22 Dec, 2024
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If Your Fingers Look Like This, You Might Have High Blood Pressure – Health Digest

Your heart needs to work harder to pump blood through your body, and sometimes blood has a hard time returning from the extremities back to the heart. That could result in your fingers feeling swollen. High blood pressure is often caused by high amounts of sodium in the diet, causing you to retain more water. […]

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Do This With Your Fingers To Increase Longevity – Health Digest

Handgrip strength may come in handy when trying to twist open a pasta sauce jar, but pinch strength refers to how apt we are at squeezing the tips of the thumb and index finger together to lift and hold small objects (per “The Muscle Test Handbook” via Science Direct). Handgrip strength is measured using a device […]