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How to Add Healthy Fats to Your Diet
There's good fat and bad fat when it comes to your diet. Here's how to get more of the good stuff.
Biking: For Fun, for Work, for Your Heart
Riding your bike regularly — whether it's for the wind in your face or to get to work — may help keep your heart healthy, two new studies found.
For American Heart Month, Say No to Heart Disease
Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. But you can say no to heart disease by learning about the condition and taking steps to improve your heart health.
You're a Lifesaver: All About CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure done when the heart stops beating. It can be a lifesaver.
Heart Attack Symptoms: Men vs. Women
Past research has suggested that women have different heart attack symptoms than men. But new findings suggest that may not be exactly true.
The Hidden Salt in Your Diet
The salt shaker isn't the only way you're getting a lot of sodium in your diet.
Blood Pressure Management: What You Should Know
In recent years, awareness of high blood pressure and how to treat and control it decreased among Americans, a new study found. Because awareness is key to blood pressure management, that could spell bad news for public health.
How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake
There's nothing sweet about the health effects of having too much sugar in your diet. Fortunately, you can take steps to reduce your sugar intake.
5 Foods That May Lower Blood Pressure
What you put into your body has an effect on what happens inside your body, and that includes your blood pressure.
To Gym or Not to Gym?
Can't seem to motivate yourself to get to the gym? Then this article is for you.