Topic: Nieca Goldberg

You know you need to get enough sleep, eat a balanced diet and drink lots of water. "When it comes to their well-being, many women look at the big picture without stopping to think about the individual facts and figures that can ...

Numbers to Live By

Blood pressure refers to the force of blood against the walls of your arteries when your heart beats (systolic pressure, the top number) and during rests between beats (diastolic pressure, the bottom) and is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). Healthy number: ...

4 Weeks to a Stronger Heart

What can you do in four weeks that will improve how you feel, give you energy, even help you live longer? "When you change your diet, exercise regularly, and manage your stress, your heart gets more blood flow," explains Dean Ornish, MD, ...

Protect Your Heart

One minute, 23-year-old Misty Baldwin was fine, mowing her Evanston, IL, lawn on a Saturday afternoon. But even the cardiologist told Misty she couldn't possibly have heart problems -- even though she was slightly overweight and had a family history of heart ...