Heart Attack Know the Signs
You may heard of people getting heart attacks, but can you recognise the warning signs? The signs may vary and usually last for at least 10 minutes. You may experience one or more of these symptoms below: 1) ...
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Beat On, Brave Heart!
Coronary Artery Disease is a condition where the heart’s artery becomes narrowed due to the build up of plaque on its inner walls. Because of this constriction, the flow of blood that carries much-needed oxygen to the ...
Understanding Cholesterol
Mention cholesterol and what comes to mind is usually heart disease, heart attacks and stroke. For too long, cholesterol has been regarded as bad news, until the recent decades when scientists began telling us about good...
A Heart To Heart Talk
Do you know what your doctor is talking about when he tells you about your heart problem? Urban Health demystifies some of the most common heart terms:
Your Thyroid And Your Heart
The thyroid hormone is vital for normal cardiovascular function, so when there is over or underproduction of the thyroid hormone, neither the heart nor the blood vessels can function normally. Urban Health speaks to Dr W...
Too Much Sugar is Bad for Your Heart
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 recommends an upper limit of 25 percent or less of daily calories consumed as added sugar. Researchers at the Davis-based University of California examined what happened when you...
The Heart
Overview A muscular organ, the heart is located under the ribcage between the right and left lungs. Its size depends on a person’s age, size and condition. In a healthy, average-sized adult, it is almost the size of ...
Heart Transplant Patients At Risk For Skin Cancers
Northwestern University of Illinois, USA has reported in the American Journal of Transplantation that patients of heart transplants face high skin cancer risks. Heart transplant patients need immune medications to preven...
Omega-3 Reduces Heart Attack Risk In Patients With Stents
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland has discovered that omega-3 fatty acids combined with two blood-thinning drugs helps prevent blood clotting, thus reducing the risk of heart attacks. Participants were given the ...
High-fat Diet Improves Heart’s Ability to Pump?
We have been told umpteen times that fat is bad for the heart, right? However, a study at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has indicated that in patients suffering from heart failure, totally elimin...