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High blood pressure among our children… Working in an urgent care facility, I see every single age group and demographic every single time I work. But I am getting very bothered by the number of children whose blood pressure is alarmingly high! I mean like 152/96 and 146/94. That is no joke high!! What will […]
I thought I would share with you one of my most popular posts… It is always a very big topic, since so many do not discuss this with their doctors and nurses due to embarrassment.
Healthbolt has inspired me to write once again about that taboo subject of sexual relations. When I think about it, my […]
In keeping with the Cancer theme today- great fact that will put your light out for sure!!
Here is further proof to stop smoking…Women who quit smoking significantly reduce their risk of dying from heart disease and cancers very soon after.
There was a 47% reduction in risk for coronary heart disease within the first five years […]
A 92 year old Australian women is the first to undergo a ground breaking procedure. In the radical procedure, a new aortic valve is attached to a long rod and fed through a small incision in the groin up to the the heart, where it defrosts and expands. Wow!
This will take the place of open […]
Researchers from Austria have studied studying carotid arteries with repeat US. Strange sentence but true.
The team first did ultrasound exams of the carotid arteries of 1,268 patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease because of multiple risk factors, such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or known blockages in other blood vessels such […]
Music man Isaac Hayes died of a stroke on Sunday in his Memphis home. The deep-voiced soul singer died after he was found unconscious at his residence. Very sad- many prayers to his family.
However, it was also reported that no autopsy had been performed. No official determination has been released by the medical examiner’s office […]
Persons with heart disease need to worry with controlling their overall cholesterol levels and not just “bad” cholesterol levels. So important that this is re-examined. High cholesterol and heart disease do not mix!
Researchers found that 37 percent of Americans with diseases that affect the heart and vascular system had reached recommended levels of LDL-C (bad […]
There is a new tool for physicians to determine the severity and exact risk for heart failure patients. This came on the heels of the OPTIMIZE-HF study that monitored more then 48,000 heart failure patients.
Researchers and doctors feel that there is certain criteria that are very good predictors… as follows
The patient characteristics most predictive of […]
Ontario, Canada has developed a new standard when dealing with unexplained cardiac deaths and autopsies.
While the new system, developed by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, will likely provide important answers to grieving families, researchers also hope it will save lives by identifying family members who […]
Remember when beloved Cheers and Frasier star Kelsey Grammer had a ’small’ heart attack last month. Well, he is back in the hospital. It is so scary. Even for celebrities- remember they are real people as well. He had just come out last week and stated how scary his heart attack was. Mr. Grammer said […]
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