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Food for Thought: Chocolate, A Girl’s Best Friend?
Researchers in Boston and Stockholm examined data from a nine-year study of 31,823 women in Sweden to determine the effect of eating chocolate on heart disease and found that eating chocolate may reduce the risk of heart failure—when eaten in moderation.
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Is Cardiac Health a risk for Alzheimer’s ?
A new study by the Alzheimer’s Disease Center at Boston University School of Medicine suggests what’s good for the heart is also good for the brain.
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Aerobic Exercises for a Healthy Heart
We do regular workouts, like running, walking, and swimming, to get rid of those extra pounds and stay fit. All these are various forms of aerobic exercises that not only keep you fit, but also help you to have a healthy heart. Aerobic, literally means “in the presence of oxygen”. Aerobic exercises are set of [...]
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Good Cholesterol Vs Bad Cholesterol – Essential Cholesterol Facts
Cholesterol is a biomolecule often called as a lipid or a fat. All animals require cholesterol to build and maintain cell membranes. As it is insoluble in water, its incorporation into cell walls makes the cells waterproof. This is crucial in the functioning of the nerves and nerve cells. In fact, the brain and the [...]
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Pain Killers may kill your Heart!
There is a close connection between painkillers and heart diseases. Painkillers act as a boost to heart failure-related diseases. For those who never had a heart failure, the risk of hospitalization for the first time, mostly was due to the use of painkillers. For patients with pre-existing heart failure, painkillers only made things worse. Most [...]
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The Most Widespread Congenital Heart Defects in Newborn Babies
The word “congenital” means inborn or present at birth. Each year, an estimated forty thousand children are born with a congenital heart disease. Statistics reveal that in the United States alone, there are more than 25,000 babies who are born with congenital heart defects and the sad fact is that the numbers are on the [...]
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Cardiac Rehabilitation for a Healthier Heart!
Coronary heart diseases have been the foremost cause of the deaths of thousands of men and women in the United States. This condition occurs when the arteries supplying blood to the heart are blocked by fatty deposits. There are several risk factors, which increase the probability of a coronary heart disease. A few of them, [...]
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What is Cholesterol?
A tempting burger, or a pizza with extra cheese, or a huge chocolate bar, or big scoops of vanilla ice cream might please your taste buds. But you must know all these foods have too much of cholesterol in them and must be avoided. So what is cholesterol? It is a type of fat that [...]
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Do’s and Don’ts during a Heart Attack
Symptoms of heart attack may vary from person to person. With the increasing number of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases, it is important that you should know these symptoms to save yourself or your loved ones. Mostly it starts as a discomfort (pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain) in the center of the chest that lasts [...]
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Few Things You Should Know about Heart Diseases
Even a layman understands the seriousness of heart diseases. But, understanding the seriousness alone won’t help. One has to know the initial symptoms of heart diseases and the preventative measures that need to be taken to save lives. Diseases affecting the heart and the blood vessel system are called cardiovascular diseases. There are actually a [...]
