This is interesting enough… mental illness and heart disease. Yes, they do go hand in hand.
Newcomer, who is the professor of psychiatry and psychology and of medicine and medical director of the Center …read more

Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Heck yeah! And you can lower your risk for heart disease at any point in your life. Even if you are over the hill, or teetering on top of it.
A study published in the July 2007 issue of The American Journal of Medicine found that people 45 to 64 years of age who added healthy lifestyle behaviors could substantially reduce their risk for cardiovascular disease.
Once these people achieved 4 healthy behaviors, eating at least 5 fruits and vegetables daily, exercising at least 2.5 hours per week, maintaining their Body …read more

Cardiac disease deaths fall while obesity and diabetes are on the rise.
So, that’s surprising? How can the amount of diabetics rise and yet cardiac disease among the very same people is decreasing. Bizarre? No…
Epidemiologists at the University of Liverpool and the Heart of Mersey have found that approximately half the recent fall in coronary heart disease deaths in the US is due to positive life style changes and a further half to medical therapies.
So yet another tribute to the ol’ healthy lifestyle. Diet and nutrition play such a big part. So, I promise …read more