02/Jul 2008 | Physiologists And Microbiologists Find Link Between Sitting And Poor Health | Physiologists analyzing obesity, heart disease, and diabetes found that the act of sitting shuts down the circulation of a fat-absorbing enzyme called lipase. They found that standing up engages muscl... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Increased Mortality after Dronedarone Therapy for Severe Heart Failure | 34 minutes ( content.org ) Background Dronedarone is a novel antiarrhythmic drug with electrophysiological properties that are similar to those of amiodarone, but it does not contain iodine and thus d... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Risk factors for stroke | High consumption of coffee or tea every day appears to protect male smokers against at least 1 type of stroke kavin submitted, created time 1 hour 47 minutes ( www.com ) This large, prospective, obs... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Cardiac Surgeons Install Tiny Temporary Pump Inside Heart | Cardiologists weave an eight gram pump through an artery in the groin into the left ventricle, where it pumps up to five liters of blood per minute. This temporary device assists the heart as it recov... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Green Tea for Your Heart? | July 2, 2008 -- Drinking green tea rapidly improves the health of the delicate cells lining the blood vessels and helps lower one's risk of heart disease . Researchers writing in the latest issue of t... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | FAU Researcher reports statin research | By John Johnston Managing Editor In the June issue of the American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, Florida Atlantic University researcher Dr. Hennekens has written the lead article in a discussion of... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Biologists Develop Machine To Remove Viruses From Blood | Infectious disease experts designed a machine called the hemopurifier. It works much like a dialysis machine, using thin fibers to capture and remove viruses from the blood it filters. The machine req... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Catheterization after heart attack helps women | Women benefit just about as much as men from cardiac catheterization after having a heart attack , according to a study published on Tuesday, contradicting previous indications that the procedure may ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | A 70-Year-Old Man With a Transient Ischemic Attack: Review of Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis | CLINICIAN'S CORNER A 70-Year-Old Man With a Transient Ischemic Attack Review of Internal Carotid Artery Stenosis Louis R. Mr V, a man with severe coronary, aortic, and peripheral arterydisease, had... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | The Medicinal Benefits of Artichokes | Journalism graduate and English minor of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. *Experience working as a staff reporter for the Auburn Journal. *Served two-years as a volunteer in... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Link between CVD risk and high Lp(a) is weakened by HRT | Researchers report that the previously observed relationship between high lipoprotein (Lp)(a) and increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) is weakened in women taking hormone replacement therap... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Avandia Researcher Calls for More Studies of Diabetes Drugs | A prominent cardiologist told federal regulators yesterday that new diabetes drugs should be tested to insure that they don't cause heart problems. Stephen Nissan, the lead researcher on a study that ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Heart attack survivors unaware of risks | People who have already had one heart attack could die from a second because they know so little about the disease, a joint Australian US study has shown. The first large-scale international study to ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | The Medical Minute: Reducing the risk of stroke | The Medical Minute: Reducing the risk of stroke Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Harbaugh Patients who have a family history of stroke, who have medical risk factors for atherosclerotic disease, who have had a ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Catch of the day? | Fashion. As much as 90 percent of the salmon sold in this country is farmed. A meal of salmon is a time-honored Fourth of July tradition in New England, along with peas and new potatoes, which came in... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Will a vegetarian diet improve one's health? | Is a vegetarian diet always best in terms of health and weight control? The fact is that "a vegetarian diet contains the fundamentals for. By Charles Stuart Platkin Special to The Seattle Times . Is ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Seminar: An Introduction to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) | Thanks to the research run in Dr. Krol s NanoBioMed laboratory, CBM has filed two patent applications in the fields of oncology and neurology. Kristene Myklak University of Colorado, Denver Moderator:... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | New challenges threaten wild salmon | A farm-raised Atlantic salmon from Maine. As much as 90 percent of the salmon sold in this country is farmed. tradition in New England, along with peas and new potatoes, which came into season around ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Unique New CRT Pacemaker with Advanced Algorithm for RVsense Triggering(TM) and Wideband IEGM Snapshot Memory is Now Released | Unique New CRT Pacemaker with Advanced Algorithm for RVsense Triggering(TM) and Wideband IEGM Snapshot Memory is Now Released . BIOTRONIK today announced the market release of the Stratos LV(TM) Cardi... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | The Benefits and Risks of Alcohol | University of California, Berkeley Wellness Letter A recent, widely publicized study in the New England Journal of Medicine has led a lot of drinkers to congratulate themselves, and a lot of nondrinke... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Health note: Does Obama have Marfan Syndrome? | The NYTimes has an interesting photo of Obama on one of their articles. Maybe it s an optical illusion, but dang, his arm is long, and his fingers are long and as a doc, it made me stare No problem. ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Omega-3 Fatty Acids | Help us cover the cost of running this website and help with the fight against hepatitis C! We appreciate your support!. Liver Information - Strategies for Preventing Liver Damage. Omega-3 fatty acid... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | New York Restaurants To Serve Fat-free Menus | Artificial trans fats will be off the menu in New York restaurants from Tuesday, as city authorities seek to remove a major cause of heart disease from their residents' diets. Restaurants were banned ... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Web Helps Control Blood Pressure | BY TAMMIE SMITH MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE Published: July 2, 2008 Updated: RICHMOND, Va. -- Patients who checked their blood pressure at home with a pharmacist monitoring those readings over the Inte... Read » |
02/Jul 2008 | Young blind photographers use 'eyes of the heart' | Agence France-Presse TOKYO - Yutaka Meijo holds his breath to make sure his camera stays steady, carefully brings the object into focus and waits just a moment before clicking the shutter -- relying o... Read » |