Tag: Heart disease

  • FDA gives thumbs-up to latest fingertip EKG | Crave – CNET

    FDA gives thumbs-up to latest fingertip EKG | Crave – CNET. Related articles FDA gives thumbs-up to latest fingertip EKG (news.cnet.com) more information on the ninth day at M.I.M (pediatricianfuture.wordpress.com) How EKG Courses Are Presented (basictelemetryclass.wordpress.com)

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  • Regenerative medicine update: grow back a heart

    Researchers get cardiac muscle cells to grow, repair heart attack damage John Timmer, arstechnica.com djneightHeart attacks cause both long- and short-term problems. In the short-term, the death of cardiac muscle cells can cause a critical drop in the heart’s ability to function. Over the long haul, problems arise because the damage is largely… RT @arstechnica:…

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  • How’s Your Cholesterol? The Crowd Wants To Know

    How’s Your Cholesterol? The Crowd Wants To Know Eliza Barclay, npr.org Our impulse to share inti­mate details about our lives with­in our social net­works (and even some­times with com­plete strangers) seems to know few bounds. Now devices loaded with health apps let us mon­i­tor and share our sleep pat­terns, stre… http://flpbd.it/Yqlsu Related articles Childhood Obesity…

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  • Where Traffic Noise Takes A Toll On Health

    Where Traffic Noise Takes A Toll On Health David Schultz, npr.org Liv­ing next to a noisy high­way can be annoy­ing. The rack­et can also dis­rupt your sleep. Too many bad nights’ sleep can raise the risk of heart attack, high blood pres­sure and other ail­ments. Curi­ous researchers with the Cen­ters for… http://flpbd.it/tUoKj Related articles Prevent…

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  • Health problems of victims of Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear plant take years to appear

    Popular movies like the new Chernobyl film point to a disturbing trend: Many of the residents of radiation exposure such as Chernobyl and Fukushima experience long term health problems such as thyroid disease, heart disease, heart valve/vascular disease that take decades to appear leaving them disabled and requiring disability benefits but with little sources of support.…

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  • When the treatment is worse than the disease: social perspectives on cancer care

    For many cancer survivors, the conventional mainstream treatment, radiation and chemotherapy come with a host of side effects which are crippling and sometimes lethal, which might be slow growing or treatable more conservatively. For example, new studies show that survivors of Hodgkin’s disease once considered the lone example of the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy…

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  • Disease Risk Index

      Disease Risk Index. best disease risk analyzer tool on rule the web Related articles Asthma and Heart Disease – Exploring the Link (everydayhealth.com) Is it true that taking care of your teeth can protect you from serious illnesses like heart disease and diabetes? (topdentists.com) Study: Your blood type may raise heart disease risk (cbsnews.com)…

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