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from the article Curiously, hospice care seemed to extend survival for some patients; those with pancreatic cancer gained an average of three weeks, those with lung cancer gained six weeks, and those with congestive heart failure gained three months. The lesson seems almost Zen: you live longer only when you stop trying to live longer. [...]
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“The media have had a field day with this article published just before the Superbowl. A quick search of Google at the time of this posting has identified 12,641 articles that have been written regarding this publication (excluding my current post). Without exception (at least as far as I could discern), all articles have assumed [...]
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Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2010 Mar;11(3):309-14. Vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease: Is there a role for vitamin D therapy in heart failure? Lee W, Kang PM. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Cardiovascular Division, 3 Blackfan Circle, Room 910, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Abstract Accumulating evidence suggests that vitamin D deficiency is associated with cardiovascular [...]
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LE Magazine September 2007 Vitamin D’s Crucial Role in Cardiovascular Protection By William Davis, MD Vitamin D: Essential for Heart Health Abundant evidence now points to the numerous cardioprotective functions of vitamin D. Restoring vitamin D to normal levels has been found to help reduce inflammation, normalize blood pressure, and improve insulin sensitivity—all factors that [...]
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The scaffold is built out of a flexible, biocompatible material with pores that support the fragile cardiac cells and allow access to blood and nutrients. The scaffold for heart repair includes channels, seen here as the larger holes, where the cardiac cells can fuse into long chains. (Credit: University of Washington) New Strategy to Fix [...]
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For anyone who has lost heart function from a heart attack, the research and application of stem cell treatment cannot happen fast enough. Stem Cell Information The National Institutes of Health resource for stem cell research Heart attacks and congestive heart failure remain among the Nation’s most prominent health challenges despite many breakthroughs in cardiovascular [...]
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