Too Much Salt Are Hurting Majority of Americans

Have you been eating too much salt? It was been reported that too much salt are hurting Americans. In the said report, American eat way more than the recommended amount of salt.

It was said that high level of salt causes stroke and heart disease and lowering self intake will diminish these very serious health consequences. When you eat salt, your blood pressure goes up. And high blood pressure dramatically increases your risk of heart disease and stroke. Recent studies definitively show that people who eat too much salt significantly increase their risk of stroke and heart disease.

Be motivated to eat salt no more no less. It was also recommended that 50% reduction of salt over 10 years. So there will be changes in food indutries and such. Lets be optimistic with this issue, for everyday we take salt on our diets.

Traumatic Head Injuries

At first, Natasha Richardson said she felt fine after she took a spill on a Canadian ski slope. But that's not unusual for people who suffer traumatic head injuries like the one that killed the actress.

Doctors say sometimes patients with brain injuries have what's called a "lucid interval" where they act fine for an hour or more as the brain slowly, silently swells or bleeds. Later, back at her hotel, Richardson fell ill, complained of a headache, and was taken to a hospital. She died Wednesday in New York.

An autopsy Thursday showed that the 45-year-old actress hit her head, which caused bleeding between the skull and the brain's covering, resulting in what's called an epidural hematoma. It's a type of injury often caused by a skull fracture.

Because of that lucid interval, doctors always tell patients who seem OK after a brain injury to have someone keep a close eye on them, in case symptoms emerge.