So angiogram was in my immediate future. I’m told this is a safe and relatively painless procedure and not to worry. There were plenty of things to worry about however. They don’t want to shove a camera up through my body and into my heart because of no reason. Still, an angiogram is an outpatient procedure where the cardiologist opens an artery in your leg and works a camera into the heart muscle arteries.
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Heart attacks can creep up on you when you least expect it. Are you prepared?
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Only by keeping track of your heart rate during a workout can you be sure that the intensity is enough to improve your cardiorespiratory fitness level. Your ability to monitor and interpret your heart rate is the single most important key to success in cardio training.
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Hypertension is not only a condition for adults but it can also affect children, kids and even infants. When you see high blood pressure in children, the basic cause is either heart or Kidney. But it has been seen that children do have high blood pressure even though they have no heart or kidney problem but there’s a family history of high blood pressure and an unhealthy lifestyle – a bad diet, excess weight, stress, and insufficient physical activity.
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There is good cholesterol, and there’s bad. What’s the difference? Why are they important? We’ll cover some of that, and share some tips and ideas for controlling one’s cholesterol levels.
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Your blood cholesterol level is affected not only by what you eat but also by how quickly your body makes LDL-cholesterol and disposes of it. In fact, your body makes all the cholesterol it needs, and it is not necessary to take in any additional cholesterol from the foods you eat.
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Valentine’s Day makes February a natural for American Heart Month. How can you make sure your heart will keep going pitter-patter, without going kerplunk? Let us count the ways…
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19. November 2009
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