Your chances of developing heart disease may be enhanced if you have high levels of serum phosphorous. This new finding was reported in the May 14, 2007 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The results were based on a study conducted on 3368...
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You can now let your heart beat long after your death. No, this is no tale-tell, but can happen in real life by literally preserving one's heart in a box in isolation.
Called the Organ Care System, the 'heart in a box' machine is recently used by.
Raising worries for the southerners, a new study has revealed that strokes -- the third-leading cause of deaths in the U.S. -- are found to be most common in Mississippi and other Southern states. Stroke is the major culprit behind disability in the...
Affecting a third of all adults, high blood pressure doubles the risk of dying from heart disease or stroke. The disease kills around 60,000 people a year in UK alone. But, for treating it, taking those pills everyday for life turns irritating at times...
In the United States, half of over a million people suffering from heart attack die each year! There are several known factors that lead to heart attack -- be it taking certain drugs, such as cocaine or emotional stress or pain, exposure to extreme...
There is one more reason not to take depression lightly as it may increase your susceptibility to cardiovascular diseases. This conclusion sprang out form a new study of about 600 men in Ireland and France. As per the findings of this study, men with...
Heart disease is the major killer of people worldwide. Up to 60 percent of people of European descent suffer from the risk of heart disease, mostly leading to their deaths.
But, what increases the risk of heart disease? Scientists have been...
Eating pistachio nuts is not a bad idea, especially form health point of view as a new study, conducted by the US researchers, shows that it helps preventing against cardiovascular diseases. And the interesting thing is that just three ounces of...
A study has come out with the good news that in the last six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized heart attack patients have fallen sharply- most likely because of better treatment.
The study involved 44,372 patients and was...
Echocardiogram (ECG) is a test that uses sound waves to create a moving picture of the heart. The picture is much more detailed than x-ray image and involves no radiation exposure.
This test is performed to evaluate the valves and chambers of the..
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