Heart Rate Monitors for Elite Athletes?
True, heart rate monitors can be a life changing training tool for anyone with a heart condition. No cardiologist will dispute this fact. But did you know that heart rate monitors can be an essential training tool for elite athletes?

Many people view the New Year as a fresh start-a chance to kick those bad habits and commit to better lifestyle choices. When it comes to New Year’s resolutions, few are more common than those that involve physical health, whether it’s losing weight or exercising more. If you’ve decided to make 2012 the year for improving your health, why not start with these simple heart health tips?
While visions of sugar plums dance in the heads of many youngsters at this time of year, some adults dealing with obstructive sleep apnea spend their nights tossing and turning instead of dreaming of Santa’s sleigh.
Once again emphasizing that cardiac events are not limited to any particular demographic, a new report suggests that children as young as nine should receive cholesterol screening to reduce the risk of heart disease or heart attack.
A Los Angeles medical center is now under scrutiny after reporting some of California’s highest rates of acute heart failure. Over the course of three years, the Chino Valley Medical Center diagnosed more than one-third of their Medicare patients with acute heart failure.
With the holiday season in full swing and nostalgic tunes overtaking the radio waves, there’s little doubt that home is where the proverbial heart is. However, if family and friends are journeying to your home for holiday merriment, your heart may be in serious danger.
Parents are always reminding their children how important it is to take their vitamins, but who is reminding them?
Heavy smokers may now have greater hope in combating lung cancer even after years of lung-damaging tobacco use thanks to a new screening test. 
