By Melissa J Luther, Contributing Writer A healthy heart and a
healthy body are inseparable. Research has shown many of the
same conditions contribute to a diseased body also contribute to
heart disease. The same research has discovered many new tests
for tracking these diseases and their underlying conditions.
Unfortunately, some doctors don't have the time to thoroughly
explain test results to patients. The result is your doctor
handing you a copy of your test results, possibly without
adequately explaining the numbers. To make matters worse, you
need to know not only how what numbers are ?normal? but also
whether yours should fall within a range or be above or below a
specified cutoff point. Learn these important numbers to improve
your heart-healthy knowledge. 120/80 mmHg -- Blood Pressure
These two numbers represent the pressure in your arteries as
your heart pumps (systolic pressure; the upper number) and the
pressure between beats, when the heart is at rest (diastolic
pressure; the bottom number). High