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

Keep your Heart Strong by doing Exercise

Any exercise will do as long as that gets its rate up and keeps it there for at least 20 to 30 minutes. That generally means any aerobic activity, whether its running, swimming, cycling, or brisk walking. The best exercise for the heart are those that sustain our heart rate for a long time. Consider doing aerobics workouts several days a week and combining them with strength training, yoga, or Pilates. Your cardiovascular system will reap the rewards, and so will the rest of your body.

The right intensity when it comes to our heart is working out harder isn't necessarily better. You should aim for moderate intensity 50 to 70 percent of your maximum heart rate. A more vigorous pace won't do any damage, but you won't be able to keep it up for a long period of time. And sustaining the elevated rate is what benefits you. You're better off doing 30 minutes of moderate exercise than 10 minutes of hard exercise.

How to know if we are in the right intensity? Here's how Think of a scale from 1 to 10 with 1 being the slowest possible exercise pace and 10 the most vigorous. Aim for an intensity of 6 or 7 so your working hard but not exhausting yourself. Or crunch some numbers: To find your target heart rate, subtract your age from 220 and multiply the result by 0.6 (for moderately intense activity). That's what you should shoot for.

Can exercising too hard cause a heart attack? If you're already fit no. But if you've been sedentary, doing too much too fast can put undue strain on our heart, the same way it can in any muscle. If you haven't been exercising at all, clear it with your doctor first. Then gradually increase how much you do.

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.

Stroke and High blood pressure

Patient who suffers from heart attack are commonly half of their body becomes paralyzed, they call it hemiplegia left or right part of the body becomes paralyzed. The cause of hemiplegia ie stroke or cerebro vascular accident in medicine term.

Our body is controlled by two parts of our brain, the left part of the brain controls the right part of our body, and the right part of the brain controls the left part of the body. In cases were in their right part of their body are paralyzed the left part of their brain are mostly affected by heart attack.

High blood pressure is the most common cause of stroke, if a patient has high blood pressure, the blood are fast and heavy running through his veins. Because of this pressure of blood, the wall of veins are wounded, if the veins got wounded because of high blood pressure platelets and collagen from the body system enters the veins and starting to clog the veins, because of this clogging in our veins the blood cannot pass through our veins, the circulation of our blood will no be normal, this is why a person suffers from stroke.

There are anti-clotting drugs that can help, heaparin aspirin and dipyridamole are examples of it, they are effective in preventing clog veins, but in cases that there body are already paralyzed those drugs are no more effective in declogging the veins.

Physical Therapist can help patients who got paralyzed because of stroke, vitamin C and E are also helpful in patients who got paralyzed, For us to avoid stroke we must discipline our selves and avoid foods that trigger high blood pressure, like foods with high cholesterol, and stop smoking. Regular exercise is the most common way to help our blood circulate normally.

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