According to the American Heart Association, high blood pressure or hypertension is the number one risk factor of stroke. More than half of all stroke cases resulted from uncontrolled high blood or hypertension.  This is rather unfortunate because, according to health experts if people pay more attention to managing their blood pressure, over 80% of strokes cases can be prevented. This can be easily achieved by ensuring that your blood pressure is within the healthy range (lower than 120/80). HOW DOES HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE LEAD TO STROKE? If your blood pressure reading is consistently 130/80 and above, that means you have hypertension. Hypertension puts your arteries under constant stress. There are two main types of strokes associated with high blood pressure: A stroke may occur when a blood vessel to the brain is either blocked by a clot – this type of stroke is more common and it is called ischemic stroke. Cerebral thrombosis and cerebral embolism are common types o...

“There are two kinds of money problems, not enough money and too much money” - Robert Kiyosaki (author of the popular book “Rich Dad Poor Dad”). But, on a comparative scale, the number of people with the problem of not enough money far outnumbered the very few that have too much money. So, here I will be sharing my thoughts on the problem of not enough money. A recent report by Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization in USA, has revealed that Nigeria has about 87 million people in extreme poverty, putting the country atop the world poverty statistics. What this implies is that, so many people have spent the greater part of their lives being broke and unable to live the kind of life they dream. And that is why today, I want to share with you two major reasons why most people are always broke and may even continue to be broke till they die. Number one reason is Medical Expenses: A study done at Harvard University indicates that this is the biggest cau...