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A Month of Exercise Helps Ease Heart Failure
2008-04-09 03:34:30
(HealthDay News) -- Just four weeks of moderate exercise is enough to boost the cardiac performance and breathing capacity of patients with heart failure, a new study finds. This slightly more... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Too Little Sleep Leads to Too Much Weight for Kids
2008-04-08 04:19:35
(HealthDay News) -- Babies who get less than 12 hours of sleep a day face twice the risk of being overweight as preschoolers. And, some parents may inadvertently contribute to their child's sleep... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

One-Third of Dementia Cases Laid to Small Blood Vessel Damage
2008-04-07 08:01:06
(HealthDay News) -- Small blood vessel damage caused by hypertension and diabetes may be among the leading causes of dementia, according to new research. The findings provide an additional reason to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Study Shows Anger Has Its Uses
2008-04-06 04:40:05
(HealthDay News) -- People like to temper their emotions to the task at hand, and it can help them succeed, even if the emotions are not pleasurable ones, a new report suggests. Individuals are... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Managing Stress Can Lower Heart Death Risk
2008-04-05 08:25:45
(HealthDay News) -- Emphasizing an old adage, new medical research confirms that keeping stress levels under control can significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack or death in patients with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Are Too Many Women Getting Hysterectomies?
2008-04-05 05:57:46
Benefits and drawbacks of full and partial hysterectomies. by Ross Weale Health magazine contributor Roshini Raj, MD, discusses treatment options for hysterectomies, endometriosis, and fibroids on... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Docs urged to ask young heart patients about cocaine
2008-04-05 05:55:45
Story Highlights Cocaine use can result in symptoms that look like a heart attack Cocaine-related chest pain is a heart attack in only 1 percent to 6 percent of patients 2 common heart attack... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Heart Risk Can Be Predicted Without Lab Tests
2008-04-05 05:55:45
(HealthDay News) -- When it comes to predicting a person's cardiovascular disease risk, cheap, simple and noninvasive methods can be as effective as lab tests, a new study finds. The U.S.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Diabetics Face Doubled Risk of Heart Attack
2008-04-05 05:55:45
(HealthDay News) -- Diabetics are more than twice as likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke and death from cardiovascular disease, putting them at the same risk level as non-diabetics who had... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Environmental Toxins, Radiation May Be Tied to Breast Cancer
2008-04-04 06:09:39
(HealthDay News) -- In the decades following World War II, both breast cancer rates and the use of synthetic chemicals soared in the United States -- and a new report contends there's a strong... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Popular Colonoscopy Prep Solution May Pose Kidney Risks
2008-04-04 05:50:15
(HealthDay News) -- One of the most common bowel-cleansing preparations used by people who are about to have a colonoscopy can trigger both acute kidney failure and long-term renal damage in... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Health Tip: Get Screened for Cancer
2008-04-04 05:50:15
(HealthDay News) -- Early detection, by way of regular screening, is one of the best ways to beat cancer. The American Cancer Society offers these guidelines for cancer screenings:Women, starting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Music as Medicine
2008-04-04 05:50:15
(HealthDay News) -- Almost everyone has used music at one time or another to relax or perhaps to get energized. But the discipline of music therapy takes the use of music much further, from battling... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Health Tip: Weight-Bearing Exercises Strengthen Bones
2008-04-04 05:49:37
(HealthDay News) -- Getting plenty of calcium and vitamin D in your diet are great ways to ward off the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis. Weight-bearing exercises are another way to help maintain... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Diet survey: Men eat meat, women eat veggies
2008-04-04 05:49:37
Story Highlights Diet survey confirms: Men eat more meat; women choose fruits, veggies Men slightly more likely to eat "risky" foods -- runny eggs, undercooked hamburgers Women more likely than men... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

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