Sleeping is anything but restful for people with sleep apnea – in fact, it poses serious health risks for more than 18 million Americans. That’s the number of people who doctors believe are living with sleep apnea, and many of them may be undiagnosed. People with untreated sleep apnea are still tired even after a
When we think about big health problems, heart disease or cancer leap to mind but so should obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes as these diseases can lead to chronic kidney disease (CKD). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates more than 1 in 7, that is 15% of US adults
According to the American Heart Association, nearly half of American adults have high blood pressure. Many people with high blood pressure have no signs or symptoms, even if blood pressure readings reach dangerously high levels. Blood pressure is determined both by the amount of blood your heart pumps and the amount of resistance to blood