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‘Magic’ Pill Found to Cut Heart Attack, Stroke Risk in Half
Researchers present at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Orlando, Florida...
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Most Americans Should Reduce Salt Intake, But Do They?
As rates for high blood pressure and implicitly for heart disease and stroke are dramatically...
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FDA Expands List of Risky Weight-Loss Products
Millions of people confront themselves with the No. 1 threat to their health, namely obesity....
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Get Rid of Extra Pounds! They Shorten Your Life!
British researchers at the University of Oxford, through a new study, have warned once again...
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Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
If you don’t know the song, now it’s a good time to search for it and listen. It might...
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Optimism Adds Years to Your Life
Having a healthy concept about life has always helped people to forget things that made them...
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Unhappy Marriages May Hurt Women’s Heart, Literally
Marital stress raises health risks for women, but nor for men, according to a new study presented...
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Marion Barry ‘Is Getting Better Every Day’
The kidney transplant surgery that Washington former mayor Marion Barry underwent on Friday went...
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Coffee “Addicts” May Have Lower Risk of Stroke
Drinking two or more cups of coffee per day appears to reduce the risk for stroke among women,...
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Mediterranean Diet May Help Keep the Brain Healthy
Everyone knows that a traditional Mediterranean diet rich in fruits and vegetables can do...
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IBM Announces Partnership with Google Health
People who already use Google Health program will now be able to transfer their health records...
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Higher Altitude Improves the Effects of Dialysis
Dialysis patients who live at higher altitude have more chances to survive for a longer...
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Gyms Have Special Offers for the New Year! Find a Fitness Club that Fits You
The first week of January is always the busiest time of the year for health clubs. According to...
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Gene Variant Related To High Blood Pressure Discovered
U.S. researchers identified a specific gene variant that is directly linked to the development of...
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Researchers Identified Common Gene Variant Linked To Hypertension
A team of researchers has identified a gene variant that may make people more prone to...
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Lack of Sleep Tied to Heart Disease
It has long been known that not getting enough sleep might get your heart into trouble literally....
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FDA: Weight Loss Products Are Hazardous to Our Health
The holiday season is almost here and I guess you are anxious to taste everything that...
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Immunity – Stronger at Night
New study highlights once again, if necessary, the benefits of a good night’s sleep suggesting that...
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FDA Encourages Fish Consumption in Pregnant Women, Kids
Federal regulators seek to change guidelines on fish consumption for pregnant women and young...
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Mediterranean Diet Enriched with Nuts Cuts Heart Risk
According to a Spanish study, Mediterranean
diet enriched with daily servings of mixed nuts may...
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Marine Wildlife Endangered By Underwater Noise
The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly
taken an unwanted course in the...
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Report: Some Foods Contain Too Much Salt
A new study to be published in the January issue of Consumer
Reports reveals that many foods...
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Vitamin D Protects Your Heart
Scientists are in a continuous researching process, in order to aid mankind in its fight against...
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Regular Exercise And Sleep Hours Found To Halve Women’s Cancer Risk
Lack of sleep is something common nowadays. Whether it’s
just a movie on our laptop or...
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Couch Potatoes Have Now Something to Fear: Ban on Fast Food Adverts
A new study demonstrates that banning fast
food advertisements from children’s television programs...
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Genetic Screening for Diabetes No More Useful than Traditional Methods
Genetic testing to see someone’s predisposition to type 2 diabetes
is not significantly better...
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No Significant Difference between Genetic Testing, Traditional Methods in Predicting Type 2 Diabetes
The results of genetic testing for Type 2
diabetes are not significantly better than an assessment...
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The Great American Smokeout Is Your Chance to Start a Healthy Life
November 20 marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great
American Smokeout, a day encouraging...
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Blood Pressure Drug Avapro Shows No Benefit in Heart Failure Trial
Bristol-Myers Squibb Corp. and Sanofi-Aventis SA blood
pressure drug Avapro failed in a...
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Arteries of Most Obese Kids – As Thick and Stiff as Middle-Aged Adults’
Hundreds of previous studies have shown that obesity comes with
a number of risks, such as heart...
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Science
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Gene Linked To High Blood Pressure Discovered
Researchers have recently identified a gene variant that is believed to contribue to the...
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Scientists to Discover New Human Diseases Study Methods
University of Southern California researchers have managed to derive the first embryonic stem (ES)...
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Sutdy Finds Snorers Burn More Calories
A new U.S. study found that people with the worst sleep
apnoea symptoms burned 373 more calories...
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Heart Disease Rates Are On Decline
Deaths caused by heart attacks and strokes have declined by about 30 percent since 1999 most...
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Marine Wildlife Endangered By Human-Made Underwater Noise
The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly
taken an unwanted course in the...
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New Artificial Heart Unveiled in Paris
People in need of a heart transplant can now breathe
relieved, as they would not have to wait for...
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New Ways Of Regulating Blood Pressure May Arise
New studies concerning blood pressure conditions have shown that hydrogen sulfide, the gas...
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Hydrogen Sulfide Might Help People Suffering From Hypertension
Researchers have recently found that hydrogen sulfide may
help in hypertension cases, as the gas...
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Update2: China's New Space Mission Gets Off To A Good Start
Last night, China successfully completed the launch of its
Shenzhou 7 spacecraft from the Jiuquan...
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Shenzhou VII, China’s First Spacewalk Mission, Enters Orbit
China’s Shenzhou VII spacecraft made it through the oval orbit and is now (Friday) in a more stable...
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Kids Head To Inactivity By Age 15, New Study Shows
As kids grow from pre-pubescence into teens, their rate of
physical activity starts declining...
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Write Down Everything You Eat, A Method To Lose More Weight
People writing down what they eat every day lose on average
twice as much weight as those who...
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Scientists: Watermelon Has Viagra-Like Benefits for ED, No Side Effects
Scientists with the Texas A&M's Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center have found that an...
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Scientists Find Safe, But Smelly Method For Suspended Animation
What is the latest discovery in
terms of “suspended animation” sustainers? Researchers concluded...
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Music
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Isaac Hayes’ Legacy Of Evergreen Songs
Although the mortal breathed his last breath, his songs will stand the test of time, proving to be...
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Legendary Soul Singer Isaac Hayes Found Dead In Memphis Home
This weekend has been full of unpleasant events. First Bernie Mac died, now Academy Award winner...
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Family of Sean Levert Seeks FBI's Involvement
Family members of the late Sean Levert want the Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into the...
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American Idol: Ramiele Malubay Is Gone
Last night, Ramiele Malubay was given the boot from Americal Idol. As I have predicted, Brooke...
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David Cook From “American Idol” Released From Hospital
David Cook, one of the nine contestants from “American Idol”
is back on the show, after he was...
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Sean Levert's Death to Involve FBI Probe?
R&B singer Sean Levert collapsed in his cell at Cuyahoga County Jail, in Cuyahoga County, OH. on...
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Navaira Is Now In Stable Condition
Tejano singer Emilio Navaira, who has been clinging to his life over the past few days after...
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World
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Cholera Epidemic In Zimbabwe Passes 1,000 Death Toll
Cholera is an infectious gastroenteritis caused by enterotoxin-producing strains of the bacterium...
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Biden Shares Medical Records with the World
To avoid speculations upon his health, Democratic US vice
president nominee Joe Biden on...
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EPA Wants Cleaner Air for Americans
Americans will breathe cleaner air thanks to a decision
taken last week by the Environmental...
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US Hypertension Rates on the Rise
As
obesity is continuously rising in the Unites States so is high blood pressure,
both conditions...
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US Attack in Pakistan: Five Killed, Six Injured
Islamabad - At least five people were killed and six wounded when a US drone aircraft attacked a...
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Pirates Steal Russian Tanks
The Faina was headed for Mombasa
after setting off from Ukraine.
On the way, pirates hijacked the...
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Exposure To Air Pollution Harms Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Exposure to traffic fumes increases the
risk of heart attack, or strokes and potentially fatal...
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New York PD Seeks Man Who Mugged Senior Citizens
New York City police are looking for a black man, about 6-foot-1 and weighing 210 pounds, who was...
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FBI Arrests LA Hospitals Execs for Using Homeless People in Medical Fraud
A top hospital official and an operator of a homeless facility were reached by the long arm of the...
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Obama Can Take Pride in His Health
Following John McCain’s release of his medical record, amounting to more than one thousand pages,...
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Iraqi Archbishop Kidnapped At Gunpoint Found Dead in Mosul
Christians all over Iraq gathered today for the funeral service of
the Chaldean Catholic...
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Health
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Breastfeeding Found to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Women who breastfeed their babies appear to have a reduced risk of developing heart disease when...
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Psoriasis May Lead to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure
A new study published in the April edition of the journal Archives of Dermatology concludes that...
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Genetic Variants Tied to Increased Risk of Ischemic Stroke
Two genetic variants appear to significantly increase the risk of ischemic stroke, US researchers...
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Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Don’t Cause Eye Damage
Men using erectile dysfunction drugs face no risk for vision problems, according to a study in the...
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Americans Exposed To Heart Disease, Strokes Because Of Too Much Salt In Diet
A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers reveals that most Americans...
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Drinking coffee could lower stroke risk for women
Boston/Berlin - Women who enjoy drinking coffee may be lowering their risk of suffering a stroke,...
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Erectile dysfunction often early sign of cardiovascular disease
Wiesbaden - Impaired sexual potency can be an early sign of cardiovascular disease, according to...
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Intel and GE team up on telemedicine
New York - Going to the doctor could become a thing of the past for many people if the telemedicine...
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Intel, GE Reportedly Plan to Announce Health Care Partnership
Chip giant Intel Corp. and US conglomerate General Electric Co plan to announce a partnership in...
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Polypill Could Dramatically Reduce Heart Disease Risk One Day
A new five-in-one “polypil” could reduce the risk of heart attack one day, according...
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Diabetics at a higher risk of kidney and nerve damage
Hamburg (dpa) - Diabetics are not only at higher risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, they...
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Viral infections carry lingering heart risks
Exercise usually helps strengthen the heart but after a bout of flu or another viral...
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69 Percent of Americans Urged to Limit Their Salt Intake
Most Americans over the age of twenty should limit the amount of salt they consume daily to 1,500...
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Many Americans Lack Vitamin D, Study Shows
Vitamin D levels have dramatically decreased among Americans over the last two decades, according...
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Study Blames 10 Genes for Sudden Cardiac Death
Scientists at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine together with an...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008
According to market research firm IMS Health Inc., sales of prescription drugs...
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Blacks at Higher Risk of Heart Failure than Whites
According to one of the first long-term studies to look at heart failure in younger adults,...
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Lose Weight! Live Longer!
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Less Salt Would Lower Risk of Hear Disease
A recent study in the United States shows that if Americans would change their eating habits in...
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Be Optimist! You’ll Live Longer
According to the findings of a recent study carried out by the University of Pittsburgh School of...
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A Happy Marriage Keeps The Doctor Away
Scientists found that being in a strained relationship not only affected the mental health of women...
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Optimism Is the Best Medicine Ever!
A study of 100,000 women ages 50 and over since 1994, presented at the American Psychosomatic...
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Optimism Helps You Live Longer and Healthier Lives
Pessimists are now given one more reason to turn the page and be more optimistic, according to...
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Obesity Raises Risk of Joint Replacement in People with Osteoarthritis
We know for a fact that obese people have a high risk for high blood pressure, diabetes and...
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Bad Marriage Equals Heart Disease in Women
Marriage is not for everyone! I’m sure we have heard that a thousand times. As long as the...
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Most Prenatal Multivitamins Lacking Iodine
Most US prenatal multivitamin brands appear to lack iodine or the actual dose of iodine they...
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Lack of Sunshine Vitamin May Trigger Colds
Lack of sunshine vitamin may trigger colds, according to a study published this week in the...
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Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry to Undergo Kidney Transplant
Washington Mayor Marion Barry was admitted to Howard University Hospital Thursday to prepare for...
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The American Heart Month – How’s Your Heart Doing?
Heart disease is the No. 1 killer in both men and women, claiming the lives of nearly 1 million...
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