Heart Attack Kills Michael Jackson

This is a sad news for all Pop Fans around the world, June 25 2009, Pop star Michael Jackson, 50 was pronounced dead by doctors this afternoon after arriving at a hospital in a deep coma. Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. Paramedics told Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back, Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. A cardiologist at UCLA tells Jackson died of cardiac arrest.

R.I.P. Jacko!

Here's some Video Tribute to the greatest performer of all time

How to know if your heart is in good shape

Everybody wants a heart that's always in good shape but others don't even notice if there heart is in bad or good shape. Some are thinking that there heart is in good shape even though its not, some are afraid to check themselves or consult a doctor, so here's a checklist of things, for us to know if our heart is in good shape:

• Are you overweight?
• Are you diabetic?
• Do you have a high bad cholesterol level?
• Do you get tired easily?
• Do you live a sedentary lifestyle?
• Do you smoke?
• Do you have an immediate family member who has had a stroke or heart attack?
• Do you have hypertension?
• Are you over 55?

According to history and research, heart disease is one of the notorious killer of mankind. Heart disease is generally a lifestyle sickness. People now live a more sedentary life with jobs that afford them little or no physical activity. Such inactivity makes us prone to cardiovascular diseases. Some symptoms of heart disease could be a nonspecific as hyper acidity, flatulence, and abrupt weight gain or as dramatic as a feeling of heaviness on the chest. If you are easily fatigued or unable to go on with normal activity, go to the doctor. The key to a healthy heart is to take good care of it before you even feel any symptoms. Here are some simple tips on how to take good care of our heart:

Exercise regularly - The heart needs regular exercise not sudden burst of activity. Exercise at least once every two to three days. It is not advisable to play sports only on the weekends some experts say, as the sudden physical exertion will stress the heart.

Floss and maintain Oral hygiene - If you have pre-existing abnormal or infected heart valves, it is best to maintain oral hygiene. The unsanitary condition in your mouth and gum's can infect valves and lead to heart disease.

Maintain a healthy diet - Avoid food with lots of fat and preservatives that tend build up your cholesterol. Supplement with vitamins. If you can see the fat in the food, you can be sure it will affect your heart.

Watch the numbers - High blood pressure, hypertension, and high cholesterol level cab cause the heart to become abnormally larger and less efficient. Your LDL cholesterol levels or bad cholesterol should be 130 mg. or less per deciliter. If you have more than one risk factor, your cholesterol level should be less than 70 mg. per deciliter. Here are some numbers game for a healthy heart:

Blood pressure

• Normal: lower than 120/80
• PreHypertension: 120/80 to 139/89
• Hypertension: 140/90 and higher

Total Cholesterol

• Desirable: Less than 200 mg/dl
• Borderline high: 200 to 239
• High: 240 and up

HDL cholesterol

• Protective: 60 mg/dl and up
• Moderate risk: 40 to 59
• Major risk: below 40

LDL cholesterol

• Optimal: (particularly if you have other risk factors, like diabetes) Less than 100 mg/dl
• Near optimal: 100 to 129
• Borderline high: 130 to 159
• High: 160 and above

Blood glucose (Fasting)

• Healthy: less than 100 mg/dl
• Prediabetes: 100 to 125
• Diabetes: 126 or higher
  

Having a new healthy lifestyle can really make a difference in taking care of our heart.

Signs and Symptoms of Heart attack in women

Heart attack or other cardiovascular disease are one of the reasons why hundred and thousands of women die every year. What many people, including many health care professionals, don't realize is that the symptoms of heart attack in women are often different than in men. Women are more likely to experience nausea, dizziness, and anxiety as symptoms that indicate a heart attack. Here are some signs and symptoms of women heart attack:

• Excessive Sudden Fatigue.
• Chest pain, pressure and fullness.
• Jaw pain pressure, or numbness.
• New pain or pressure in the arms (deep aching and throbbing in one or both arms) neck or upper back.
• Feeling of heaviness, such as pressure-like chest pain between the breasts that may radiate to the left arm or shoulder.
• Shortness of breath and/or inability to catch your breath when waking up.
• Cold sweat.
• Dizziness--unexplained light headedness, possible blackouts.
• Anxiety--unusual nervousness, feelings of impending doom.
• Edema--fluid retention and swelling usually of the ankles or lower legs.
• Fluttering--rapid heartbeats, palpitations.
• Nausea--gastric upset.
• Pressure or fullness in the upper abdomen.

Heart Attack and other cardiovascular diseases is the number one cause of death in women and it is the most preventable cause of death. Women should pay particular attention to these signs and symptoms and seek immediate advice from a specialist or health care professional if these signs and symptoms happens.

Does high blood or high blood drugs have effects on sex?

People with high blood pressure are often prohibits fatty foods, salty foods, alcohol, smoking and lack of sleep this are only some of the things we need to avoid if we have high blood. But if the call of sex comes its hard for us to avoid it, but is it true that high blood and high blood drugs affects our sex appetite?

Some people with high blood say, there are side effects on the high blood drugs they take, One is the lose of appetite for sex. They said that drugs for high blood makes there blood in calm and normal condition so its also affects there sex urges.It may affect sex by having a lower sex drive. It depends on how high that your blood pressure is, because it may be unsafe. Make sure to ask your doctor on this one because the Dr. can put you on low blood pressure drugs. But studies shows that high blood drugs only affects minimal possibilities in sexual urges. You can ask your doctor on what drugs are good for you and the right dosage.

There own blood pressure is the main reason for this sexual disorder. People with high blood pressure are aware on there own blood pressure, they always know if they feel excitement that can affect there blood pressure, because too much excitement can lead to no good for a person with high blood. Once they feel this kind of excitement they also feel fear, fear that they might got heart attack, that's why there appetite for sex slow down. This is a psychological effect that affect our sex urges.

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