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Health Encyclopedia: Chest Pain
Chest tightness or pressure; Chest discomfort
Prevention
Make healthy lifestyle choices to prevent chest pain from heart disease:
- Achieve and maintain normal weight.
- Control high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
- Avoid cigarette smoking and second-hand smoke.
- Eat a diet low in saturated and hydrogenated fats and cholesterol, and high in starches, fiber, fruits, and vegetables.
- Get at least 30 minutes of moderate intensi...
Expert & Community Posts
Heart and Mind: Battling the Depression of Heart Disease
By HeartHawk , Health Expert...drive your car and the statistics for motor vehicle death and injury are well known. But, that... Read more »
Avandia Anxiety
By David Mendosa , Health Expert...article linking Avandia to a risk of heart attacks and death. The article, “Effect of... Read more »
Is the FDA a watchdog or a dog?
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...infarction (MI, heart attack) and cardiovascular death. This Alert was rapidly published after... Read more »
Coronary Angioplasty, Stents, and Other Relics of the Paleolithic Age
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...flow, may even reduce future risk of heart attack and death. Someone who is having a heart... Read more »
Hypertension and Congestive Heart Failure
By Dr. Charles Whitcomb , Health Expert...congestive heart failure have a markedly increased for death. Patients with CHF usually... Read more »
Health Guide
Migraine Disease Linked to Cardiovascular Disease in Men
...deficit of sudden onset and vascular origin that persisted for more than 24 hours.Cardiovascular deaths were confirmed by review of autopsy reports, death certificates, medical... Read more »Migraine with Aura Linked To Cardiovascular Disease in Women
...with aura was associated with increased risk of major CVD, myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and death due to ischemic CVD, as well as with coronary revascularization and angina. Active... Read more »Takayasu arteritis
...disease can be fatal. However, with a combination of aggressive medical and surgical therapy, mortality (death) rates have dropped dramatically. In well-managed cases of Takayasu arteritis, the... Read more »Depression Not Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke
...may increase the risk of stroke. “Stroke is among the leading causes of long-term disability and death worldwide... Understanding the mechanisms by which overall emotional health may increase... Read more »Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome
...the heart. A full-blown heart attack occurs when blood flow to the myocardium is blocked and tissue death occurs from loss of oxygen, severely damaging the heart. The medical term for heart attack... Read more »
Medications
...arthritis). Methotrexate has caused birth defects and death in unborn babies. Women must avoid... Read more »
Related News
Risk of Death Greatest 30 Days After Heart Attack
November 07, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The moments after a heart attack are crucial to patient survival, but the life and death battle isn't over for those who live... Read summary »
Heart Attack Warning for Pregnant Women
July 17, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Young pregnant women having heart attacks may be rare but it's not impossible, especially for those already in high-risk... Read summary »
Deaths from heart disease, stroke drop 30 percent
December 16, 2008According to the latest statistics from the American Heart Association, U.S. death rates from heart disease and stroke have dropped by about 30... Read summary »
Good Heart Disease News
January 22, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Good news: not only has the rate of heart disease deaths decreased, but the severity of first heart attacks has dropped as... Read summary »
Simple Test Identifies Whos at High Risk After a Heart Attack
March 19, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) A two-in-one test may help save the lives of heart attack patients. New research from the University of Calgary, Canada shows two... Read summary »
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