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When I read the latest headline from the American Heart Association recommending statin use in children and adolescents, my heart skipped a beat. Most drugs are not tested in children whose metabolism varies dramatically from adults’. In fact, a third of the 59 drugs tested under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act have been found […]
Last month, 46-year-old Gary Onufer was diagnosed from irreversible cardiogenic shock and was close to death. To save him, he had a Total Artificial Heart transplant nine days later on February 12. He did so well on it that he was even able to ride a stationary bike 25 minutes a day and take walks […]
Is anyone else as amazed as I am that Larry King was able to return to his CNN talk show the Monday following a Friday carotid endarterectomy? The procedure removes plaque buildup in the carotid arteries that have the potential to cause heart attacks or stroke. According to the Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) Dept […]
An anonymous British woman, Miss A, died of a heart attack in France after she refused treatment at a hospital on the advice of her London homeopath, Dr. Marisa Viega. The General Medical Council’s fitness to practise panel heard the misconduct case yesterday and learned that Miss A was suffering from liver and kidney failure […]
Known for hit songs like Respect Yourself, Luther Ingram has died of a heart attack at age 69 this week. He suffered from diabetes and kidney failure. Here’s a video of Luther Ingram singing (If Lovin’ You is Wrong) I Don’t Wanna Be Right.
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Don’t turn the volume up too loud (the music gave me a jolt) as you watch the stick figures battle it out in the great war against heart disease.
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Before becoming a mother, I probably held an infant less than a dozen times in my entire life. Thinking about that now makes me wonder how I ever could have felt confident having a child of my own! Fortunately, my four-year-old is a happy, healthy boy today but I would have surely benefited from this […]
Nurse Gwen Mergian has high cholesterol and a family history of heart disease but instead of going along with her doctor’s suggestion to start statins, she decided to try an experiment. Gwen has gone on the Ornish plan, a low-fat, high fiber vegetarian diet and she’s chronicling her journey at Low Life from February to […]
Physical inactivity costs the UK National Health Service (NHS) over 2 million dollars a year with more than half of that related to coronary heart disease. Steve Shaffelburg, of the British Heart Foundation (BHF):
This research is yet more evidence showing how important physical activity is for our overall health, and especially for our heart health.
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Quick! Get the popcorn ready. In less than two hours at 8:00 pm EST, a live atrial fibrillation ablation webcast sponsored by the Heart Rhythm Society and Utah Heart Clinic will be broadcast from LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. (Physicians are eligible to receive CME credit.) Atrial fibrillation affects between 2 to 5 million […]
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