.  Without stress, it would be quite an unproductive world that we live in. Read more »

I have to admit that although I know that women can have heart attacks, you often only think of men having heart attacks.  It is important to note that women can have heart attacks too.  Read more »