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Coronary Artery Disease - The Journal Group Online
coronary artery disease (cad) is a condition that occurs when the arteries carrying blood to the heart become narrowed or blocked entirely by deposits of plaque, a thick, yellowish, waxy substance. plaque consists of cholesterol, a fat or lipid that ...
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Special Report: Nepa Lifestyle Increases Risk For Developing Heart Disease
a complete look at heart disease treatment and prevention and the impact it has on residents of northeast pennsylvania.
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Rice Students Hope Biobeer Can Fight Disease
forget dashing to spec's for a six-pack. head instead to a science lab at rice university.
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Study Shows Alcohol Might Shrink The Brain, Cause Dementia - U-wire.com
alcohol consumption, even in small amounts, might shrink brain size in the long run, according to a recent study. the study, conducted at boston university, tested 1,839 people age 33-88. it shows that there is about a 1.5 percent difference between ...
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Drink While Pregnant For Brighter Kids - Times Of India
little amount of alcohol during pregnancy does not increase kids'' risk of behavioural problems, in fact, it can improve babies'' behaviour and vocabulary, suggests a new study by university college london researchers. the boffins have defined "light ...
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Do You Have An Alcohol Or Drug Problem?
alcohol and drug use can progress into abuse and even addiction so insidiously that sometimes people do not realize that it has become a problem for them and those...
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Healthier Future Begins When You Quit Tobacco Use - Deb Murray, Respiratory Care Practitioner And Tobacco Cessation ...
it's common knowledge that smoking is bad for you. but really, how bad is it? tobacco is responsible for more than 430,000 deaths each year - about 50 deaths per hour. tobacco use increases risk of high blood pressure and blood clots, which can lead to stroke or heart attack. tobacco use and smoking increases the workload on the heart, contributing to heart disease - the no.
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Rice Students Hope Biobeer Can Fight Disease - Dallas Morning News
houston — forget dashing to spec's for a six-pack. head instead to a science lab at rice university. on second thought, maybe you shouldn't. the brew in the second-floor lab in keck hall isn't exactly ready for prime time. unless, that is, you're ...
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A New Plague For Obese Adolescents: Liver Disease - Miami Herald
in a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants. many more may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s. the condition ...
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Can We Prevent Some Cancers?
even though heart disease is the number one cause of death in the u.s., cancer is more feared by many of us. according to the department of health and human services, the incidence of cancer is increasing.
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Rice University Students Hope Biobeer Can Fight Disease
houston — forget dashing to spec's for a six-pack. head instead to a science lab at rice university. on second thought, maybe you shouldn't. the brew in the second-floor lab in keck hall isn't exactly ready for prime time.
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Why Can't Johnny Jump Tall Buildings? Parents Expect Way Too Much From ... - Slate
when your child fails to meet a reasonable—specific, clear, flexible—request and it's a one-time occasion, try to let it go if you can. but if the request is not met and it's not a one-time event, then it's time to begin shaping the desired ...
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Disease-fighting Beer? Now That Would Be The Perfect Brew - Houston Chronicle
david ouyang, a junior at rice university, works on a student project that would brew beer with resveratrol, a cancer-fighting compound that also has cardiovascular benefits. • first identified in 1940, it is a compound naturally found in the skin ...
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What You Need To Know About Heart Failure Medications
(ara) - advances in medications have, over the past few years, made a big impact on the quality of life for heart failure patients. these medicines can help stabilize heart function, relieve symptoms, keep patients out of the hospital, even extend and improve quality of life.
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Hunters' Hearts
by jen christensen thursday, november 06, 2008 at 9:18 a.m. cardiovascular disease incidence the american heart association estimates about 80.7 million american adults have one or more forms of cardiovascular disease.
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Congestive Heart Failure Risk Factors - Healthcentral.com
nearly 5 million americans currently suffer from heart failure. about 550,000 new cases of heart failure are now diagnosed each year. in 1970 there were only 250,000 new cases, so the annual numbers have risen dramatically. such numbers represent an ...
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Booze Hurts: It's True: Drinking Shrinks Your Brain - Newsday
do drinkers have smaller brains? or do they just act like they do? actually, it doesn't matter. the more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her brain. the journal archives of neurology reports that the more you drink and the longer you ...
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University Students Say They Have Created 'healthy' Beer
what began as a joke, may end up getting a group of rice university students a patent. they have created "bio-beer," a beer they claim is healthy. in fact, the members of the rice biobeer team say it could protect against disease.
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Reducing Epidemic Proportions: High-tech System Cuts Hospital-related Infections By Half
hospitals are supposed to be havens for healing, but the numbers tell a different story. too many people are infected by illnesses they acquire after they’ve been admitted, and hospital-related infections continue to be the number-two killer of hospitalized americans after heart disease. now, a radical new high-tech software program developed to fight these infections is now catching on faster ...
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Special Report: Nepa Lifestyle Increases Risk For Developing Heart ... - Scranton Times
a complete look at heart disease treatment and prevention and the impact it has on residents of northeast pennsylvania. " it seems more people smoke in ne pa than in most other areas....i'm sure that has a lot to do with the facts that heart disease ...
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