Based on the keyword searches that have been done on this site over the past couple of months, lots of people are searching for effective ways to stop snoring.  About 25% of men and about 15% of women snore to some extent.  That’s a lot of snoring! Unfortunately, snoring is not something to kid about.  It can lead to serious …

More and more medical studies are coming up with the same conclusions:  many of the risk factors that can reduce the chance of a heart attack or stroke are within your control.  All you have to do is recognize them, and then of course, act on them. Every year, around 800,000 Americans have a stroke with about 145,000 of them …

Upon learning that my blood pressure was “borderline,” I immediately started looking for natural ways to get it back down.  Since I believe in a holistic approach to health issues, bringing my blood pressure down artificially through medication was out of the question. There had to be a way to reduce my blood pressure naturally.  It turns out there is.  …

Ever since I did a review on the PureSleep anti-snoring device (see Reviews section), I’ve been getting asked whether or not the thing actually works.  Well, to answer that question, I performed an informal test to see whether or not using the device would have any affect on my blood pressure.  After religiously measuring my blood pressure at the same …

Couple of months ago, my wife started complaining that I had begun snoring pretty loudly at times.  No big deal, I thought.  Lot’s of people start to snore later in life, especially men. However, things started getting worse.  I obviously wasn’t sleeping well and was waking up repeatedly during the night and getting up in the morning feeling like I …

I got a shock the last time I went to the dentist to get my teeth cleaned. It’s part of their practice to take a quick blood pressure reading before they begin. I never gave it that much thought. This time however, as the Dental Hygienist was writing down the results in my folder, she said, “Hmm, your blood pressure …