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Controlling Cholesterol
Looking to protect your heart health? Check out these five tips for managing your cholesterol.

Blood Pressure: A Numbers Game
High blood pressure is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease. But what do your blood pressure numbers actually mean?

How to Reduce Your Sugar Intake
There's nothing sweet about the health effects of having too much sugar in your diet. Fortunately, you can take steps to reduce your sugar intake.

The Mediterranean Diet: What You Need to Know
Any time you start reading about healthy diets, you're likely to come across the Mediterranean diet. There's a good reason for that.

Blood Pressure Management: What You Should Know
In recent years, awareness of high blood pressure and how to treat and control it decreased among Americans, a new study found. Because awareness is key to blood pressure management, that could spell bad news for public health.

How to Add Healthy Fats to Your Diet
There's good fat and bad fat when it comes to your diet. Here's how to get more of the good stuff.

You're a Lifesaver: All About CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure done when the heart stops beating. It can be a lifesaver.

5 Foods That May Lower Blood Pressure
What you put into your body has an effect on what happens inside your body, and that includes your blood pressure.

Heart Attack Symptoms: Men vs. Women
Past research has suggested that women have different heart attack symptoms than men. But new findings suggest that may not be exactly true.

The Hidden Salt in Your Diet
The salt shaker isn't the only way you're getting a lot of sodium in your diet.