If you have high cholesterol (a total cholesterol level of 240 milligrams per deciliter of blood or above), taking steps to lower it can greatly reduce your chances of having a heart attack. For every 10% drop in your cholesterol level, your heart attack risk falls by 20% to 30%.
Every generation puts its own spin on the aging process, and how you approach your 50s, 60s, 70s and beyond is different than the way your parents did. This September during Healthy Aging Month, find the latest government information from USA.gov to help you improve your physical, mental and financial health:
The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) released in September its first international poll , the 2013 International Bedroom Poll, comparing sleep times, attitudes, habits and bedtime routines of those in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan between the ages of 25 and 55 years old.
Just like everyone else, small business owners (and safety and health managers) get caught up in their personal economic successes and woes. They’re trying to find more time; trying to deal with the exigencies of life; trying to just survive.
Every three hours in the U.S., a drunk-driving crash claims the life of someone who was not driving drunk. With that sobering statistic in mind – and just in time for a long holiday weekend that will, for some people, involve both driving and imbibing, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched its annual Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over crackdown on drunk drivers.
Higher education is changing. One college in Maine, Unity College, known as America's Environmental College, is modeling a new, more effective path for higher education. As the first college in the United States to embrace sustainability science as its central framework, Unity College is training students in the leading-edge of 21st century transdisciplinary (collaborative) environmental problem solving.
The way you live, what you eat and drink, and how you treat your body affect your memory as well as your physical health and wellbeing. Here are five things you can do every day to keep mind and body sharp.
Coffee, Five Hour Energy, or Red Bull, pick your poison.
August 14, 2013
It seems we are always attempting to fight that 2:30 feeling, but these don’t have to be your only options. How often do businesses overlook the stress of the workload their workers must handle?
In an effort to reverse the increase in pedestrian deaths in the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is making $2 million in safety grants available to cities with the highest rate of pedestrian fatalities.
Psychological abuse can be as damaging to the psyche as physical abuse can be to the body, yet little is written about this common problem, which is typically the precursor to physical abuse. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), 95 percent of men who physically abuse their intimate partners also psychologically abuse them.