To continue with the heart theme brought to the table by yesterday’s post, I would like to give you some more heart information. Maryland barbershops can now take a course at the University of Maryland entitled “Hair, Heart and Health.” The class, meant to turn barbers into medical consultants, teaches basic techniques to measure blood [...]

The American Heart Association has recently changed its guidelines for resuscitation following this year’s research. The new guidelines come two years before a scheduled revision by the American Heart Association and state that “hand only” resuscitation can be just as effective as traditional mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. The hand only resuscitation method uses 100 compressions to the [...]

Oh you hear it in the news, you hear it from your doctor, and now you will hear it from me. Abdominal fat is dangerous. The beer belly or muffin top could be your own little store of fat deposits. Holding this fat around your waist has previously been linked to increased diabetes and heart [...]