Body Effects Of Heart Attack
Metformin and the risk of lactic acidosis
"Can a patient use metformin after a heart attack (after 12 years of using metformin) assuming the patient has good renal function? My question is if metformin should be avoided forever after an acute myocardial infarction or just temporarily withheld after the heart attack in a patient with an adequate renal and liver function (also without congestive heart failure or hypers... Read more »
Expert & Community Posts
Heart and Mind: Battling the Depression of Heart Disease
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...of approach. Some years I win the battle for my body and some years I lose. But every year,... Read more »
Heart Protecting Effects of Coenzyme Q10
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...bodies can synthesize it on there own. It helps the body convert food to energy, and its... Read more »
Avandia Anxiety
By David Mendosa , Health ExpertSteve Nissen has a way of getting everybody’s attention. And he does that with tools... Read more »
Smoking is a starting point for COPD, stroke, lung cancer, heart disease
By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert...related to diseases of virtually every part of the body. A report by the U.S. Surgeon General in... Read more »
Eight ways to reduce your risk of heart disease
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...sleep in one continuous block, as this allows your body to reach a deeper sleep cycle. #7 Get a... Read more »
Health Guide
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
...warning signs of a heart attack? The American Heart Association and other medical experts say the body likely will send one or more of these warning signals of a heart attack: Uncomfortable... Read more »Familial dysbetalipoproteinemia treatment
...myocardial infarction (heart attack or heart tissue death) Strokes Blocked arteries to the body (peripheral vascular disease) Intermittent claudication Gangrene of the lower... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome
The heart is the human body's hardest working organ. Throughout life it continuously pumps blood enriched with oxygen and vital nutrients through a network of arteries to all parts of the... Read more »Fish Oil and Heart Disease
...fatty acids (EFAs) because they are needed for human health but are not sufficiently produced by the body.The two major health promoting Omega-3 fatty acids are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and... Read more »Congestive Heart Failure Patient Guide
...its effects are often reversible. How the heart works The heart pumps oxygen and nutrients to the body's tissues and organs. It also helps rid the body of unnecessary waste products. The heart... Read more »
Medications
...stomach/abdominal pain, chest pain, weakness on one side of the body, slurred speech, sudden... Read more »
...shortness of breath, weakness on one side of the body, sudden vision changes, slurred speech.... Read more »
...shortness of breath, weakness on one side of the body, sudden vision changes, slurred speech.... Read more »
...shortness of breath, weakness on one side of the body, sudden vision changes, slurred speech.... Read more »
...shortness of breath, weakness on one side of the body, sudden vision changes, slurred speech.... Read more »
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