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29th September 2009
The main cause of heart attack decrease among smokers and non-smokers is the smoking ban in public places. A previous study showed that smoking has caused a fall in heart attack rates of about 10%.
Health researchers have found a rigorous fall tha... Read >
Author: no28th September 2009
The debate over the positive effects of a vegetarian diet on the health of people and the society at large is increasing exponentially these days. There are more and younger Americans – about ten million, who claim to be vegetarians and many others who ... Read >
Author: Greg Davis25th September 2009
Angiography or arteriography is referred to process of medical imaging technique used to visualize the interior organs of the body. Particular interest is given to the arteries, veins and the heart chambers during any angiography.
The process of angi... Read >
Author: Maria21st September 2009
Valvuloplasty in India
Valvuloplasty is performed, in certain circumstances, to open a stenotic (stiff) heart valve. In valvuloplasty, a very small, narrow, hollow tube, or catheter, is advanced from a blood vessel in the groin through the aorta into... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia21st September 2009
Angioplasty surgery in India
Angioplasty is a common medical procedure.It may be used to : -
* Improve symptoms of CAD, such as angina and shortness of breath.
* Reduce damage to the heart muscle from a heart attack. A heart attack occurs... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia21st September 2009
CABG - Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in India
Coronary bypass surgery performed in world class hospitals in India is a procedure to allow blood to flow to your heart muscle despite blocked arteries.
Just like all the other organs in your body, yo... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia21st September 2009
On Pump - Beating Heart Surgery India
Types of coronary artery bypass grafts
CABG is a heart surgery procedure in which one or more blocked coronary arteries are bypassed by a blood vessel graft to restore normal blood flow to the heart. These gra... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia21st September 2009
Off Pump – Beating Heart treatment in India
When your arteries cannot supply enough blood to your heart, your doctor may recommend coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. One of the most common heart surgeries in the United States, CABG surgery ... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia18th September 2009
Cathlab procedures Surgery in India
We Care India partner hospital’s cardiac catheterization laboratory (also known as the cath lab) is a specialized service that plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease by allowing c... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia18th September 2009
Interventional Cardiology surgery india
Interventional cardiology refers to various non-surgical procedures for treating cardiovascular disease. Interventional cardiologists use catheters – thin, flexible tubes – to get inside blood vessels for d... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia18th September 2009
Coronary Angiography / Angiogram Treatment in India
Q. What is coronary angiography ?
Coronary angiography is a special x-ray of the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries do not show up on a plain x-ray. With coronary angiography, dye is inject... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia18th September 2009
CT Angiography Surgery in India
We Care India partner hospitals use a state-of-the-art multi-row detector CT scanner; the Siemens Sensation 64 Detector.
A Coronary CTA (CT Angiography) is a heart-imaging test currently undergoing rapid development... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia18th September 2009
Heart Attack/Caridac Arrest Treatment In India
A heart attack is the death of a portion of heart muscle in an area where there is a sudden loss of blood supply. Without prompt treatment, this can lead to the affected part of the heart. Heart attack is ... Read >
Author: WeCareIndia18th September 2009
Cholesterol is a blood fat needed by the body in moderate amounts. However, high cholesterol(http://www.vasacor.com/) levels can lead to atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD). Angina is chest pain caused by the restriction of blood flow to the... Read >
Author: wbdoyle07th September 2009
On June 25, 2009, Michael Jackson, well-known as the King of Pop, died of cardiac arrest.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. and the majority of CVD deaths are attributable to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) which cl... Read >
Author: HWNTeam11th August 2009
People with type 2 diabetes are susceptible to another life threatening condition known as hyperosmolar nonketotic state, characterized by extremely high blood sugar levels. This condition usually occurs in elderly persons with some other serious underlyi... Read >
Author: john daniel03rd August 2009
Heart plays an important role in the body. Heart is an organ which is responsible for supplying the body with oxygenated blood. The heart lies in the left side of the chest cavity between the lungs. The heart secures its oxygen supply through the set of c... Read >
Author: Bryan Len26th June 2009
Based on the data of the American Heart Association (AHA), almost one out of three Americans has high blood pressure. The sad part is that they are not aware that the disorder is already in their system.
Only when it becomes severe by manifesting symp... Read >
Author: Alvin Hopkinson19th June 2009
The heart is a four chambered, hollow muscle and double acting pump that is located in the chest between the lungs. Heart diseases caused by high blood pressure contributes to hardening of the arteries. High levels of bad cholesterol (LDL) build up in the... Read >
Author: John Adison16th June 2009
Overview
Acute Coronary Syndrome or ACS is a catch all term used to describe a set of symptoms consistent with acute myocardial ischemia when the symptoms are not pathognomonic. Myocardial ischemia is a condition in which insufficient blood flow is rea... Read >
Author: Vital Ethics06th June 2009
Ischemic heart disease is defined as decreased blood flow to the heart due to narrowed coronary arteries. The obstruction results from cholesterol deposits sticking to the artery wall, interrupting the flow of blood to the heart. The deposits harden cau... Read >
Author: Clivir Team06th June 2009
Complications from heart disease are the leading cause of death in the United States, England and Canada. Heart disease refers to the narrowing the the coronary arteries, blocking the flow of blood to the body. The term heart disease comprises many heart ... Read >
Author: Clivir Team06th June 2009
The primary organ of the cardiovascular system is the heart, and is the muscle that continually pumps blood to the rest of the body. The heart's blood supply comes by way of the coronary arteries, carrying the oxygen and nutrients required for it to funct... Read >
Author: Clivir Team04th June 2009
Healthy people who want to prevent heart attacks also find support at the Y. Motivated, often, by the illness or sudden death of a close friend or relative, they sign up for rigorous stress testing and blood tests to determine the health of their hearts a... Read >
Author: petersonbran29th May 2009
While many people think heart disease is purely a man’s health problem, they are absolutely wrong. Women are also susceptible to getting a heart disease. In fact, records show that it is the top leading cause of death in women in the United States and m... Read >
Author: James Pendergraft18th May 2009
Doctors are now accepting that inflammation may be a contributory factor in a number of types of heart diseases. A paradigm shift is occurring in scientific opinion. Cholesterol may not be the real cause of heart disease. Inflammation is the body’s auto... Read >
Author: Brian Louden10th March 2009
Food is a prime need of life. You consume food in order to keep your body active and healthy. The foods you consume not only supply energy to your body but also revitalize and rejuvenate the organs, tissues and cells of the body. You must eat food which i... Read >
Author: Nick Mutt03rd March 2009
Heart disease and its complication will kill more people than almost anything else and yet relatively speaking more money is spent on fighting terrorism than this scourge.
When the walls of the arteries become furred we call this atheroma. This is pote... Read >
26th February 2009
There are various types of coronary heart diseases that are the result of the stoppage of the coronary arteries to supply sufficient blood to the heart. These diseases include angina pectoris, coronary thrombosis or heart attack and unexpected death witho... Read >
Author: jainish17th February 2009
Arteriosclerosis is one of the most common diseases of the blood vessels and is characterized by the thickening of the walls of the arteries due to the presence of calcium or lime. Arteriosclerosis results in the loss of elasticity of the blood vessels wi... Read >
Author: dr mony28th January 2009
As a muscle the heart is very effective, even remarkably so. In a single year, if your heart beats 80 times a minute, all your blood will be pumped through your body 42 million times. Blood is also pumped through the heart muscle. In order for your heart ... Read >
Author: Joe Gardener20th January 2009
Garlic is a source of selenium, which must be present in the body for proper immune response, and which acts as an antioxidant in combination with vitamin E. Rich in potassium, zinc, selenium, and Vitamins A & C. It helps keep blood clots from forming in ... Read >
Author: DBixler09th January 2009
Some people think that sleep is just a “down time” for the brain to shut off and the body to rest. But sleep studies conducted in the past decades have proven that the brain stays active during sleep, with different things happening during each stage.... Read >
Author: morningshift12th December 2008
Heart attacks seem to be sudden, but that's not the truth. Signs and symptoms of a heart attack need to be recognized. These help in quick medical attention, as well as saving lives.
Heart attack or acute myocardial infarction occurs when one of the he... Read >
Author: peterhutch03rd December 2008
Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Definition of CAD and Its Cause
As you all know, you heart works 24 hours; pumping and sending blood around your body. This hard working pump also requires blood to sustain the heart muscle itself. The blood travels throug... Read >
Author: marketingignite1@gmail.com02nd December 2008
Among many of the life threatening diseases, heart attack is one of the most frequently witnessed diseases. Heart attack is all about flow of blood which gets blocked and oxygen supply get hampered. This can result in a severe damage to heart muscle that ... Read >
Author: Jim White24th November 2008
Diltiazem (Dilzem 30 mg, Dilzem SR 90 mg)
Its action on the heart rate is less than verapamil. It decreases blood pressure to a lesser extent than nifedipine. It relieves spasms of coronary arteries. It is also useful in PAT (Paoxysmal Atrial Tachycard... Read >
Author: Alien18th November 2008
With heart disease being the number one cause of death in Americans and high blood pressure being the �silent killer,� high homocysteine levels are considered by most researchers to be as dangerous as high cholesterol levels. An aging heart is proven... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer29th September 2008
Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque (plak) builds up on the insides of your arteries. It is a condition in which fatty material collects along the walls of arteries. This fatty material thickens, hardens, and eventually blocks the arteries. Arte... Read >
Author: jdobson24th September 2008
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a febrile disease of childhood. It’s also known as Kawasaki syndrome or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome. Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile disease with inflammation of little- and medium-sized blood vessels throughout the ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen23rd September 2008
Open heart surgery is done to relive chest pressure that occurs due to the blockage in the arteries cutting off the circulation of blood and oxygen. An open heart surgery refers to the chest being open not the actual heart. During an open heart surgery th... Read >
Author: Paul Justice09th September 2008
Open heart surgery is the most common surgery in the United States. This might sound alarming and might pose certain questions as to why this is occurring. The need for a bypass surgery is because there is a blockage in your arteries that is cutting off t... Read >
Author: Paul Justice05th September 2008
Yes, cholesterol protects your cells, maintains your brainpower, helps make hormones and vitamins, and on, and on, and on. But under certain circumstances, it can block your arteries and trigger — Oh no! — a heart attack. It’s all in the lipoprotein... Read >
Author: sulamita02nd September 2008
Chest pain is one of the most terrifying symptoms a person can have. There are various likely causes of chest pain. Some causes are softly inconvenient, while other causes are serious, even life-threatening. Chest pain may be caused by poor blood flow to ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen02nd September 2008
Angioplasty also known percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Percutaneous refers "through the skin," transluminal means "inside the blood vessel," coronary means "relating to the heart," and angioplasty refers "blood vessel repair." Angioplasty ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen24th July 2008
There are many herbs having mystical healing properties and are extensively used in the treatment of number of ailments. Below are few of them -
Garlic (Allium sativum)
Garlic is a commonly used herb that has miraculous healing properties and is wi... Read >
Author: Nick Mutt24th July 2008
Angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh) is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when an area of your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood.
Angina may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The pain also may occur in your shoulders, arms,... Read >
Author: Rich james14th July 2008
Angina pectoris is a phrase that comes from Latin and translates as 'tight chest'.People with angina experience pain in the centre of the chest. The chest can feel constricted and tight, but the pain can also be oppressive, as if something is crushing you... Read >
Author: peterhutch06th July 2008
Angina (an-JI-nuh or AN-juh-nuh) is chest pain or discomfort that occurs when an area of your heart muscle doesn't get enough oxygen-rich blood. Angina may feel like pressure or squeezing in your chest. The pain also may occur in your shoulders, arms, nec... Read >
Author: peterhutch01st July 2008
Medication or no, your first response to angina should be to sit down and relax, says Dr. Ouyang. If you're having an arterial spasm, it will subside in a minute or two and release its grip on your artery. If clogged arteries are to blame, relief upon res... Read >
Author: peterhutch01st July 2008
Angina Pectoris Angina pectoris is usually due to an arteriosclerotic heart disease, but in rare instances it may occur in the absence of a significant disease of the coronary arteries as a result of coronary spasm, stenosis or insuffi... Read >
Author: trisa wang 19th June 2008
Heart disease can be caused by many different things and comes in many different forms. When the heart valve becomes diseased, one of two things happens: it doesn’t close tightly enough (called incompetence) to keep blood from backing up into the chambe... Read >
Author: John Mathew13th June 2008
The heart disease is mostly appear in the men than the women. The heart disease in women can seen on the age of 65 and older. The women causes the most of the disease of breast cancer. The black women are more to have high blood pressure and diabetes than... Read >
Author: Sander Bel20th May 2008
Chest pain is a common symptom that is caused by many different conditions. Some causes require prompt medical attention, such as angina, heart attack, or tearing of the aorta. Other causes of chest pain that may not require immediate medical intervention... Read >
Author: peterhutch20th May 2008
Angina usually occurs during exertion, severe emotional stress, or after a heavy meal. During these periods, the heart muscle demands more blood oxygen than the narrowed coronary arteries can deliver. Angina typically lasts from 1 to 15 minutes and is rel... Read >
Author: peterhutch15th May 2008
Palpitations occur when a person can feel abnormalities in the normal beating of the heart. These palpitations can be an isolated extra beat, or they can run together and last for prolonged periods of time. Each part of the heart has the potential to be i... Read >
Author: peterhutch06th May 2008
The blood circulating in the body consists of blood cells and a straw coloured liquid called plasma. Plasma is made up chiefly of proteins and water, and fats (lipids) are carried with these proteins. These are described according to their density. The lo... Read >
Author: Alien02nd April 2008
There are many factors that can cause heart disease and this article gives top five leading causes of heart disease. It is very important for you to know so you can avoid them and reduce the risk of suffering from heart disease.
#1 High cholesterol
... Read >
Author: Kenneth Koh02nd April 2008
Heart disease, also known as cardiovascular disease, includes a number of conditions affecting the heart: congestive heart failure, congenital heart disease, and heart attack, among others. If you don’t know the symptoms, you could be at risk and not ev... Read >
Author: peterhutch02nd April 2008
Researchers discovered the unexpected result in the first large-scale study investigating risk factors for stable angina. They pooled data from 74 studies involving 401,315 people living in 31 countries, including the United States. Of the studies' partic... Read >
Author: peterhutch02nd April 2008
Prevention of heart attack and stroke doesn’t have to be risky. One safe and inexpensive supplement can keep blood healthy, while controlling blood pressure! And you don’t need a prescription to get it.
One minute you are enjoying a stroll in the... Read >
Author: Shane27th March 2008
A heart attack (also known as a myocardial infarction) is the death of heart muscle from the sudden blockage of a coronary artery by a blood clot.. The term myocardial infarction is derived from myocardium (the heart muscle) and infarction (tissue death d... Read >
Author: Alien19th March 2008
The heart disease is mostly appear in the men than the women. The heart disease in women can seen on the age of 65 and older. The women causes the most of the disease of breast cancer. The black women are more to have high blood pressure and diabetes than... Read >
Author: Rachel Broune26th February 2008
The chronic complications of diabetes are typically classified as microvascular, macrovascular, or neuropathic.
Microvascular complications result from the thickening of capillary and arteriole basement membranes. Although these changes occur in the sm... Read >
Author: David Jones26th February 2008
A thallium scan-a radionuclide study-can help evaluate heart muscle perfusion. The examiner injects thallium I.V. and then performs the scan. Ischemic and infarcted areas of heart muscle don't take up the thallium, and they appear as cold spots on the sca... Read >
Author: David Jones22nd February 2008
The risk factors for cardiovascular disease have been categorized by the american heart association (AHA) as follows:
Major risk factors that cannot be changed (increasing age, male gender, and heredity)
Major risk factors that can be changed ... Read >
Author: David Jones22nd February 2008
Introduction
Heart disease is a general term that refers to a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions that affect one or more of the components of the heart.. Diseases affecting the heart may be structural or functional. Anything that damages t... Read >
Author: Peter sams22nd February 2008
A heart attack occurs when blood flow to a section of heart muscle becomes blocked. If the flow of blood isn’t restored quickly, the section of heart muscle becomes damaged from lack of oxygen and begins to die. Coronary arteries are blood vessels tha... Read >
Author: Peter sams19th February 2008
Any of a number of conditions that can affect the heart. Some examples include coronary heart disease, heart attack, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary heart disease and high blood pressure. Heart disease is a big problem in today's society because of life... Read >
Author: Peter sams12th February 2008
Do you know what it takes to be heart healthy? Everyone seems to have some type of stress in their life now a days and it is time that we pay attention to what doctors are telling us, which is take care of your health. Taking care of our self first is a... Read >
Author: Curtis Reddehase04th February 2008
The warning “cigarette smoking is dangerous to your health” is everywhere even in cigarette packs. It comes as a surprise then why there are still a lot of people who continually smokes. Perhaps, they don’t really understand what health dangers are ... Read >
Author: Amber22nd January 2008
Diagnosing cardiovascular disease is becoming more sophisticated. Diagnosis begins with a medical examination and patient history. This procedure may be supplemented with a variety of tests that may confirm or refute the physician's suspicions of the pres... Read >
Author: David Jones18th January 2008
Heart disease is not really disease of the heart itself, but of the blood vessels supplying it. Conditions such as "hole-in-the-heart" and problems with heart valves (sometimes a consequence of rheumatic fever) can occur, but most problems with heart valv... Read >
Author: Alien01st October 2007
Angina pectoris is the result of myocardial ischemia caused by an imbalance between myocardial blood supply and oxygen demand. In most cases, the lack of blood supply is due to a narrowing of the coronary arteries as a result of arteriosclerosis. This pai... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen25th September 2007
Stent angioplasty was first performed in the mid-1980s and was approved by the FDA in the mid-1990s. It is now widely used in the treatment of coronary artery disease. This procedure is done under local anesthetic and the heart does not need to be stopped... Read >
Author: EmpoweredD18th September 2007
Kawasaki Disease is an illness that involves the skin, mouth, and lymph nodes. The disease usually begins with a fever unresponsive to tylenol or aspirin which continues for at least 7 - 10 days. Many but not all children develop a swollen area on the nec... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen18th September 2007
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. Almost 700,000 people die of heart disease in the U.S. each year. It is also a major cause of disability. There are many different forms of heart disease.... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen18th September 2007
Heart is a muscle that is about the size of your fist. It pumps blood around your body and beats approximately 70 times a minute. Heart disease is any disorder that affects the heart's ability to function normally. Heart disease is the leading cause of de... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen02nd September 2007
Heart disease is an umbrella term for a number of different diseases which affect the heart and is the leading cause of death in the United States as of 2007. Heart disease is synonymous with cardiac disease but not with cardiovascular disease which is a... Read >
Author: J&G Reay29th August 2007
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) involves damage to or blockage in the blood vessels distant from your heart, the peripheral arteries and veins. The peripheral arteries and veins carry blood to and from arm and leg muscles plus the organs in and below th... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
This is a type of heart surgery. It's sometimes called CABG ("cabbage"). The surgery reroutes, or "bypasses," blood around clogged arteries to improve blood flow and oxygen to the heart.
The arteries that bring blood to the heart muscle (coronary arter... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
Angina is a symptom of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), the most common type of heart disease. This happens when the plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. This build up of plaque is called atherosclerosis. As the plaque builds up, the coronary arteries... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
Myocardial infarction (MI) means that part of the heart muscle suddenly loses its blood supply. Without immediate treatment, this can lead to damage to the affected part of the heart. An MI is often called a heart attack or a coronary thrombosis.
The ... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
The most common cause of a Myocardial Infarction (MI) is a blood clot known as thrombosis. This forms inside a coronary artery, or one of its branches. This blocks the blood flow to a part of the heart.
Blood clots do not usually form in normal arteri... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
Angina is caused by reduced blood flow to an area of the heart. This is most often due to Coronary Artery Disease. Sometimes, other types of heart disease or uncontrolled high blood pressure can cause angina.
In CAD, the coronary arteries, that carry ... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
Sudden cardiac death (sudden arrest) is death resulting from an sudden loss of heart function (cardiac arrest). The victim may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. The time and mode of death are unexpected. It occurs within moments after symptoms appe... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
Angina is a symptom of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), the most common type of heart disease. Angina happens when the plaque builds up in the coronary arteries. This build up of plaque is called atherosclerosis. As the plaque builds up, the coronary arteri... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
The term Cardiovascular Disease covers a large number of diseases that directly affect the heart and the blood vessel system. It especially affects the veins and arteries that lead to and from the heart. Research has suggested that women who suffer with c... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong29th August 2007
Sudden cardiac death (sudden arrest) is death resulting from a sudden heart attack (cardiac arrest). The victim may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. The time and mode of death are unexpected. It occurs within moments after symptoms appear. The mos... Read >
Author: Li Ming Wong09th August 2007
Obesity is because of eating too many calories and not getting enough physical activities to burn those calories. Excess calories are deposited in the body as fat.
Obesity increases the risk of several health problems like high blood pressure, insulin ... Read >
Author: Stephen Thomson31st July 2007
If you suffer from ischemic heart disease then is important to know how to constantly improve your condition or prevent it from getting worse. What is most important is your will and self control in order to reduce the risk factors of ischemia. In other w... Read >
Author: Keysha31st July 2007
If you suffer from ischemic heart disease then is important to know how to constantly improve your condition or prevent it from getting worse. What is most important is your will and self control in order to reduce the risk factors of ischemia. In othe... Read >
Author: Keysha31st July 2007
Ischemia without pain is called silent ischemia. Many people don’t know that they have ischemic heart disease and that’s why they could suffer a heart attack without any warning before. People with previous heart attacks , diabetes or angina are in... Read >
Author: Keysha31st July 2007
For diagnosing ischaemic heart disease the doctors perform a serie of tests depending whether the disease is with angina (symptomatic) or without-silent ischemia.
Angina attacks associated with risk factors for heart disease influence the docto... Read >
Author: Keysha31st July 2007
There are several causes for the development of Ischaemic heart disease. Among them we can count: diabetes, cholesterol level, smoking, obesity, hypertension (high blood pressure), emotional stress, high-fat diet, lack of exercise, abnormal heart val... Read >
Author: Keysha24th July 2007
Cholesterol is a blood fat needed by the body in moderate amounts. However, high cholesterol levels can lead to atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease (CAD). Angina is chest pain caused by the restriction of blood flow to the heart (cardiac ischemia)... Read >
Author: Sudhani24th May 2007
In the recent issue Circulation, a new method for detecting heart disease was discussed. This may offer hope for those with a family history of heart disease. Scientists at Michigan University and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN discovered that by admi... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer21st May 2007
High blood cholesterol levels can result in serious health problems. We agree with this affirmation because persons with high cholesterol levels can develop many other conditions because of the mentioned problem. Among the conditions that can be developed... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola12th May 2007
It is well known that in the last years cholesterol occurs in more and more persons because of many factors that include improper diets, lack of physical activity or genetic problems.
The substance called cholesterol is a product of the liver. This su... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola06th May 2007
Ischemic Heart Disease occurs when the coronary arteries (the arteries that bring oxygen and blood to the heart) are blocked. Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of congestive heart failure-heart is no longer able to pump the blood at normal para... Read >
Author: Keysha03rd May 2007
In this world of progression there is very less time to actually take care of one self. We struggle hard to make our living standards good and life comfortable. We work hard to actually get what we actually desire. The main sufferer in this struggle is ou... Read >
Author: Dr.Smith03rd April 2007
The hawthorn is extensively used in Europe as a treatment for heart ailments, especially congestive heart failure, which involves fatigue of the heart muscle, fluid buildup around the body, and shortness of breath after mild physical exertion. This miracl... Read >
Author: Jason Hunter28th March 2007
Heart Health
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Think about that: more people die from heart disease than any other cause. In fact, over 27% of people, regardless of age or sex, die from heart disease, and that number ris... Read >
Author: Steve Dolan08th March 2007
Cholesterol is a substance the body needs in order to complete some of its functions like creating cell tissues, protecting nerves and creating hormones. Cholesterol is produced by the liver but aliments like eggs and meat contain it too and by eating the... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola01st March 2007
The heart is the most important organ of the body which pumps blood to all the other organs in order to keep them functioning. The heart has to work tirelessly for every living second of our life. It is no wonder then, that the heart is the organ that und... Read >
Author: Tom alter01st March 2007
High blood pressure or hypertension is the condition when the blood flow in the arteries and veins is forced under a higher pressure than normal. This can happen due to the weakness of the heart or due to the buildup of cholesterol in the coronary arterie... Read >
Author: Tom alter01st March 2007
Cholesterol buildup in the coronary arteries leads to the condition known as Hridaya roga in Ayurveda, which literally means heart disease. This is similar to atherosclerosis. When the cholesterol collects in the arteries leading to the heart, their lumen... Read >
Author: Dr.Anna Hardy28th February 2007
We live in a country where cardiovascular disease is the chief cause of death and disability in the United States. Yet, most people live in fear of getting cancer and a host of age-related diseases. But there's plenty you can do to lower your risk of succ... Read >
Author: HFN19th February 2007
According to the latest studies made by doctors all over the world it seems that a subclinical hypothyroidism can trigger different kind of cardiovascular problems.
For the studies, probes of the thyroxin and tireotropin hormone levels in the blood ha... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola01st February 2007
Cholesterol is a fatty, wax-like substance produced by the human organism and found in a wide variety of foods rich in saturated fat. In normal amounts, cholesterol has a series of beneficial roles inside the body, protecting blood cells from damage and a... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola21st January 2007
When it comes to Heart Disease, men usually come off worse than women. It seems that men have a much higher chance of developing the condition than women do though that is not to say that women do not develop the condition. They do, though most women who ... Read >
Author: ebarby18th January 2007
Authors of a new study published in the January 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association show that results can differ enormously depending on the type of statistical analysis each study uses.
According to HealthDay News, “Randomiz... Read >
Author: Greg Edwards15th November 2006
Heart attack is called as Myocardial Infarction in medical terminology. Heart is supplied by right and left coronary arteries. Whenever these arteries are blocked, blood supply to heart stops and wall of heart damages, result is Heart Attack with symptoms... Read >
Author: Armughan Riaz09th November 2006
It seems that everyone is jumping on the antioxidant bandwagon and why not? New
research is coming out all the time that seems to indicate antioxidants can prevent
cancer, strengthen your immune system and even keep you from aging. Antioxidants ... Read >
Author: vincent platania09th November 2006
Diabetes mellitus is a condition in which the body produces too little or ineffectively uses insulin, resulting in high levels of glucose in the blood. Diabetes has long been associated with heart disease. It is known that persons with diabetes are more l... Read >
Author: Ng Peng Hock20th October 2006
The heart is divided into four chambers, or rooms: the left atrium, the right atrium, the left ventricle, and the right ventricle. Each chamber is sealed by a valve, so that blood can go one way but not the other.
When you listen to a heartbeat, you... Read >
Author: Annabel Cruz21st August 2006
Defibrillators have been around, and successfully treating a particular heart ailment, since the mid 1900's. However, they have never once been used (or at least used correctly) on a heart attack sufferer.
There is a general misconception, within our ... Read >
Author: Graham Hobbs17th August 2006
Are you avoiding or delaying to quit smoking? If you think that the only disease contracted from smoking is lung cancer, you may be wrong.
Apart of lung cancer, cigarette smoking is also one of the leading cause of heart disease.
The chemicals in ci... Read >
Author: Tony James22nd June 2006
The human heart is an extraordinary organ. Many of us take our hearts for granted and forget how important our hearts are. One thing for sureif our hearts stop pumping, we stop living.
Therefore, it seems logical that a number one priority for us ... Read >
Author: Dr. Leslie Van Romer16th June 2006
Introduction:
Ginkgo trees, are one of the oldest species of trees cultivated in China and are believed to be 150 to 200 million years old. The ginkgo trees grow in average soil and even in full sun. The tree can grow 100 120 feet. Ginkgo trees are v... Read >
Author: Rich Marsiglia09th June 2006
What would your day be like if you started and ended it by simply
noticing all that you have in your life? If you count all your
assets, you always show a profit. Gratitude is a natural high.
When you live in tandem with your spirit, appreciating ... Read >
Author: Amirah Hall08th June 2006
Heart Health:
Heart disease is the number one killer today. Men and women are both likely to become victims. Men typically suffer more heart attacks, but women's can be deadlier, so it is important for both genders to monitor their heart health by ... Read >
Author: Michal john01st June 2006
Increasingly larger numbers of people suffer from heart disease as a consequence of high blood cholesterol levels. There are many factors that enable the accumulation of cholesterol inside the organism, but the major cause is considered to be unhealthy di... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola01st June 2006
Statistics reveal that around 20 percent of people in the United States have abnormally high cholesterol. High cholesterol is a major factor of risk in heart disease and therefore it needs to be reduced to normal levels in order to maintain the health of ... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola01st June 2006
Cholesterol is a fatty, viscous substance produced by the liver. This substance has many purposes inside the body and in normal amounts it is benefic for the proper activity of the organism. Cholesterol has a very important role in protecting blood cells ... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola25th May 2006
What Is Hawthorn?
Hawthorn (Crataegus oxyacantha), a rose family member popularly planted along hedges to deter trespassers with its prickly branches, has heart-healthy properties that ancient Greeks and Native Americans recognized centuries ago. Its mo... Read >
Author: Home herb11th May 2006
Did Linus Pauling Invent a Cure for Angina & Heart Disease?In 1990 Dr. Linus Pauling was awarded a patent for histherapy that, he claimed, could prevent and cureatherosclerosis by using oral or intravenous dosages ofvitamin C, other antioxidant vitamins, ... Read >
Ray Ellis
07th May 2006
Many people are having fear of heart attack by deciding themselves with the symptoms which mimic heart attack.
What is a Heart Attack?
The Heart Attack is the term used by the general public.
It is divided into two categories
1)Ischemic Heart Di... Read >
Author: Dr Eswararamanan VR16th March 2006
There is more Calcium in the body than any other mineral. Everyone knows that Calcium is found in bones and teeth and not having enough can lead to osteoporosis later in life. However, Calcium is also necessary for maintaining good muscle function, a he... Read >
Author: Joe Chung07th March 2006
Copyright 2006 Kristy Haugen
The term heart disease is a very broad term. Problems can arise within the heart muscle, arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle, or the valves within the heart that pump blood in the correct direction. Understandin... Read >
Author: Kristy Haugen24th February 2006
Vitamin E still can't cure your broken heartBy David LeonhardtVitamin E is an absolutely vital nutrient in your body, but itprobably can't do half the things you heard it can.What does vitamin E do? To begin, it is an antioxidant. Ittames dangerous free r... Read >
amabaie
09th February 2006
When the doctor recommends a coronary angiogram to someone close to you, the initial reaction is denial and non acceptance. Some people also believe that anyone who undergoes this test would invariably have to go through bypass surgery. Others believe tha... Read >
Author: Anna Brandy02nd February 2006
Next time you are with a group of 3 friends, take a good look around; one of you will have high blood pressure. The sad part is, since there are no symptoms, you may not even be aware of it. Untreated high blood pressure can lead to heart attack, conges... Read >
Author: Jay Stockman25th January 2006
Magnesium rarely edges out other more talked about nutrients like vitamin E or calcium to make front-page news -- but it should. Magnesium plays a vital role in several hundred of your body's functions, including normal heart function, but the majority of... Read >
Author: Brian Vaszily24th December 2005
To look at it simply, the heart is just a mechanical pump, made up of very powerful muscles. Its job is to pumps blood around your body constantly every day of your life. Like any muscle in your body, it requires its own blood supply which brings it oxyge... Read >
Author: Christopher Ruane28th November 2005
Cholesterol is one of the most familiar medical words today. Everyone knows "something" about it , but mostly cholesterol is associated in our mind with something "bad" and "unwanted" that happens to old and overweight people.The facts show that about 20... Read >
Author: Richard Clement28th August 2005
Vitamin E is an absolutely vital nutrient in your body, but it probably can't do half the things you heard it can.
What does vitamin E do? To begin, it is an antioxidant. It tames dangerous free radicals and helps prevent blood clots and blockages in cor... Read >
Author: hamoon arbabi24th August 2005
Heart is the most significant organ of the body. It controls and regulates the entire body. An individual can survive the loss of other organs of body but not of a heart. The moment heart ceases pumping blood to the body, it results in a heart stroke and ... Read >
Author: Mansi Gupta
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