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[The importance of Circadian rhythms are vastly underrated...] Intense Light Prevents, Treats Heart Attacks, Study Suggests ScienceDaily Apr. 25, 2012 — There are lots of ways physicians might treat a patient after a heart attack — certain resuscitation methods, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now University of Colorado medical school researchers have found a new candidate: [...]
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From the article: One of the strongest and best-studied factors that thickens someone’s arteries is age, and that happens at around 10 microns per year,” Shah says. “In our study, users of antidepressants see an average 40 micron increase in IMT, so their carotid arteries are in effect four years older. This implications of this [...]
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From the article: Patients who begin an exercise program one week after their heart attack were found to have the best heart performance. For those who waited to begin their exercise rehabilitation program, the results showed that “for every week that a patient delayed his or her exercise treatment, he or she would have to [...]
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Heart attack portrayal critique Good Jack Nicholson is always good, especially when he is bad. He looked desperate and hopeless (although heart attacks are often not so obvious). Diane Keaton swore at him, but still took action. The ambulance was called immediately. Neutral Never saw the ambulance. First care is usually given in the ambulance. [...]
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Richard Pryor was one of the best and edgiest comedians, ever. Bob Newhart called him “the seminal comedian of the last 50 years.” He had his first heart attack in 1977. In 1990, Pryor suffered a more severe heart attack and underwent triple heart bypass surgery. He died in 2005 from cardiac arrest; however, he [...]
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After a heart attack, the anxiety about having another heart attack can be overwhelming. It feels like the odds are about 99% that one will have another heart attack, probably within the next day. For the first three weeks after my heart attack, I was deathly afraid of going to sleep at night, since I [...]
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Hair Gives a Heads-Up On Heart Attack Risk By Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer 03 September 2010 Stress may make you want to pull out your hair, but those tresses could be the key to measuring just how much stress you’re under, according to a new study. The study found that the stress hormone cortisol [...]
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