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The estimates are staggering: nearly 40 million American adults take a statin in order to lower their levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol, which can lead to blocked arteries and heart attacks if not kept under control. While a healthy lifestyle is also critical for keeping cardiac risk at bay, there’s…

If you find yourself excessively shaking the salt shaker these days, chances are it’s not a newfound love of salty food. Rather, biology (and aging) may be coming into play. That is, as we age, our ability to taste and smell food weakens so that our ability to taste the…

Are you a sweet or salty person? When the going gets tough, do you crave a chocolate chip or a potato chip? They both have their pleasures- and perils- for you. Both sugar and salt can lead to significant health problems if they’re not limited in your daily diet. In…

Are you celebrating? It’s National Women’s Blood Pressure Awareness Week and to mark the occasion, we want to underscore how important it is for you to be aware of your blood pressure and take appropriate actions to keep your pressure in check and under control. As we highlighted in the…

Chances are if you’re an older adult, you’re either taking a Statin medication to lower your cholesterol or you’ve been advised to alter your diet to eliminate foods that may exacerbate the build-up of cholesterol in your bloodstream. It’s almost a right of passage as you enter your later years…

Most of us likely grew up with aspirin as a regularly used medication in our households. Whether the good old-fashioned Bayer brand or one of the other commercially available aspirin-based brands like “Bufferin” or “Anacin,” most of us can remember our parents taking or recommending a tablet for headache or…