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Chromium may help diabetes, cholesterol, and heart disease |
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 BOSTON — Most of us think of chromium as the shiny metal in the bumpers of cars.
Chrome bumpers are long gone, but the metal plays a crucial role in human
health, reports the January 2007 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch.
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Hypertension |
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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a serious condition that affects one in four adults. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, the first and third most common causes of death. In the early and middle adult years, men are more likely than women to develop a heart condition, but as men and women age, more women older than 55 have high blood pressure than men of the same age. While hypertension generally develops in people over 20 years of age...
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The connection between sleep and heart disease is a two-way street: Poor sleep
can contribute to heart disease, and heart disease can disturb sleep...
