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While your heart may feel aglow with holiday love and the start of a new year, cold winter months can put a strain on this life-sustaining muscle. If your heart loses heat, the strain increases. Here’s how to keep your heart both warm and safe.

Aunt Ethel. Your Dad. Your step-siblings. Your kids! Your boss, the holiday parties, the travel, the plans, the expense of it all! The overwhelm! How can you keep your blood pressure under control when you’re under so much holiday stress?

There’s a reason why you see heart attacks depicted on TV and movies so often: It’s the leading cause of death in the United States. Even younger people can die of cardiovascular disease. A cardiology check-up helps you beat the odds.

Diabetes can affect more than your blood-glucose levels. Chronically high blood sugar can damage your veins, arteries, and your organs — including your heart. As part of National Diabetes Month, learn how to keep your heart healthy despite diabetes.

Ah, the holidays! Time for family, friends … and a whole lot of stress. If you have cardiovascular disease, that extra stress could put your heart at risk. Give yourself the gift of de-stressing for the holidays.

You snore and suspect that you have sleep apnea, but you don’t want to bother with a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. However, untreated sleep apnea can lead to high blood pressure (HBP) and other serious conditions. Here’s how.