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Managing Heart Disease

The approach for managing any degree of coronary artery disease involves lifestyle changes. Depending on severity and individual conditions, patients may need one or more medications, surgery, or both.

Healthy diet, regular exercise and quitting smoking if you are a smoker may prevent heart disease. Follow your health care provider's recommendations for treatment and prevention of heart disease.

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Expert & Community Posts

Is Migraine a Progressive Brain Disease?

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Podcast - Is Stress a Migraine Trigger?

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...The first component of effective Migraine disease management is the identification and... Read more »

Heart Recovery: Get With the Program

By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...on Mayo Clinic Research on heart-related disease management published in the Journal of... Read more »

Is diabetes a crisis?

By Dr. Frank Varon , Health Expert

...get worn down and quit dealing with their disease management. We all will have a crisis at some... Read more »

Working Harder, Spending Smarter, and Doing the Right Thing

By Jane M. Martin , Health Expert

...focused to a much greater degree on Chronic Disease Management. Effective chronic disease... Read more »

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Health Guide

Bipolar Disorder: Highlights

...more by the disorders depressive episodes than its manic ones.Collaborative Care for PatientsA disease management model similar to those used for treating diabetes and asthma may be the best way... Read more »

Fibromyalgia: Prognosis

...the absence of any signs of disease activity -- can occur in many patients who participate in disease management programs. Patients with secondary fibromyalgia, particularly one caused by injury,... Read more »

Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease: Managing Common Bile Duct Stones

Managing Common Bile Duct StonesCommon duct stones (choledocholithiasis) pose a high risk for complications and nearly always warrant treatment. There are various options available. It is not clear... Read more »

Alcoholism: Treatment for Alcoholism

...can be effectively treated in a doctors office.The new approach to outpatient treatment uses medical management -- a disease management approach that is used for chronic illnesses such as... Read more »

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Treatment for Severe SLE

...and replaced with other fluids. The blood is then returned. Plasmapheresis is not useful for routine management of patients but may have some benefits for patients who do not respond to standard... Read more »

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Corgard Uses and How to Use

...strokes, heart attacks, and kidney problems. In the management of chest pain, nadolol may also... Read more »

Levsin Oral Dosage and Storage

...up. Notes Do not share this medication with others. Management of digestive disorders may... Read more »

Estrogens, Conjugated Vaginal Vagl Dosage and Storage

This medication contains female estrogen hormones and is usually given to women who no longer... Read more »

Premarin Oral Dosage and Storage

This medication is a female hormone and is usually given to women who no longer produce the amount... Read more »

Daytrana TD Uses and How to Use

Methylphenidate is used to treat attention disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,... Read more »

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