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3 steps to recognize a stroke
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize ...read more
A health diet for life
A varied wholefood vegan diet will provide all the nutrients required for a healthy body during pregnancy, for breastfeeding and from birth onwards. In fact there is no known...read more
A mediterranean approach to health
One of the most fascinating things to happen in the field of medicine over the past few decades is that scientists are now validating what herbalist and traditional healers have known for cen...read more
Aspirin's two conflicting sides
The era of modern pharmaceuticals began in 1900 when the first aspirin tablets were manufactured by a German company called the Friedrich Bayer Corporation. Ninety years later, the Harvard Medical School rese...read more
Asthma and the elderly
Don’t be fooled into thinking asthma is only a childhood disease.It can occur for the "first" time in your thirties or forties or even in your sixties or seventies. It is regularly diagnosed a...read more
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis, also known as arteriosclerosis or "hardening of the arteries", is a disease process that causes narrowing of the arteries and thickening of the artery walls. It occurs to some exten...read more
Atrioventicular Septal Defect with Fallot's Tetralogy
A small percentage of babies have a complex heart condition which combines the most common defect associated with Down’s Syndrome, the Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD) with another defect calledBulimia: one of the fastest growing neuroses in the Western world
If not stopped, starving, stuffing, and purging can lead to irreversible physical damage and even death. Eating disorders can affect every cell, tissue, and organ in the body...read more
Cardiac Catheterisation: How it is done
A Cardiac Catheterisation is sometimes carried out to confirm the exact nature of a heart defect if the results from an echocardiogram provide insufficient detail to decide on treatment. The ...read more
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
In Illinois, heart disease is the leading cause of death for people with diabetes. Adults with diabetes are two to four times more likely to have heart disease or a stroke than people without...read more
Cardiovascular Disease and Physical Activity
What is physical activity? Physical activity is big muscle movement produced by the contraction of skeletal muscle; such movement substantially increases energy expenditure. Physical activit...read more
Cardiovascular Disease and Tobacco
What is the connection between smoking and heart disease and stroke? Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Contrary to public perception, smoking-caused ...read more
Cardiovascular diseases: something to avoid
Cardiovascular diseases are usually caused by the silting up of the arteries. Bad cholesterol also known as LDL-cholesterol attaches itself to the inside of the blood vessel ...read more
Check out whether you are at risk
Understanding the risk factors that cause heart disease can be the first step towards a healthier heart. There are three main types of risk factors that can cause heart disease; lifestyle, clinical and natura...read more
Children and heart disease
Research has shown that heart disease originates in childhood. With obesity on the increase in children and young people it is easy to see why. Poor diet and inactivity are growing problems among children tod...read more
Cholesterol drug dilemma
A current topic of hot debate in the medical field is the efficacy of cholesterol-lowering drugs in prolonging life. Britain has one of the highest rates of heart disease in the world; every year over 300 000...read more
Cholesterol lowering tips
Stock up on vitamin E. Scientists have discovered that we have both good (high-density lipoprotein, or HDL) and bad (low density lipoprotein, or LDL) cholesterol running thro...read more
Cholesterol: some information
What is it ? One time or other you have probably come across the concept of cholesterol. It could be described as a greasy substance which is non-dissolvable and is used by our body as a kind of building mat...read more
Cocoa powder for high blood pressure
Dark chocolate is good for you According to a study published in Hypertension, eating approximately 3 ounces of dark chocolate (which contains flavonols) on a daily basis helps in a small but significant degree to comb...read more
CVD and diabetes linked
What is the link between diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD)? We know that CVD is a major complication and a leading cause of premature death among people with diabetes. Here are some ...read more
CVD: how and what
The term cardiovascular disease refers to diseases of the heart and blood vessels and includes angina, heart attack, diseases of the heart valves or heart muscle, heart failure, stroke and pain from poor bloo...read more
Dairy foods and heart disease
A challenge to the dairy industry It is widely accepted that saturated fats raise cholesterol and increase risk of heart disease. Official dietary guidelines across the worl...read more
Diabetes
Diabetes affects hundreds of people’s lives every day. Someone who has diabetes will need help to regulate his/her blood glucose level the rest of his/her life. Diabetes is a chronic metabolism disorder...read more
Diabetes and stroke
Diabetes is extremely common, and it is on the increase. This factsheet describes the main symptoms of diabetes and explains why being diabetic increases your risk of stroke. If you are diabetic, you can red...read more
Diabetes drug and exercise help reduce heart disease risk and improve body shape in HAART patients
A programme of cardiovascular and resistance exercise and use of the anti-diabetes drug metaformin resulted in significantly greater reductions in risk factors for cardiovascular disease in HAART-treated HIV-...read more
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