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Good cardiovascular health does not just happen, you have to make it happen. Thus, you need clear guidelines about this, to show you what you should do, the American Heart Association has put forth goals that everyone must strive to meet if they aim to enjoy proper heart health. Thankfully, these goals are simple to adhere to, since they are mostly what a doctor would advise you at the hospital to do to enjoy great heart health. You will also find it easy to inculcate them to your daily life, that is, if you are very determined.

If all the goals for the cardiovascular are met there would be longer life and less death caused by heart diseases. There is no doubt that enhanced cardiovascular health is going to enhance the lifespan of many Americans. American Heart Association has put a lot of work into this. The elderly people are at the highest risk of getting a cardiac condition more than the younger people. However, everyone needs to know that they are at risk so they can take the right preventive measures.

A woman who frequently has a sugary beverage is more like to get type 2 diabetes than a woman who takes it rarely. But this is not as new as there has always been an association between refined sugar and diabetes. However, there have been few studies in between to substantiate this. In the study discussed below, you will see why women should avoid sugary drinks or totally obliterate them from their diet.

Most women in US are killed by heart disease yet neither do most women and doctors realize this danger. Is there something that is gender specific that causes heart disease? Is there something that the medical world has been missing?

What happens when you take too much Vitamin D? One of the side effects is vitamin D toxicity. Again, since the job of Vitamin D in the body is to help the system absorb Calcium, there could be too much calcium in the blood, which is not good at all. The study discussed below shows that Americans may be consuming too many vitamin D supplements.

Is there are a relationship between severe headaches and serious brain injuries? Most definitely there is as has been indicated by many studies. The particular study that we are discussing here showed that US veterans who have had traumatic brain injuries are likely to get severe headaches more than those who haven’t suffered such injuries.

Opioid crackdown means no or fewer painkillers for chronic pain patients.  Chronic pain sufferers want to be heard. The debate is all about addictions, overdoses and so many other shenanigans, but no one is worried about the chronic pain patients. They want to be heard, to be listened to.

It I very serious that the most affected people in the world do not get the drugs intended to help them. Where do these drugs go then? What happens to them? A study shows that in every four teens and young adults abusing opioid, only one is taking medication. Why is this? It is because there is no initiative to get the drugs to the people who need most.

Many people do not know intense exercise could lead to gut damage. They think that it is something that is common when exercising. However, the aches the discomfort never goes and so the persistence causes people to go to the hospital. But even that may not give you a solution. Just know that intense exercise can harm your bowels. You need to know when to stop. You need to know when enough is enough and stop it for the benefit of your health. But has this been proven scientifically? Yes it has. Below is a sneak peek into one study.

Aspirin is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), and there are many more. But you already know that. What you may not know is that the NSAIDs can improve the survival rate of colorectal cancer survivors, but this is for the long-term survivors.