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Abbott’s XIENCE™ V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System, a drug-coated “bioabsorbable” stent, is proving to be successful in treating patients with coronary artery disease participating in the ABSORB clinical trial. The new stent is eventually fully absorbed and metabolized by the coronary artery thus solving the problem of metal stents that can intefere with […]
Look at this adorable ad for tea put out by the UK Tea Council. It’s part of a poster advertising campaign on the London Underground subway trains. They’re recommending that people drink 4 cups of tea a day!
A minimum of four cups of tea a day will contribute to your daily fluid intake, the […]
Today, Mike Miller of Career and Kids sent me this Dear Doctor letter for his daughter’s doctor and his own.
Dear Doctor,
Our daughter was in a couple weeks ago with a cough. They said she had bronchitis and gave her antibiotics. A few days later she hadn’t gotten better (fortunately it just a […]
Most women would be glad to be rid of bras if not for a few hours, for an eternity. But for women recovering from heart surgery, they may want to keep their bras on.
A study of 481 Canadian women has found that those who wore a special compression bra designed by Dr. Kathryn King had […]
Everywhere I turn on the Web, I see advertisements for Goji juice and now I see another berry juice that promises to help prevent atherosclerosis - sea-buckthorn berries. Indian researchers have developed a technique to produce sea-buckthorn juice that is high in anti-oxidants, flavonoids, and vitamin C.
British Heart Foundation nutritionist Sara Stanner:
The pulp oil also […]
Strange story from the Cyprus Mail of a 12-month-old boy born with unspecified heart problems who fell down a flight of stairs but died of heart failure rather than injuries sustained during the fall.
The state coroner:
The greatest possibility is that during his fall, the baby panicked, which brought on heart arrhythmia and due to the […]
Gloria Gamat over at ThePharmVoice has included me in ThePharmVoice Incredible Hall of Acclaim! Isn’t that adorable?
The Incredible award badge is given to those websites and blogs that go above and beyond the norm. These sites offer exceptional content—information, advice, opinion, entertainment, etc—and do so with personality and integrity.
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The New York Times wrote this past week about the current debate over cholesterol treatment. Up until 2004, LDL cholesterol levels were assumed to be ok if they were less than 130 milligrams per deciliter. New guidelines suggest that high risk patients reduce their LDL to less than 100 and very high risk patient […]
One of my friends and readers, Amelie, sent me this lovely note about A Hearty Life. (I’d asked for a testimonial to use for promotional purposes.)
As someone who’s been suffering from heart disease since my early teens, I’m always on the lookout for useful information in order to make my life just a tiny bit […]
In a freak accident similar to the one that took Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin’s life, an 81-year-old man was struck in the chest by a 3-foot-wide stingray while boating on the Intracoastal Waterway of Florida. James Bertakis managed to make it to shore where he was taken by ambulance to Broward General Medical Center. […]
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