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What your heart needs, at every age (CNN)
The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.
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TO YOUR HEALTH: Heart attack could just be case of indigestion (River Oaks Examiner)
During the holidays, emergency rooms see an influx of people who fear the worst is happening and they’re having a heart attack.
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The best way to measure body fat (CNN)
If your pants feel tighter than usual, you might begin to suspect that you've gained a couple of pounds. But at what point should you begin to worry that the weight gain is serious? Could you be one of the approximately two-thirds of American adults who are either overweight or obese, with an increased risk for conditions like diabetes and heart disease? While no single measurement is perfect, ...
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Dumaguing: Children with heart disease risk factors (Sun Star)
CHILDREN with risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and high cholesterol levels already show signs of fatty build-up in their arteries that could lead to heart attack in adulthood, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions.
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Women Heart Patients from Your Viewing Community Go Heart to Head with Docs at Mayo Clinic and Come out Educating (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
----WHAT: Annually, women heart disease survivors are selected by WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, to attend a 4-day intensive Science & Leadership Symposium at Mayo Clinic.
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New appropriate use criteria guide treatment of patients with heart blockage (EurekAlert!)
( American College of Cardiology ) Whether it's appropriate to treat chest pain with medical therapy alone or prescribe medical therapy and also perform revascularization -- that is, by restoring good blood flow to the heart muscle with a balloon-tipped catheter or bypass surgery -- depends on several factors that vary from patient to patient. In some cases the decision is obvious; in others, ...
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New appropriate use criteria guide treatment of patients with heart blockage (PhysOrg)
If you're committed to fitness, the decision to climb a couple of flights of stairs rather than take the elevator is clear. But if you develop chest pain on the way up, deciding how to treat the symptoms of clogged arteries in your heart is much more complicated.
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New genetic markers for ulcerative colitis identified, researchers report in Nature Genetics (EurekAlert!)
( University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences ) An international team of researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis. The findings, which appear today as an advance online publication of the journal Nature Genetics, bring researchers closer to understanding the biological pathways involved in the disease and may lead to the development of ...
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2009/01/05 (The New Straits Times)
A healthy diet is crucial to good health. The sharp rise in the number of heart-related diseases, diabetes and obesity is alarming. But they all can be avoided if only we learn to stay healthy and eat right. KASMIAH MUSTAPHA reports.
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New Plans To Improve Prevention Of Vascular Disease, UK (Medical News Today)
New plans to improve the prevention and management of patients with vascular disease were announced today by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Mrs Hart said that a group of clinicians will review current provision of vascular risk management and assessment in Wales and recommend a future model to reduce the number of people developing the disease.
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