Interesting Facts About Heart Disease
Health Encyclopedia: Stress Complications
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In prehistoric times, the physical changes in response to stress were an essential adaptation for meeting natural threats. Even in the modern world, the stress response can be an asset for raising levels of performance during critical events such as a sports activity, an important meeting, or in situations of actual danger or crisis.
If stress becomes persistent and low-level, however, all parts of the body's stress apparatus (the brain, heart, lungs, vessels, and muscles) become chr...
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Vitamins: Dietary Health Benefits
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...stabilize heart failure rates. [For more information, see In-Depth Report #12: Heart attack.]Valvular Heart DiseaseThe valves of the heart control the flow of blood leaving and entering the heart.... Read more »Images
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