Heart

Chocolate is the most popular gifit on Valentine's Day and dark chocolate may have some amazing health benefits. Here is what you should know.

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.

Since 2002, covers have been a fan-favorite staple of Kelly's concerts.

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.

Ann Wilson's husband, Dean Wetter, pled guilty on March 9 to choking her two nephews in August 2016.

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.

An aortic aneurysm is a bulging of the aorta, the main artery in our body that extends from our heart to our abdomen. Aortic aneurysms can weaken the aorta and increase the risk of a rupture, causing extensive internal bleeding.  Unless treated immediately, they can lead to shock and death.

Francie Trout is an old friend and radio co-worker of mine who I keep in touch with via Facebook.  Her post last week caught my attention and I thought I would share the story with you.

https://youtu.be/w_jsfzbfhgY When the heart weakens and pumps blood less effectively, fluid can slowly build up, creating leg edema. If fluid buildup occurs rapidly, fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema) can develop. If there is heart failure of the right side of the heart, oftentimes edema can develop in the abdomen, as well.