The holiday season can play havoc on your heart-healthy lifestyle because of the rich, fattening foods at all of the family gatherings and parties. The stress of shopping and preparing for the holidays can also be a strain on the heart. Here are some tips on how to maintain a heart-healthy lifestyle during the busy holiday season.

Drunk driving increases over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays and with it so do fatalities from car crashes involving drunken drivers. If you are planning a holiday party that involves serving alcohol, you may want to take a few precautions so friends and family do not drive home drunk. This article explains why you should discourage guests from driving drunk after your holiday party and tips on how to make your party a safe one for all who come.

Women who work at high-pressure jobs are at a greater risk of heart disease. In fact, stress at work can raise a woman’s risk for heart disease by up to 35 percent. Learning ways to manage stress is the best way for women to lower their risk. This article gives facts on the risk of heart disease from high-stress jobs and tips on how to manage stress so women can reduce their risk and lead healthier lives.

Many parents think their child needs to take a daily multivitamin because they don’t eat enough of the right foods. Yet, in truth, most healthy children don’t need to take a multivitamin. In fact, taking vitamins when you don’t need them can lead to health problems from vitamin overload. So, who should take one and who shouldn’t? This article explains why most children don’t need to take a daily multivitamin to stay healthy and under what circumstances a child may need to take one.

High blood pressure is prevalent in Western countries, including the U.S., and diet is the main culprit. Research has shown that eating the correct amount of potassium in the diet can lower blood pressure. This article explains why blood pressure is so high in many countries and how to lower it just by making a few diet changes.

Heart murmurs are quite common in babies and young children and can also develop in adults later in life. In most cases they are harmless, but in some instances a heart murmur may be a sign of a more serious illness. This article describes what a heart murmur is, the symptoms of a heart murmur, causes of adult heart murmurs and when it is time to seek treatment.