New Way To Predict Heart Attack In Women
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Among the data your doctor or physician gets when he measures your blood pressure is your heart pulse rate. Now if you are a woman, measuring your resting heart rate can yield some surprising information. Why? We... Read more
Kids’ cholesterol pills worry MDsJournal warns against adult drugs for children
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Canada’s top medical journal is warning doctors about giving cholesterol pills to children, saying there is scant direct evidence statins are safe for children and that doctors risk committing... Read more
Strokes: Exercise beats vitamins
Featured, People News · Tags: Berlin, Conditions and Diseases, Health, Journal of the American Medical Association, Myocardial infarction, Stroke, Vitamin
Exercise and a balanced diet are the best precautions against strokes, notes the Berlin-based German Neurological Society (DGN). Citing a recent US study that showed vitamins to be ineffective at reducing... Read more
New thinking on how to protect the heart
Sports · Tags: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular Disorders, Cholesterol, Conditions and Diseases, Health, Heart disease, Myocardial infarction, Sudden cardiac death
If last week’s column convinced you that surgery may not be the best way to avoid a heart attack or sudden cardiac death, the next step is finding out what can work as well or better to protect... Read more