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The Truth About Heart Disease - It's Man-Made And, Mostly, Preventable
It's unbelievable to me that people are unaware of the truth about chlorine in our water supplies being the principle cause of heart disease. We spend hundreds of billions of dollars on doctors and hospitals and drugs to treat the symptoms of heart disease but we are doing nothing in comparison
Smoking and Health Outcomes After PCI
Smoking substantially limits the potential health status benefits of PCI.
Invasive and Non-invasive Monitoring of Volume Status in HF
Current evidence for volume status monitoring in HF using novel management strategies is reviewed.
Congestion Causing Swallowing Problems
The University of California, San Diego says that nasal congestion is the result of either a nasal deformity or inflamed sinuses. Common congestion problems involve a runny nose, the inability to breathe and sinus pressure, but in some cases congestion may lead to swallowing problems. If you are hav
Impact of BMI on Long-Term Mortality After PCI in African Americans
Is body mass index an independent predictor of post-PCI long-term mortality in African-Americans? The obesity paradox is explored in a post-PCI cohort.
A Spider Bite That Soothes the Heart
It's one of a handful of poisonous spiders that can really scare you to death. But researchers have now shown that an extract of the venom of the deadly tarantula spider can prevent the heart -- at least in rabbits -- from developing palpitations.
The Impact of Achieving Perfect Care in ACS
For acute coronary syndromes, is attainment of perfect care a realistic goal -- for nearly everyone?
Relationship Between Medication Adherence and Post -- MI Outcomes
Patients who adhere to medications have better outcomes than nonadherent counterparts, but are these observations confounded by patient behaviors?
Six-Month Follow-Up Results of the APPLAUSE Trial
This is a first-in-man, single-center pilot trial that evaluated the safety and efficacy of the PicoElite stent, a new paclitaxel-eluting stent, for the treatment of de novo coronary lesions.
Mitral Valve Stenosis-Credits
AuthorKathe Gallagher, MSWEditorKathleen M. Ariss, MSAssociate EditorPat TrumanPrimary Medical ReviewerCaroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal MedicineSpecialist Medical ReviewerStephen Fort, MD, MRCP, FRCPC - Interventional CardiologyLast UpdatedMarch 31, 2006 ...
Sirolimus-Eluting Stent in Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction
In this first-in-man registry, the authors assessed the feasibility and safety of implanting the Cura stent for the treatment of STEMI and its impact on the development of in-stent restenosis.
Basic Steps for Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, generally known as CPR, is a kind of immediate situation plan of action conducted to restore the body movement when the patient's respiration is extreme or not at all due to strokes. CPR is given as a part of first aid until further any help comes.
Supervised Exercises for Coronary Heart Disease Safety
After cardiac arrest there is a long recovery period during which rehabilitation is likely to be required. To safely recover from coronary heart disease, it is important to partake in a supervised exercise program. Supervision ensures that any relapse is detected right away and that the body is not
Encouraging Safe Exercise in a Heart Disease Patient
Exercise can be very important to improving the health of a patient with heart disease. WebMD gives tips on how to encourage safe exercise.
Facts About Heart Disease in Women
Far more women die of heart disease than cancer, but few females know either that fact or the symptoms that could kill them, according to the American Heart Association. Denial and disinformation have kept women in the dark about their risk for heart disease. Multiple studies in the past decade have
Doesn't Everyone Want to Lower Cholesterol Without Drugs? I Know I Do!
Who really wants to have to reduce their cholesterol levels with a cocktail of prescription drugs? Certainly not me and I'm guessing not you either. In this world we currently live in where the health conscious movement has taken a grip on the population to such an extent that even fast food ch
Quality of Life in Atrial Fibrillation: The Atrial Fibrillation
Rate vs rhythm control: Is one strategy associated with a better quality of life in AF patients?
Apple-Shaped Obesity, Other Forms Equally Risky, Study Finds
For years, people with a so-called "pear" shape have breathed easier than those with an ''apple'' shape because of their presumed lower risk for heart attack and stroke.
Why Is Heart Disease More Prevalent in Women?
The chemical makeup, hormones and physical features of a woman play a part in why they are more prevalent to heart disease. More research is being done on this subject, but there are a few things that the medical and scientific community has come to understand about this difference. This knowledge c
Discover How to Boost Low HDL
When your cholesterol is out of balance the main priority is to boost low HDL and decrease high LDL. In fact boosting low HDL will in itself help to reduce LDL as part of its job is to take the LDL back to the liver to be reprocessed, therefore the higher the HDL, the more LDL that goes back to the