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New York Times June 15, 2010 Next time you order takeout wonton soup and a spicy Number 82, you might want to make sure it comes with brown rice. Brown rice is a whole grain — white rice before it has been refined and polished and stripped of the bran covering, which is high in [...]
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Arthur Dove The Red Sun 1935 When an artist friend of mine saw the material I had drawn after the heart attack (www.heartak.com), she said it reminded her of the work of Arthur Dove. (Dove was essentially the first abstract painter from the United States). He had his first heat attack in 1939; he never [...]
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Singularity Hub May 13, 2010 Research recently published in Circulation Review sheds some light on how human stem cells affect myocardial damage. Scientists studied the long term effects of stem cell therapies by introducing human cells into damaged mouse hearts. Dr. Edward Yeh and colleagues at the University of Texas MD Anderson Center in Houston [...]
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States, accounting for 32 percent of all deaths among women.1 Over 500,000 women die from heart disease each year (65,000 more than men).2 The misconception that heart disease primarily affects men causes many women to overlook the severity of the disease. While [...]
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FRIDAY, April 16 (HealthDay News) — Placing automatic external defibrillators in public places across the United States and Canada could save the lives of 474 people who otherwise would die of cardiac arrest each year, researchers report. Previous studies have found similar lifesaving results for defibrillators in more limited setting, such as casinos or airports, [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — While policymakers spent much of 2009 focused on healthcare legislation, more Americans reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, depression, and cancer. High blood pressure continues to be the most prevalent chronic condition in the United States, with 30.6% of adults reporting having been diagnosed with it in 2009, [...]
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1970: Women’s experience and tolerance of cardiac surgery began to appear in medical literature [1] 1980: Increased focus on various health issues concerning women (abuse, breast cancer, menopause, cardiovascular health)[2] 1995: A chapter on cardiovascular disease in women was written for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada[3] 1997: The American Heart Association presented a [...]
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With the government’s blessing, a drug giant is about to expand the market for its blockbuster cholesterol medication Crestor to a new category of customers: as a preventive measure for millions of people who do not have cholesterol problems. Some medical experts question whether this is a healthy move. They point to mounting concern that [...]
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