08 Jul Wellness Why Heart Attack is Sometimes more Fatal in Women than Men! January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments Image Source: © Engin Akyurt/Pexels Recent statistics show that 46% or 116.4 million US adults are estimated to have hear... Continue reading
26 Jun Wellness What is Health? January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments What do you think a person will answer if you ask them "what is health?'" Probably something like 'health is not being sick.... Continue reading
30 May Wellness How Do You Prevent High Blood Pressure? January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments In last week’s post we went over the causes of high blood pressure in light of it being National High Blood Pressure Educ... Continue reading
26 May Wellness It’s National High Blood Pressure Education Month! January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments You know what that means? It’s time to get educated about high blood pressure. The majority of the decisions that you make on... Continue reading
21 May Nutrition, Wellness Stroke Preventative Diet January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments As we mentioned before, May is Stroke Awareness Month. What a better way to raise awareness then by going over diet? ... Continue reading
14 May Wellness Top 3 Stroke Risk Assessment Tools January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments Stroke risk assessment tools are a useful way to quantify your current risk and subsequently identify which risk factors nee... Continue reading
12 May Wellness 7 Risk Factors Associated With Stroke January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments Stroke is what happens to the brain when it doesn't get the oxygen it needs. This can lead to irreversible damage and even d... Continue reading
08 May Wellness May Is Stroke Awareness Month January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments Did you know that May is Stroke Awareness Month? So, what does this mean for us? It's a special opportunity to dis... Continue reading
30 Apr Nutrition, Wellness 9 Foods that Lower LDL Cholesterol January 10, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments In the last post, we established that LDL cholesterol is the "bad" form of cholesterol which in excess amounts is ass... Continue reading
28 Apr Nutrition, Wellness Lowering and Controlling Your LDL Cholesterol Levels January 8, 2024 By Thomas R Bender MD 0 comments Cholesterol is given a bad rep for being unhealthy. Right? In fact, cholesterol is an important component for the body an... Continue reading