Hypertension and Obesity | Health Savvy | Savvy Cafe
Jul 02 2008
The problem of obesity is sharply increasing at an alarming rate. As estimated by different health journals, over 65% of adults are suffering from overweight problem, and of them over 31% is experiencing obesity in their lifetime. Both of these groups are at high risk for developing various life-threatening health complications including hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, [...]
(ARA) – Getting the flu can have serious consequences, especially for children. Every year, children in the United States get extremely ill and some die from influenza (“the flu”) and its complications. Richard Kanowitz knows this all too well — he and his wife Alissa lost their 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, to the flu four years [...]
Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]