Heart Disease

Michelle

posted 02/25/2009, comments (0)

I'm Michelle G. Pequeño, 16 years old. I live in Malita Davao del Sur, Philippines. I was born with a congenital heart defect. My heart has a hole and it needs to be operated and vitamins. When I was a month old I experienced a heart attack. My parents cannot afford the money that will need in the operations. I'm now a college student and... Read more Chevron

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Cleo Hutton

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posted 02/23/2009, comments (0)

February Heart Month: Women's War on Stroke

On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds. Every 3.3 minutes, someone dies of a stroke. Stroke is the leading diagnosis from hospital to long-term care. Not a Woman's Disease? Heart Disease and Stroke kill over 12 times more women than breast cancer One in Two women die of heart disease or stroke (1... Read more Chevron

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pavithra

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posted 02/22/2009, comments (0)

Regarding Heart disease

Hi, I suffer from SLE for past 14 years and now i got hyperthyroid but i feel my heart palpitates very high and i can feel the palpitation , when consulted with doctors they told this may be due to thickining of the heart walls. Wiill i later get heart enlargement problems? please advice.

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oldandgraying

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posted 01/23/2009, comments (0)

withdrawing & heart disease

I have been on fiorinal for over 5 years, I have a new neurologist & he just wants me to stop. He has been advised that I have had open heart surgery 12 years ago, I'm trying to cut back since he does not want to renew the scrip, I don't know what to look for concerning my heart, I'm having a faster heart rate, some sweating, but nothing... Read more Chevron

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Dr. William Davis

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posted 01/13/2009, comment (1)

A Heart Healthy Review of 2008

From a heart health perspective, 2008 will prove to have been a turning point. It was a year in which we witnessed the beginnings of a major transition in thinking about heart disease. Let me explain. I look back at 2008 and sense that, as a nation, we are starting to embrace the notion that heart procedures are not the... Read more Chevron

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