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Stroke: The Risks And Warning Signs
Stroke Center medical director, The Hospital of Central ConnecticutNearly 800,000 Americans suffer a stroke each year, and more than 137,000 people die from a stroke. It is the leading cause of disability in the United States. This unfortunate situation could be improved if people knew more about stroke warning signs and...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Quitting Smoking, Physical Conditions, Diabetes, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Study: Car emissions can turn good cholesterol bad
Autoblog.comFiled under: Etc., Safety, Diesel Before you head to the pharmacy to refill your Lipitor prescription, check this out. The American Heart Association's journal on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology has concluded that high levels of... -
Community Announcements for May 9
Upcoming Public Government Meetings - Lincoln County Board of Education: 6:30 p.m. May 9 at the Board of Education office - Lincoln County Public Library Board: 12 p.m. May 13 at the Lincoln County Public Library - Lincoln County Fire Protection...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Awards and Prizes, Aneurysm, Republican Party, Sports
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Relatives fight over estate of poisoned lottery winner
The family of a North Side businessman who died of cyanide poisoning after winning a $1 million lottery jackpot is disputing a deal he purportedly signed leaving his share of several dry cleaning stores to his wife. In an emergency motion filed Monday...
Tags: Realty, Urooj Khan, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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College binge drinking raises risk of heart disease
Step away from the beer pong table! College binge drinking may leave you with more than just embarrassing memories and excruciating hangovers. In a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers found that four...
Tags: High Blood Pressure, Health and Safety at School, Cardiologists, Heart Disease, Health Treatments
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Community Announcements for May 2
Upcoming public government meetings • Stanford City Council: 6:30 p.m. today at L&N Depot • Crab Orchard City Commission: 6:30 p.m. today at Crab Orchard city hall • Stanford Water Commission: 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Stanford Water...
Tags: Diabetes, Personal Data Collection, Ann Taylor, Awards and Prizes, Aneurysm
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Different forms of calcium supplements for bone strength
Dear Pharmacist: I'm concerned about my bone density because I was told I have osteopenia. Are all calcium supplements the same? Do you have other recommendations? — A.F., New York Dear A.F.: Osteopenia, or lower-than-normal bone density, is...
Tags: Vitamin D, Menopause, Calcium, Spirulina (dietary supplement), Mineral Supplements
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Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising...Tags: Physical Conditions, Cardiologists, Johns Hopkins University, Science and Technology, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Red meat and heart disease link: Not all about the fat?
Los Angeles TimesThe long-established link between red meat consumption and heart disease may have less to do with the fat in the meat than many have assumed, researchers said Sunday. Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, a team led by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the...Tags: Amino Acids, Cleveland Clinic, Science and Technology, Heart Disease, Carnitine (dietary supplement)
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Doubts surface about safety of common food additive, carrageenan
Sara Baker says the light went on in her head after a cup of hot cocoa set off a storm in her stomach. "I went back and looked at the package, and there it was: carrageenan," said Baker, a career services coordinator from Bloomington, in central...
Tags: Diabetes, Mayo Clinic, Consumers, General Practitioners, Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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Genetically engineered tomato mimics good cholesterol
Researchers at UCLA have genetically engineered tomatoes that, when fed to mice, mimic the beneficial qualities of good cholesterol, according to a new study. In a paper published Tuesday in the Journal of Lipid Research, authors used bacteria to insert...
Tags: Tomatoes, Genetic Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Science and Technology, David Geffen School of Medicine
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Scanning mummies for heart disease 'about as fun as it can get'
As medical director of the MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, preventive cardiologist Dr. Gregory Thomas counsels modern-day patients, urging them to eat right, exercise and quit smoking to keep their hearts healthy....
Tags: Medical Specialization, Health and Medical Professionals, Indiana Jones (fictional character), Cardiologists, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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