
Post-holiday stress: the silent enemy of your heart
Post-holiday stress not only alters your mood, it can also seriously affect your heart health. Find out how to prevent it and protect your cardiovascular wellbeing.
Post-holiday stress not only alters your mood, it can also seriously affect your heart health. Find out how to prevent it and protect your cardiovascular wellbeing.
Extreme heat can decompensate people with previous heart disease, increase blood pressure or cause severe dehydration, which increases the risk of heart attack, arrhythmias and other cardiovascular events.
A BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is associated with the heart-healthiest range. Each extra point in BMI can increase your risk of developing heart failure (5 % in men, 10 % in women).
Are you going to train this summer? Dr. Guillermo Oller, cardiologist in Barcelona, warns about the risks of intense exercise without medical supervision.
Weight loss is a concern for a large part of the population. Often the effort does not result in the expected weight loss. Why does this happen?
Weight loss is a concern for a large part of the population. Often the effort does not result in the expected weight loss. Why does this happen?
Smoking not only affects the lungs, but has a direct and devastating impact on the heart and arteries.
Although myocardial infarction may seem like an unexpected event, in many cases it is related to the presence of risk factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking or diabetes.
Cardiovascular health depends to a large extent on our lifestyle habits and certain risk factors that can increase the likelihood of developing heart disease.
Patients suffering from angina often report a choking, squeezing or burning sensation in the chest. An episode of angina is not a heart attack (myocardial infarction).