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HEALTH DAILY
This week’s top headliner
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Interview: How well do you know your heart?
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Interview continued -Editorial
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Cardiovascular Health: Simple steps to a healthy heart and life.
Are you trying anxiously to stop the ticking time bomb from counting down to your next stroke or heart attack? Quite the wait and listen up because here are some lifesaving solutions to help you beat that clock!
Do you know how to monitor your heart rate at home?
Checking your heart pulse is one of the simplest ways to monitor your heart. Checking your pulse allows you to determine your heart rate without any special equipment. All you have to do is take your index and middle finger side by side (thumb is not recommended as it has its own pulse) and place them over your wrist to find your radial pulse and underneath your jaw bone to find your carotid pulse. Once you have found your pulse, record how many pulses in a minute. For a young person, normal BPM should be around 70-100. For an adult, the norm is 60-100 BPM.
Our heart...
A fist-sized muscle in the middle of our circulatory system which works endlessly from the time of birth to the time of death. It is one of the most vital organs in our body and is crucial to keep it healthy. Our hearts may sometimes entail with cardiovascular health issues that are caused by factors such as poor diet, exercise, and smoking habits. These factors can cause fatal conditions like a heart attack or stroke, arterial disease, and high blood pressure. Those cardiovascular diseases and conditions may sound frightening, as if there is no way out but in fact they are very much preventable. With proper nutrition and most importantly, frequent exercise you can live a healthy long life. Activities that keep your heart rate going such as swimming, jogging, and even jumping rope can be referred to as a “cardio workout” and
This week’s top headliner
PAGE 1
Interview: How well do you know your heart?
PAGE 2-3
Interview continued -Editorial
PAGE 4
Cardiovascular Health: Simple steps to a healthy heart and life.
Are you trying anxiously to stop the ticking time bomb from counting down to your next stroke or heart attack? Quite the wait and listen up because here are some lifesaving solutions to help you beat that clock!
Do you know how to monitor your heart rate at home?
Checking your heart pulse is one of the simplest ways to monitor your heart. Checking your pulse allows you to determine your heart rate without any special equipment. All you have to do is take your index and middle finger side by side (thumb is not recommended as it has its own pulse) and place them over your wrist to find your radial pulse and underneath your jaw bone to find your carotid pulse. Once you have found your pulse, record how many pulses in a minute. For a young person, normal BPM should be around 70-100. For an adult, the norm is 60-100 BPM.
Our heart...
A fist-sized muscle in the middle of our circulatory system which works endlessly from the time of birth to the time of death. It is one of the most vital organs in our body and is crucial to keep it healthy. Our hearts may sometimes entail with cardiovascular health issues that are caused by factors such as poor diet, exercise, and smoking habits. These factors can cause fatal conditions like a heart attack or stroke, arterial disease, and high blood pressure. Those cardiovascular diseases and conditions may sound frightening, as if there is no way out but in fact they are very much preventable. With proper nutrition and most importantly, frequent exercise you can live a healthy long life. Activities that keep your heart rate going such as swimming, jogging, and even jumping rope can be referred to as a “cardio workout” and