Heart Health
What Is Cholesterol, and Is It Really Bad?
Cholesterol has a terrible reputation, yet your body cannot live without it. The truth is more interesting: there is a good kind and a bad kind, and the balance between them shapes your heart’s future. Here is what cholesterol really is.
What Is Blood Pressure, and What Do the Numbers Mean?
Two numbers, measured in a few seconds, say a lot about your heart’s future. Blood pressure is one of the most important health readings there is, and one of the least understood. Here is what it means.