World Heart Day 2008 - ‘Know Your Risk’ - is a call to action to help people better understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension (high blood pressure). It will be held on Sunday, 28 September. Heart health screening and other activities for the public are being planned in over one hundred countries worldwide.
Risky Business: The Importance of Prevention & Wellness Coaching

It is a known fact that more women die of heart disease than cancer. So why do we, as women,. risk our lives by not consistently practicing preventive measures?

The Earth Times reported that a “new survey of men and women
age 40 and older in the United States revealed a significant gap between
people’s desire to avoid taking risks with their health, and the percentage (more…)

 Tako-tsubo Pot

Chest pain continues to be one of the most common complaints of individuals who visit emergency care centers;with psychological stress being a major factor.

The Broken Heart Syndrome, which may be referred to as Stress Induced Cardiomyopathy, is also labeled  Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC).

The shape of the tako-tsubo was the origin of the term Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.

Read Aromatherapy for a Broken Heart