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January 27, 2012
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Ten things one must be aware of related to heart problems

If a person is diagnosed to have the heart problem, a number of questions arise in mind related to the problem. Sometimes when people got to know about their disease they feel very shocked as if something wrong had happened to them. They react in a very strange manner. But nowadays these things are considered very common as there are lots of facilities, arrangements, medical techniques and equipments and well qualified doctors, so one need not to worry, just relax and talk freely to your doctor about the heart problem. In the condition like this people probably feel as if they are in isolation or very alone but nowadays, situations like this are considered to be very common. There are number of questions — one should ask a doctor about his heart disease. Everyone should know the truth, what should be done and what steps he/she should take now. One might have no knowledge of what type questions they should put before the doctor. So a list of few questions is given below that one can ask to his/her doctor. Feel free to ask anything concerned to you because it’s all about your life and it is very important and valuable for you and your family. 1. Why I got this heart problem, what are the reasons behind this? 2. Am I fit for any medication? 3. Is I have severe heart problem? 4. What is the treatment procedure? 5. Should I get enroll in a cardiac rehabilitation program to boost my heart? 6. What step should I take if my symptoms, all of sudden gets worse? 7. What changes should I make in my life to feel good? 8. In what ways this disease will affect my routine activities, like sex, playing games, or playing with my kids? 9. What steps should I take to lower the stress and anxiety? 10. How should I tell my problem to my family, friends, and others? image credit Source

January 27, 2012
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What would you do if heart attack strikes you?

With healthy lifestyle, proper medication and regular exercise, no doubt, you may stave off the threat of heart attack largely, however, what would you do if suddenly start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. I accept this is somewhat confusing question but we can’t put off this question, as heart attack may strike anyone anywhere. Here is quite a significant method that could be applied, in case you find yourself in such situation. Method goes like this: – Don’t loose patience and try to cough repeatedly as vigorously as you can and with every cough try to inhale as much air as you can. Actually, deep breaths along with cough provide our lungs with ample oxygen. In addition, coughing movements squeeze the heart and thus helps making the blood circulation smoother. Well, this is just a precautionary measure and should be applied in emergency only, which means that importance of proper medication can’t be spurned away. Image Via: Jaspari3

January 27, 2012
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Sharp decline in Heart related deaths

According to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine, there has been a cut in deaths related to heart diseases since 1980. The study ascribes the reduction to advancement in technology, that has helped in treatment and medications coupled with people living healthier lifestyles, that have cut the number by 340,000 between 1980 and 2000. Improvement in medical and surgical treatments, such as coronary bypass surgery and angioplasty to reopen blocked blood vessels, led to a substantial reduction in deaths. Along with this, health consciousness in the form of taking regulated cholesterol, and ace inhibitors, have resulted in reduced stress on the heart by improving blood pressure. The study says that Americans tread better than any other nation, as individuals became more conscious in controlling their risk factors for heart disease, in the process lowering their cholesterol and blood pressure. Further improvement came with the reduced smoking practices in the country. Meditation and physical exercises contributed substantially. But, the scenario is different when it comes to the number of obese cases in the country, which in turn has generated large numbers of cases of type-2 diabetes, which can be fatal to a person’s heart. Researchers say that about 50,000 more lives would have been saved, had not these trends. People should make sure their lifestyles are as heart-healthy as possible. Such a study clearly shows that people can make improvements that will have a dramatic effect on how long they live and how well they live. Image Via:Cbs13

January 26, 2012
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Antidepressants may help answer certain complications of heart patients

If you have recently suffered from a severe heart attack or angina, and certain complications cropped up following it, don’t be surprised if your doctor prescribe you some ‘antidepressant’ doses as curative measures – irrespective of if you are suffering from depression! Just trust him, as you can actually avoid the complications by this, perhaps, most unlikely medications. Researchers have recently discovered that a particular class of antidepressants — called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs – can keep platelets from sticking together. It is surely having an unexpected benefit for heart patients who just happen to be taking or been prescribed those types of drugs. So, apart from relieving depression, SSRI drugs also may benefit heart patients without their needing to resort to those post-heart attack treatments and a long list of medications. The lead investigator Dr. Roy C. Ziegelstein told Reuters Health, Although additional studies are needed to verify the findings of our study, the platelet effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may reduce the likelihood of certain complications at the expense of increased bleeding in patients with heart disease. Though excited with this breakthrough, calling for larger studies, the researchers aware doctors to keep in mind, ‘this link’, while treating patients hospitalized with a heart attack or suffering from acute coronary syndrome. Image

January 26, 2012
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You can sheild yourself from heart attack by keeping your teeths always clean

Researchers say that by brushing & cleaning teeth one can save him/her from having a heart attack. Doctors discovered that those people who have severe type of blocking in their arteries generally develop the gum problem very badly. There is strong proof which says that there exists an association between the gum problems & heart problems, but a research says that for the first time they had found that there may be some connection between these two diseases. The continuously recurring gum problem is known as periodontitis that can happen if there is collection of plaque or dirt all around teeth of a person & thus it leads to gum problem. The plaque is cleared if a person pay attention on their teeth’s always and clean them regularly with good tooth paste. If there is improper cleaning of teeth than it can result in causing the gum disease due to infection. The tooth’s become weak due to gum bleeding and it may finally break. Though it is not yet known that in what ways the gum disease causes the heart disease, it is believed that bacterium come out from the diseased gums may be the reason. The bacterium makes its passage towards the bloodstream and there it makes active the immunity system, thus it causes inflammation of the arterial walls & narrows it down or stick to the fat collection present in the arterial walls and thus result in further blocking. Cardiologists & dentists of France monitored nearly 131 patients who came in hospital for X-ray testing of their arteries. Each one of them was tested for gum problems as well as their blood was examined to see if there is any inflammation. The lead researcher of the study is Dr Nicolas Amabile. He mentioned that patients who have the problem of artery disease had worst periodontitis in comparison to those who don’t have this problem. This worst teeth problem was linked with the arterial injury. This study is the first to claim that the very bad condition of periodontitis is associated to the increase of coronary arterial injury. The gum problems can be utilized to know that who are going to have the heart disease. Periodontitis can be easily cured by antibiotics & proper dental care, so it is believed that its medication could also be helpful for the problem of coronary artery. Robin Seymour who is professor at the Newcastle University Dental School — mentioned that the association between gum disease & heart disease is not proved till date. He also mentioned that in the study it was also not clarified that the known risk factors related to heart disease like smoking & diabetes were considered or not. Professor Seymour said in a prepared statement: They have only been followed for six months and we don’t know whether it will produce any long-term reduction in heart disease. It’s good practice to get your teeth checked regularly. You may not even be aware you have gum disease but it’s both preventable and treatable. Scientists said that by staying depressed one can delay the recovery process if he got heart attack and thus it increases the chances of having another attack. The scientists mentioned that the antidepressants would definitely provide help in attaining good mental health to those people who got the heart attack along with this it also increases the chances of their survival to some extent. This study says that people who don’t get depressed attain their normal heart rate just in 2-3 months. But it is seen in case of depressed people that they continuously face the problems which can cause the chances of having at random death. The reason behind this is not clear; the depression increases the inflammation in the patient’s body & it produces effect on hormonal actions which in return put affect the patient’s heart. The study appeared in the Archives of General Psychiatry on 3rd September. Image credit Source

January 26, 2012
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Insufficient sleep: An invitation to heart problems

Confirming once more the important role that sleep plays in our life, especially when it comes to health, a new study shows that losing sleep not only leaves you short-tempered but may also introduce you to several negative consequences, threatening cardiovascular health. Under this new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, it was found that insufficient sleep up to five nights could stress the heart quite badly, endangering its health. Before coming up with this conclusion, researchers examined the cardiac function of around 32 volunteers and during this period, they were prevented from getting sufficient sleep. As a result, there was noticed a decrease in the heart rate variability, which previous studies have associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Although this study focuses mainly at the need of sufficient sleep for keeping good cardiovascular health, yet this factor can’t be denied that insufficient sleep give way to several other health problems as well. How badly, insufficient sleep play havoc with our health could be cited from the fact, according to which sleep deprivation has been found impeding the growth of new memory cells in our brain. And this very thing effect mental health and mental performance quite badly. For instance, • Inadequate Sleep Linked to Bad Performance in Exams: Study • Sleeping Disorders Linked to Suicide Attempts! • Stress and Sleeplessness Can Damage Memory In addition, poor or insufficient sleep has been found paving the way for depression too, which is fast growing into a pandemic. A close look into these facts confirms that sleep is very important for enjoying hale and healthy life. Image Via: Ivanhoe

January 25, 2012
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Exercising-elderly can better survive heart attack procedure: Experts

If you are 70-year-old and an exercise-freak, you have enough reasons to boast on your habit. Your habit of maintaining higher levels of physical activity later in life, can survive you through heart attack at a rate greater than those who idle-out with aging. The survival rate after subsequent angiography to clear the coronary arteries is also higher among the physically active elderlies. Researchers in Italy and the U.S. found that walking, gardening or cycling each day can eventually keep, not just those heart diseases away, but also strengthen survival power after an attack. Dr. Dario Leosco, Federico II University, Naples told Reuters Health, An active lifestyle is an independent predictor of survival in elderly patients who have undergone primary angioplasty for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction. With cardiac deaths found to be nearly 29 and 23 percent among the low and medium activity groups, in respect to just 8 percent among those in the high activity group, isn’t it wiser to the refreshing and healthy way to keep heart attacks away, then stay vulnerable and fearful of the killer-diseases? Now, you have all boosting reasons to go for that morning or evening walk, or plant a small garden in front of your house, especially after your retirement. Image

January 25, 2012
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Cardio workouts add grace to women’s personality, and keep their heart strong

Exercise keeps you physically fit and active through out the day. Cardio workout works wonders for heart; it keeps the heart’s function, to pump oxygenated blood, normal, and keeps you away from several heart problems. New study says women are most benefited from cardiovascular exercises than men. Cardio exercises keep cardiovascular disease away. Physical activities keep heart strong, and reduce the risk of heart attacks. Level of fibrosis protein remains normal, and heart functions, normally. Cardio workout keeps heart strong and healthy. Don’t look back, before it’s is too late; you can join any gym, go for walking, jogging, swimming, or start working out at your home gym. You can easily purchase exercise equipments from exercise equipment stores, or from online stores. Exercise ball and abdominal crunches help in body-shaping and tones muscles, builds stamina, keeps your heart strong, and helps in weight reduction. It provides you complete cardiovascular exercise. Sunbeams sauna treatment keeps blood pressure normal, and keeps body fat normal, and lowers cholesterol level. Treadmill and cycling are some of the hot favorite gym equipments, which provide good cardio workout, and work very well for your abdomen. You feel young, energetic, and happy. They are high intensity exercises which keep the heart strong. Exercise equipments like, rowing machine and stepper, provide good cardio workout, it burns fat, and helps in developing stronger heart in women. Practice cardiovascular workout, it works wonders if you take a balanced diet, and workout three to four times, every week. Cardiovascular workout, keeps you stress free, helps in weight reduction, and keeps your heart strong. Other benefits are proper metabolism, good body posture, and flexibility. It heels body aches, and joint pains, builds stamina, and add grace to your overall personality. Image Credit Source

January 25, 2012
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Diesel pollution triggers heart diseases by clogging arteries: Study

Air pollution, besides being an established culprit in increasing global warming pushing the world towards disaster, it is also devastating for human health. The vehicular emissions, especially those run by diesel, armed with damaging particles are found to ‘clog arteries’! The particles combine with the fats that generally clog the arteries to trigger heart disease risks. According to a new study, the diesel-fume particles along with the artery-clogging fats act in unison to activate genes causing potentially dangerous inflammation of the blood vessels. And people who have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol – the artery-blocking disease – seem to be more vulnerable to such an environment; the impact of diesel particles and cholesterol fats combined being found to be much greater than what each in isolation can do. An expert in nanomedicine, the lead researcher Dr Andre Nel said, Their combination creates a dangerous synergy that wreaks cardiovascular havoc far beyond what’s caused by the diesel or cholesterol alone. Though, the exact way of air pollutants’ cardiovascular injury is not yet clear, the damaging impacts of the chemical-coated particles are well known and are enough to cause fear and health crisis among those living in such polluted air. The chemicals of the particles does not only damage tissue, but also cause inflammation of the nose and lungs, which in turn may trigger heart attack or stroke. Can we also blame the increasing trend of heart diseases and strokes on diesel pollution one breaths in day-in-and-out, besides life styles and food habits? Image

January 24, 2012
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Too much of diet sodas may risk your heart: Experts

Claimed to be sugar-free, the carbonated beverages — diet sodas – though sound healthy and considered a ‘pleasure drink’ for an obese, are generally marketed just to fool the health-conscious people. It was in 2005, the diet sodas were proved by a San Antonio’s University of Texas Health Science Center study, as drinks that don’t actually help lose weight! The study concluded it to be a ‘weight-gainer’. But, the claim could not dampen the health-conscious soda lovers demand for it and they continue to be in the market shelves. It is recently being found that, besides increasing a person’s weight like any other normal sodas, more of the diet sodas-consumption may also risk one’s heart the same way as it does when downed with the sugary regular soda! This is disastrous for an already heart patient, who consumes the diet sodas blindly, without any restrictions. Though, the diet sodas’ being the culprit behind developing a heart disease is not shown, a strong link between the two is been seen. The study is sure to kick up controversies until further studies are made into it, as the finding’s establishment would be a big blow for the billion-dollar industry’ both reputation and economy. Image