Heart Disease, Stroke and Diabetes
The Different Cardiac Stress Tests and Who Gets Which
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You feel pressure in your chest while climbing stairs, or perhaps you become unusually winded during a brisk… Continue Reading
Atherosclerosis in Images: Plaque From Inside an Artery
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You may have seen an artery illustration showing a smooth, open tube beside another vessel crowded by a… Continue Reading
Traveling With Diabetes: How to Plan a Vacation With Confidence
A vacation should be a chance to relax, explore, and enjoy a change of scenery—not a reason to put diabetes management on hold. For travelers… Continue Reading
Managing Blood Sugar on Sick Days With Diabetes
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You wake up with a fever, an upset stomach, or a bad cough—and your blood sugar is suddenly… Continue Reading
Spotting Ventricular Ectopic Beats on an ECG
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team You feel a sudden flutter in your chest, followed by what seems like a skipped beat and then… Continue Reading
8 Warning Signs You Should See a Cardiologist
You must not wait to get yourself checked by a cardiologist whenever you experience chest pain with or without breathing difficulties, heart palpitations, irregular heartbeats,… Continue Reading
Understanding Heart Transplant Care From Evaluation to Recovery
Image source A heart transplant is more than a surgical procedure. It is a carefully coordinated form of cardiac care that begins with a detailed… Continue Reading
When the Blood Pressure Cuff Hurts Too Much: Causes to Check
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team The cuff begins to tighten, and within seconds the pressure changes from uncomfortable to sharply painful. You may… Continue Reading
rtPA: The Clot-Busting Drug With a Ticking Clock
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team A person suddenly cannot lift one arm, their speech becomes slurred, or one side of their face begins… Continue Reading
When the Interventricular Septum Contracts in Every Heartbeat
By Your Health Magazine Health Information Team If you have ever looked at an electrocardiogram or echocardiogram report, you may have wondered where the wall… Continue Reading
