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Cardiac Perfusion Scan
A cardiac perfusion scan measures the amount of blood in your heart muscle at rest and during exercise. It is often done to find out what may be causing chest pain.
The Best Way to Treat Atrial Fibrillation
The best approach to treating atrial fibrillation depends on the frequency and duration of your arrhythmia, your symptoms, - and your own preferences.
The What and Why of Cholesterol
Cholesterol is a typed of fat that is needed by and found in all of the cells in your body. It functions to protect nerves, produce some hormones, and manufacture cell tissues.
Are Low Cholesterol Recipes All You Need to Lower Cholesterol?
Low cholesterol recipes are a great start to lowering cholesterol. If you eat the right foods, will this help you lower your cholesterol to a more reasonable level? Unfortunately, there is much more to lowering your cholesterol than just eating right. Most people do not realize that there are other
Cholesterol Lowering Medications and Their Side Effects
Cholesterol problems can be treatment by conventional and natural means. The drug approach can give numerous side-effects. Listed are the most popular drugs prescribed, so that people can make an informed decision about which route to take.
Heart Disease and Cardiomyopathy
WebMD looks at the main types of cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle.
Keeping Fit May Halve Seniors' Heart Failure Risk
Study suggests health choices still make a difference in old age
Heart Disease and Stroke in Women: Reducing Your Risk-Topic Overview
Why is it important for women to learn about coronary artery disease?Many women underestimate the threat coronary artery disease (CAD) poses to their health. Coronary artery disease is the number one killer of women in the United States. Yet in an American Heart Association survey, 50% of women ...
All about the transesophageal echocardiogram - TEE
The transesophageal echocardiogram is useful for evaluating details of the heart which can be difficult to see with a standard echocardiogram.
How to Manage Fat Consumption
Too much fat in your diet will inevitably make you fat! Lots of the foods we know and love have loads of fat in them and you should be very cautious about eating them. Managing your dietary fat is also crucial to avoiding cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
Some High Blood Pressure Natural Remedies
In general, we understand blood pressure by two numbers only. Do you know what exactly it is? It is actually the force which the blood exerts on arterial walls when it flows through them.
Gum Disease and Oral Hygiene - Connected to Heart Disease and Stroke
People do not know the risks that are associated with gum disease and heart disease. Oral hygiene as well as gum disease, can be connected with heart disease and stroke. Gum disease is a problem not only by Americans but also of different races.
One-Third of Americans Have Dangerous Mix of Heart Risk Factors
Metabolic syndrome, which includes high blood pressure and obesity, increases with age, researchers say
How is High Cholesterol a Symptom of Something Else?
High cholesterol is something to be avoided, or so we are told through magazine and TV commercials espousing the benefits of the latest cholesterol reducing drug. Unfortunately these advertisements are correct in that having high levels of this fatty lipid in our bodies can be dangerous, and in many
NSAIDs and Heart Failure-- Older Adults
Common pain-relieving drugs such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and Aleve may be responsible for putting many older people in the hospital with heart failure, a new study shows.
Your Cholesterol-Lowering Food Choices
You can improve your longevity by choosing the best cholesterol-lowering foods. These help you steer clear of cardiac problems and other diseases associated with abnormal fat levels. You will also benefit by feeling vibrant and strong for many years to come. Here are many food choices that you can s
Impact of Statins on Serial Coronary Calcification in Atheroma
Gain insight as to how statins may stabilize plaque beyond their effects on plaque regression.
What Are the Functions of Niacin?
Niacin, also known as Vitamin B3, is one of the vital nutrients humans need to thrive. Not only does niacin play several important functions in the body, but it also keeps people from contracting pellagra, which can lead to red sores on the skin, insomnia, paralysis, diarrhea, and, eventually, demen