The team looked at whether having something called “dispositional mindfulness”—which means you’re the type of person who’s very aware and attentive to what you’re feeling and thinking at any given moment—was a factor for heart health. They found a pretty significant connection: people with high mindfulness scores had an 83% greater prevalence of good cardiovascular health.
Mine went like this: altogether well one moment, vaguely unwell the next; fluttery sensation at the sternum, rising into the throat; mild chest pressure; then chills, sudden nausea, vomiting, some diarrhea. No high drama, just a mixed bag of somethings that added up to nothing you could name. Maybe flu, maybe a bad mussel, maybe too much wine, but the chest pressure caused me to say to my second husband, “Could this be a heart attack?”
Our hearts kill more of us than all kinds of cancer combined
About 35% of the Asian adult population suffers from hypertension, commonly known as High Blood Pressure (HBP). HBP raises risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. However, simple dietary awareness and measures, like following the DASH diet, can help control as well as prevent its risks.
New research suggests that women with high blood pressure are at higher risk than their male counterparts, prompting researchers to recommend different treatments in women.
is a term that refers to different problems or disorders affecting the heart. In Asian countries, heart disease has become increasingly prevalent in recent decades and now accounts for about one third of all deaths. This is mainly because of changing lifestyles – people eat foods with higher energy and fat and lead more sedentary lives.