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The gender line
Special to the Los Angeles TimesSay what you will about Mars and Venus, but anatomically, male and female hearts look the same. When healthy, both should be about the size of a fist. Both have three main coronary arteries, the large blood vessels that wrap around the outside of the...Tags: Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Mayo Clinic
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Tim Russert: the details about what caused his death
Special to The TimesWHEN TV journalist Tim Russert died June 13, it was heartbreaking news for his family, friends and fans. Chief of the Washington bureau of NBC News and longtime moderator of "Meet the Press," Russert was known for asking tough questions. He leaves two...Tags: Police Arrests, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Columbia University, Death
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Never mind the party, listen to your heart
HealthKeyI shouldn't have had a heart attack 11 days shy of my 55th birthday. Just one month earlier I'd passed a physical with flying colors. My blood pressure was its usual 110/70. My bad and good cholesterol levels were respectively low and high. I never...Tags: Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Symptoms
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Demystifying the cardiac stress test
Chicago TribuneDr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner with respectable cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. But as many heart disease patients discover, a treadmill analysis...Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Diabetes, Diseases and Illnesses
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When doctors and patients bargain over health
Special to The TimesI'm staring at a brand new pet: my lucky turtle. He's sitting on my desk right next to my computer monitor, smiling at me, cheerful and friendly. He's low maintenance, my turtle -- just a little silver charm, a trinket. He was given to me by the...Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Symptoms, Anxiety, Health
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Finding the right words for someone who's ill
Special to The TimesMany of us have been through illnesses that require operations, risky procedures or recurring downtime that can change our lives, even if we fully recover. Any of this makes us face our death. Our imaginations race toward finality. No matter how elevated...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Illnesses, Death, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Unnecessary medicine: Physician groups list 45 overused tests, procedures
Should you get a cardiac stress test as part of your annual checkup? A chest X-ray before outpatient surgery? A CT scan or antibiotics for chronic sinusitis? In most cases, no. But patients get these commonly used tests and procedures — and many...
Tags: Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Acetaminophen (drug), Medical Specialization
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Heart condition sidelines S.D. Sen. Hundstad
Sen. Jim Hundstadsaid Wednesday he probably won’t be returning for the remainder of the 2012 legislative session.
Hundstad, D-Bath, said he must be in Sioux Falls for a stress test early Friday morning at the Veterans Administration hospital....Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Heart and Circulatory System, Human Body
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Pradel undergoes heart procedure; released this morning
TribLocal - Naperville » NewsMayor George Pradel was hospitalized Thursday to fix a blockage in a coronary artery, but was already released this morning, according to his daughter. “We’re …... -
God Squad: More examples of thanks during the holiday season
Thanks to all my wonderful readers for sending me your lists of what you're thankful for this holiday season. If we think of thankfulness as just some abstract concept, we lose its transforming power in our lives. If we just express gratitude for...Tags: Holidays, Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Marc Gellman, Human Interest
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Positive thinking seems to help the heart
Depression, anxiety, anger and other negative emotions have been linked to heart disease and heart attacks. But what about the flip side — are positive emotions connected to better heart health? Yes, say two reports that addressed this question from...Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Medical Professionals, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine
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New procedure makes heart surgery history
KFOR-TVOKLAHOMA CITY—While open heart surgery is a scary process, it saves lives across the United States every day. However, not everyone can have it and that may be the difference between life and death. Now, an amazing new procedure is giving a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Heart Surgery, Chest, Health
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