Heart

Your resting heart rate, the number of times your heart beats while at rest, can give a glimpse of how well your heart is functioning. Here is how to measure it.

Go Red For Women is an initiative from the American Heart Association. They are hosting a free online "heart to heart" with well-known celebrities and medical experts on Monday, February 1st.

February is American Heart Month. What are you doing to reduce your risk of heart disease? Making just one of these four lifestyle changes can improve your heart-health.

During this busy time of year, it can certainly help us to de-stress and unwind but it does so much more than that. Here are 10 surprising benefits of yoga.

This Daily Dose of Good comes from Cathy Villanueva, who has had some hardship on her own. However, she has written to us on behalf of Joy Kimble from Mays Landing instead.

Most of us use calculators for everyday math problems, but The American Heart Association and The Mayo Clinic have created a heart disease risk calculator that can give us an a percentage of how likely we are to get cardiovascular disease. It only takes a few minutes and it is a great way to be aware of our risks factors and what we can do about them.

We all know the recent news that American icon Debbie Reynolds passed just a day after her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher died.  Many people said she died of a broken heart.

Studies show that including fish high in omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon, herring, sardines, and tuna in our diet can reduce the risk of heart disease by a third or more.

According to the American Stroke Association, the best way to remember the warning signs of a stroke are with the acronym FAST, which stands for:

February – the month of  love, romance and affection – the emotional side of our heart.