It’s no wonder that January leads to the biggest annual financial boom to the health and diet industries, who love to capitalize on all those New Year’s resolutions. Like wildebeests in the Serengeti, millions run to their local health clubs to sign up for a new gym membership or find themselves in their local community centers at a beginner’s yoga class. Here, they make the big mistake of looking up during the downward dog pose
Did you know that heart disease is a significant killer in Bermuda and around the globe? This can hardly be a surprise as a high percentage of the population consumes vast amounts of fat-laden processed foods and do little to no exercise. The combination of fast, greasy food and physical activity limited to a walk to the car, or picking up a TV remote will guarantee severe heart conditions in the future. Bermudians are dying
Heart attacks don’t always strike out of the blue — there are many symptoms we can watch for in the days and weeks leading up to an attack. But the symptoms may not be the ones we expect. And they can be different in men and women, and different still in older adults. Last year, for example, a landmark study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Institute found
