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A Hearty Life

May 3rd, 2008

Younger women dying of heart disease

Heart disease mortality among younger women is on the rise. With all that we know and all the accessible forms of information and treatment this is really a sad finding.
Smoking, obesity, prevalence of diabetes, lack of activity and negative lifestyle changes all contribute to increased cardiac disease and death in women below the age of […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 1 comment

August 8th, 2007

Anti-Hypertensives Have A Profound Effect On The Over 80 Crowd

An international trial has been stopped early! There were such significant reductions in the incidence of stroke and overall mortality in those receiving treatment that it has been given the red light.
The 3,845 patient Hypertension in the Very Elderly Trial (HYVET) is the largest ever clinical trial to look at the effects of lowering […]

By Kendra James, RN -- 0 comments

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