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Deanne Stein

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posted 10/03/2008, comments (0)

Blood Clots: Signs and Symptoms

Blood clots are scary. Sometimes you don't even know there are there, until it's too late. That was the case for me. I was going along, living life, feeling fine, and then suddenly I couldn't move my arm or talk. It happened that quickly. One second I was fine, the next, I was not. When I got to the emergency room back in August 2001... Read more Chevron

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Cleo Hutton

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posted 09/28/2008, comments (0)

A Lifetime of Stress Could Be a Precursor to Stroke

Whether stress is a cause of stroke is an ongoing debate. However, today, stress is only considered a contributing factor to one of the main causes of stroke - high blood pressure. The other proclaimed causes of stroke are a family history of stroke, diabetes, and high cholesterol. I believe that long term or excessive stress can be another... Read more Chevron

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HeartHawk

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posted 09/17/2008, comments (4)

Bisphenol A Health Risk: A Heart-Conscious Consumer's Take-Away

There has been a lot of news about increased heart disease risk (as well as diabetes and liver problems) from Bisphenol A, a widely used chemical found in many plastic products as far back as the 1950s. It makes plastics tough, shatterproof and appears in everything from water bottles to baby bottles. About 2 billion pounds of it is manufactured... Read more Chevron

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Dr. Larry Weinrauch

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posted 07/23/2008, comments (0)

Jaw Pain Could Be Sign of Serious Heart Condition

Can pain in the jaw or teeth be an indication of a heart attack? How do I tell if a pain in my arm or shoulder is due to a heart condition? These questions are quite common and frequently asked, and not always easily or correctly answered in magazines and journals. In fact, pain caused by an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart can... Read more Chevron

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Dr. William Davis

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posted 05/20/2008, comment (1)

Dark Tan? Don't Assume Vitamin D is at a Healthy Level

As the days are getting longer and the days getting sunnier, many of us are enjoying increasing the melanin in our skin, otherwise known as a tan. Melanin is the pigment that provides the brownish coloring that grows in intensity as we tan. You'd think that by sporting a nice “healthy” tan, having a normal vitamin D blood... Read more Chevron

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