Blood pressure is the force at which blood pushes against the walls of arteries coming from the heart to other areas of the body. A blood pressure may be taken anywhere an artery can be collapsed against a bone. The artery is collapsed against a bone as the cuff or sphygmomanometer is inflated. As...
Approximately forty-five million Americans complain of headaches each year which is more than any other ailment. This accounts for one in every six people or sixteen and a half percent of the population. More than eight million people will visit a physician for headache treatment.Tension headaches...
From the years 2013 to 2015, 54.4 million adults in the United States or 27.7 percent of the population annually have been told by a physician that they had some form of arthritis encompassing rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis...
In 2018, 30.3 million Americans were diagnosed with heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Approximately 647,000 people die of heart disease every year in the United States. One in every four deaths is due to heart disease. Coronary...
There is now a superior product for cardiac stress testing that is much better for patients and physicians. This cardiac stress system provides a better diagnostic test which measures cardiac demand rather than pain induced heart rate elevation due to orthopedic strain or poor lactic acid buffering...
The nervous system is probably the most important system of the body and certainly essential for life as we currently know it. The nervous system controls cognition, analysis, decision making, autonomic, and motor function. Signs of nerve damage or malfunction are numbness, tingling, pain, or more...
Worldwide, osteoporosis causes 8.9 million fractures annually resulting in a fracture every three seconds. Osteoporosis is estimated to affect two hundred million women. Osteoporosis affects an estimated 75 million people in Europe, USA, and Japan. One in three women over the age of fifty will...
Adequate sleep has proven to have a beneficial effect on overall health. Many adults have difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or finding enough time to sleep. A good night's sleep provides energy, promotes immunity, skin elasticity, and lowers blood pressure which are all components of...
The saying is that an apple a day will keep the doctor away. It turns out that eating the right foods will boost the immune system. The immune system works well with adequate servings of fruits and vegetables, eight to ten glasses of water at least, and many of the following foods discussed in this...
The foods we consume can have a profound impact on mental health. A diet can be created that benefits brain development, cognitive function, and slows the aging process to decrease the risk of conditions like Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The remainder of this document will discuss foods that...