Don't be Afraid to Ask the Heart Questions
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask the
HEART QUESTIONS
Many people think heart health is all about their total cholesterol number. Others think having a healthy “good cholesterol” score is what really matters. But the best measure of your heart’s health involves asking the heart questions. Only you and your doctor can do this, and it comes down to measuring four important numbers:
1. Total cholesterol
2. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
3. High-density lipoprotein (HDL)
4. Triglycerides (Trigs)
These accurately reflect the amount of cholesterol, a soft, waxy substance, that has collected in your blood and blood cells. It sounds like cholesterol is bad for you, but not always. read more »
Diabetes Around the Clock
Maybe your day started something like this: Your alarm never went off. In an attempt to get to work on time—and in a mild panic—you showered, dressed, skipped breakfast, and hit the road…just to sit in traffic and be late for work anyway. Aaaaah!
Even during the most hectic days, it’s important to make smart and healthy choices, especially when it comes to your diabetes. Eating breakfast and remembering to test your fasting blood sugar levels would certainly be on the list. Managing your blood sugar is an around-the-clock job. And when you make small steps on a daily basis, you can take a huge leap toward controlling and managing your condition all day long. read more »
Stand and Deliver
Edward James Olmos sends a message to help those with diabetes stand on their own two feet.
Imagine this story line: After a bizarre disease causes the death of all the men of his father’s generation, one man finds himself in a race to find a cure before others fall victim to the same illness. It sounds like the makings of a science-fiction movie script. read more »
Lillie on Cancer: Day-by-Day
A Delicate Balance: Staying on Track with Treatment, Work, and Family
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 38, my children were young and my career was in full swing. Throughout my cancer treatment, I continued to take care of my family and work at my job. And I did it all while trying to keep my mind off the treatments I’d often receive later in the day.
Looking back, I’m glad I did what I could to maintain a sense of business as usual. That’s because I believe we should give cancer just enough of our time to get rid of it! read more »
Building an arthritis care team
Arthritis can affect many parts of your body, and many parts of your life. That’s why it pays to have a team of healthcare professionals available to help you manage all the different aspects. read more »
Take your meds the right way, every day
As Sharron’s experience shows, high blood pressure often has no symptoms, so it can be easy to forget to take needed medication. Here are some helpful tips from Gregory Pokrywka, MD, FACP, Director of the Baltimore Lipid Center and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine read more »
A caregiver’s perspective - physician and author Dennis McCullough talks about caring for your aging parents
Some 20 million people in the United States suffer from asthma. About 60% of them have allergic asthma, a specific kind of asthma that’s set off by inhaled allergens such as pet dander, dust mites, mold spores, pollen, or cockroaches. read more »
Arthritis’s little helpers: Simple tools for staying independent
By targeting the joints, arthritis undermines our ability to perform the simple yet essential activities that get us through the day. Buttoning a shirt, opening a jar, getting up from a low seat—often the most routine task becomes a major production. read more »
Preventing heart disease
Heart disease is common in people with diabetes. read more »
