From the category archives:
Medpage Today An excellent compilation of the latest cardiology research Science Daily The latest in cardiology research (and other topics at the same site) TheHeart.org Comprehensive website from all areas of cardiology New England Journal of Medicine Not directly about cardiology, but where medical research often shows up first in the United States Cardiobrief Primarily [...]
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Medstory Well designed search engine specifically for health issues Medline Plus From the National Institute of Health; large database of relevant articles Yahoo Directory The most comprehensive directory for health and heart conditions Open Directory Project Another good starting place for health and heart conditions PubMed Comprehensive listing of research publications Scirus Most comprehensive scientific [...]
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From the American Heart Association December 22, 2010 The American Heart Association has compiled its annual list of the top 10 major advances in heart disease. “We have come far in the past decade, reducing heart disease deaths by more than 27 percent,” said Ralph Sacco of the University of Miami. “But we know there [...]
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Mayo Clinic The good folks at the Mayo Clinic have the most medically reliable, evidence based medical information on the Web. Medline Plus Sometimes, most of the time, government run websites are bland and boring. This one is well-designed and comprehensive. Center for Disease Control and Prevention In spite of their frequent mis-use by Big [...]
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All the research–not to mention common sense–suggests that expressing positive emotions is good for your heart. So here is a top ten list of happy songs for your heart: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Whistle While you Work Frank Sinatra On the Sunny Side of the Street Walt Disney Productions Hakuna Matata Barbra Streisand [...]
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Face it, the Holidays can be depressing. You’re missing your family…you don’t have a family…you have a family… you’re mad at you family…your family is mad at you.. you’re out of money … you’re out of time… it’s winter and you live in Fairbanks…. It’s time to cry. The way out is through — get [...]
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Apparently, research suggests that music is good for the heart! (Obviously, no surprise here, but an increased brachial artery flow of 26% does sound good.)(Article is at end of this post,) So, in addition to singing along with your favorite Christmas tunes, here are ten heart healthy heart songs: Neil Young Heart of Gold Janis [...]
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“Top Ten” lists are very popular on the Web. I think it is partially because there is so much information out there that this becomes a way of prioritizing information. (Did it all start with David Letterman?) I may be jaded, but I don’t find all of these facts “amazing” and especially not “the top [...]
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Four of Time Magazine‘s selections for the top medical breakthrough of the last year involve the heart — Avandia, CPR, a blood test for heart attack, and the development of stem cells. On the average, medical practice is about fifteen to twenty years behind the research. So the average patient may have to wait at [...]
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