Stabroek News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
(Continued) By Dr Pankaj Kshatriya, MD (Physician) What is a stress test? Symptoms of heart disease tend to show up when the person is exercising, because that’s when ...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Many patients with diabetes should forego angioplasties for heart disease and just take medicine instead, a new study suggests.
medinnovationblog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Inconsistent preventive services and poor lifestyle behavior chociies have led to a shocking decline in our national health, threatening not only individuals and America’s economic health. Karen Adams, PhD, “National Priorities Partnership: Setting a National Agenda for Health Quality and Safety,” in Prescriptions for Excellence in Health Care , Fall, 2009 Give me a break. Or, at...
Trizle (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
X does something that annoys the !@#%$^*&%^$@#%# out of you. You play Mr./Mrs. Nice. You mention nothing. According to Stockholm University's Constanze Leineweber study, men are two to five times as likely to die from heart attacks/disease by stifling their emotions: "Men who consistently failed to express their resentment over conflicts with a fellow worker or supervisor were more than twice...
Prairie Weather (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Even as you mourn the post-Thanksgiving puffiness, obesity trackers show that where you live may have something to do with whether you're fat or thin. Take Colorado, for example: thin people, low incidence of heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, smoking, and...
Food &Health Skeptic (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Tall people face ups, downs There has long been evidence that tall people are favoured in many ways and the links to illness could be a byproduct of that. Just to name one possibility: Tall men tend to be much more successful with the ladies and that could influence a number of lifestyle factors with health consequences. That tallness of itself is in any way unhealthy is not proven TALL people are...
Health Care (Free subscription) | yesterday
EECP is an enhanced external counterpulsation. It is cost effective, non invasive, non surgical, non pharmaceutical, out patient therapy for Angina, Heart attack and heart failure patients. It is FDA (USA) and NHS (UK) approved. How is EECP Performed? During EECP Patient lies on bed of machine. Three or five electrodes are ...
WEBLOG DO FRAGA (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gingko Biloba May Not Prevent Cardiovascular Disease Study of G. biloba and placebo finds no difference in incidence of death, heart attack or angina 28 nov 2009-- Twice daily doses of Gingko biloba did not show any benefit over placebo in preventing cardiovascular disease (CVD) events among elderly subjects in a study published online Nov. 24 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes . Lewis...
Food &Health Skeptic (Free subscription) | yesterday
Toss Out the Myths With the Embalming Fluid Activists like journalism professor Michael Pollan are quick to blame foods in our “Western diet” for a smorgasbord of problems -- heart disease being the most recent one. But a new investigation stuffs this foodie blame-game in a sarcophagus. Researchers examining Egyptian mummies discovered that our predecessors 3,500 years ago also suffered...
Karen's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to this article drinking a bottle of wine or six beers every day can cut the risk of heart disease in men by half. Researchers have found that the protective effects of a daily drink are not just limited to those who drink a moderate amount but also extend to those who consume higher levels of alcohol. Research was carried out on 15,000 men and 26,000 women aged from 29 to 69 years. They...
DaithaiC (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Conor in Finland for his 50th Birthday Some journeys are the hardest to make and some words are the hardest to write. This time last year on the plane from London to Dublin my head was in a swirl as I tried to take in that Conor my friend of over 35 years was gone. His death, just after his 52nd birthday, was unexpected. Compared to the rest of us most of the time Conor was whippet like and was physically...
Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
High salt intake is linked to significantly greater risk of both stroke and cardiovascular disease, shows a collaborativ
CanadaPharmacyNews.com (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
From the Edmonton Journal: Canadians aged 80 and older fill five times as many drug prescriptions a year as the average person, according to new data from Statistics Canada, helping explain why drug side effects are the No. 1 reason they visit emergency rooms. In 2005, pharmacists filled an average of 74 prescriptions for each person over the age of 80, compared with an average of 14 prescriptions...
Integrity Way Halfway House (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Alcoholics are those who are perpetually dependent on some form of alcohol to remain in a state of intoxication and drug addicts are similarly reliant on various forms of drugs. Both these addictions are highly dangerous to lives not just physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. The physical trauma caused due to addictive habits to harmful items can lead to damage of the brain, the nervous...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Head of Hermitage investment fund demands inquiry into alleged torture of dead lawyer by Russian state The investigation into the death of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky should be carried out by a team of independent experts, William Browder, the head of Magnitsky's investment fund, Hermitage Capital Management said, today. Browder said there had to be a public inquiry into the circumstances...
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goldenpetsupplies | 11/23/2009
During the holiday season we are all likely to be doing more cooking in the kitchen preparing for what may seem to be endless get-togethers. While it is great to unite with friends and family, this is also a time of year that many of us begin to put on weight. This is also true for our pets as well. Pets often are the recipients of endless scraps while their owners are preparing for their parties....
bharatbook | 11/21/2009
CorAssist Cardiovascular Ltd. (CorAssist) is engaged in the development and manufacture of innovative therapeutic products for the cardiovascular markets. It develops products such as minimally invasive medical devices and intraventricular devices that are used in the treatment of diastolic heart failure. The company is headquartered in Hezliya Pitauch, Israel. The company develops elastic and self-expanding
bharatbook | 11/21/2009
Symphony Medical, Inc. (Symphony Medical) is engaged in the design and development of biotherapeutic products for the cardiovascular markets. Its products portfolio includes biopolymers, cell therapies, catheter based biotherapeutics that are used in the treatment of atrial fibrillation and heart failure. Its products are designed to correct cardiac conduction disorders and cardiac arrhythmias. The
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