Glaucoma is an increase in pressure within the eye which, if not treated, damages the nerve responsible for vision (the optic nerve). It is the third leading cause of blindness in the United States . Glaucoma, which can be successfully treated if diagnosed in time, is primarily ...

Angina is a brief but recurrent chest pain caused by an inadequate supply of blood (which carries oxygen) to part of the heart muscle. The decreased blood supply is usually caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries because of atherosclerosis, a buildup of fatty deposits along the ...

Congestive heart failure is a condition in which the heart muscle has been weakened and therefore cannot pump blood to the rest of the body effectively. It may be caused by high blood pressure, rheumatic heart disease, or atherosclerosis. Symptoms include shortness of breath; tiredness; swelling ...

There is no cure for high blood pressure, however, it can be controlled after prompt diagnosis through diet, modification of life style, and medication, if necessary . Since prevention and cure of high blood pressure are essentially the same, the measures listed above under “Prevention” are applicable ...

Your heart will grow steadily weaker as you age, losing some of its vital pumping functions, and possibly dissolving into heart failure the number one peril after age sixty five. But you may be able to prevent and reverse some of the disintegrating function of your heart ...

Coronary heart disease an illness in which your lifestyle and position in life play a major role accounted for more than 7 million deaths worldwide. It was responsible for about one third of all deaths in industrialized countries. In spite of some improvement, it is still the leading ...

Tobacco use is very bad bad for you. How bad? Read on. Smoking There is overwhelming evidence to prove that smoking is extremely detrimental to your health and well being. You need to know the truth. I am going  to look at some plain statistics, facts and information, ...

How to fight obesity. It’s a formidable challenge. Intervention is usually aimed either at preventing people from becoming overweight or fighting obesity for  people who already have a weight problem . There is no simple solution. Attempts to prevent obesity that are targeted at groups of people ...

Not surprisingly, understanding stress and treating stress it are increasingly important in conventional medicine. Between 60 and 90 percent of all medical visits in the United States are for stress related disorders . The three major components of stress are physiological, behavioural and psychological. Let’s ...

Heart disease is the biggest killer, but it’s slightly misnamed. The real culprit is artery disease. Those thousands of pipes that connect your heart to everything else carry the food and oxygen for life . When they are clogged with clot or cholesterol, they fail in their ...