Are you a woman who is between 50 and 79 years of age? Do you like to sleep a lot? Well, if you are, you might want to examine your sleeping patterns. A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill reveals that too much sleep can increase the risk of stroke in middle-aged women. A report by Reuters states: The greatest increase in stroke risk — 70 percent — was noted among women who slept 9 hours or more per ...

If you find out that you have tachycardia, what are you supposed to do? The obvious answer would be to consult with your doctor and figure out things that you can do in order to treat your condition. One thing is for sure – the treatment options will depend on the cause of tachycardia. One common option would be to prescribe medication. These drugs are meant to slow down the heart rate and some of them may have to be taken for life. This, of course, depends on the nature ...

In the last post, we had an introductory look at what tachycardia is. Just to recap very briefly, tachycardia is a general term for conditions wherein the heartbeat of an individual exceeds 100 beats per minute. So what can cause tachycardia? In their web site, the Mayo Clinic differentiates between people who have heart disease and those who do not. Just because a person has tachycardia does not necessarily mean that he has a heart disorder. This comes as a relief to me because while I am open to the possibility ...

The other night, I was alarmed to feel my heart pounding so hard. I was not stressed, I was not physically overexerted. In fact, I had just spent a couple of hours reading in bed and was feeling totally relaxed. That is why I was quite surprised when my heart just started pounding so hard that it seemed that I could feel my heartbeat all over my body! This, of course, prompted me to look this symptom up on the Internet. I didn’t really feel any other “scary” ...