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Reduce Your Blood Pressure
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The higher your blood pressure is, the higher your risk of heart disease.
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10 Heart Health Must-Haves
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If you're feeling overwhelmed, save yourself some time and try these 10 simple heart health tips.
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Physical Activity is Good For Your Heart Health
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Being active helps lower your risk of heart disease and stroke.
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Heart attack: Know the symptoms
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It's critical to be familiar with and recognize heart attack symptoms.
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The skinny on cholesterol
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Cholesterol is a fat-based substance found in the bloodstream and the body's cells.
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Multiple risk factors for heart disease
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Knowing your personal risk is the first step in identifying what you need to do to prevent heart disease. A wide variety of things can increase your risk of developing heart disease –...
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Exercise more
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Ten minutes here and ten minutes there of even just moderate exercise can add up to considerable health benefits.
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Diabetes
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Diabetes is a condition where people don't produce enough insulin to meet their body's needs and/or their cells don't respond properly to insulin.
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Medication memory
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Sometimes it's difficult to fit medications into your busy schedule, especially if you're taking more than one prescription at once.
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Questions for your pharmacist
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Be sure to ask your pharmacist the following questions about your prescription:
- What is the name of my medication? Keep in mind that prescription medications hav...
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Monitoring blood glucose levels
The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) recommends that people with diabetes who are using insulin self-monitor their blood glucose levels at least as often as they use insulin when readings ar...
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What are Hypertension Canada’s recommendations and why are they made?
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These days, recommendations, guidelines, and consensus statements are everywhere in health care. One of the main goals of recommendations and guidelines is to provide health care professionals with...