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Take Heart
Doctors are discouraging you from running out and loading up with antibiotics, but new research shows that two specific types of antibiotics tetracyclines and quinolones appear to be effective in lowering the risk of heart disease. Boston University researchers say that's logical, since both drugs are potent against Chlamydia pneumoniae, the germ suspected of causing heart disease. Still, this is no magic bullet, and doctors say that the best way to prevent heart attacks is to quit smoking, get your blood pressure down, eat right, and exercise. Wired News
http://www.wired.com/news/news/story/17706.html
Heart Attack
heart attacks result from coronary heart disease disease of the blood vessels that feed the heart muscle. Coronary artery disease and ischemic heart disease are other names for coronary heart disease. heart attack. What is a heart attack? A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself
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Heart Attack Prevention - Health Check.
The quality assured method for providing authoritative written assessment and advice for the prevention Category Health Medicine Medical Specialties Cardiologyheart attack prevention. The disease. Secure, OnLine Card Clearance System.Takeheart Health Check The heart attack Prevention Service
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Extractions: "Rus in Urbe" The Author Contents Take your TAKEHEART now - it's free! About Takeheart ... Guest Book W hat's new at Takeheart? The Stroke Magazine is! U nderstand your risk for developing Coronary Heart Disease. Takeheart does this for you by measuring a number of clinical variables and feeding the results into an expert system on a PC. We give you a printed report to take home. The report covers 7-8 A4 pages and contains the results of the tests, their meaning, calculation of the risk according to the method described by Professor G.Shaper of the Royal Free Hospital in London and advice. (See an example of a report ). The tests include history, cholesterol blood pressure lung function liver function ... weight and stress assessment . You can come to see us in Norwich . We can come to you in the UK . You can take the Check over the internet T akeheart:- Is accurate. You can depend on our results. Reproducible. Follow your success. Operated by an experienced senior physician . Professional medical ethics apply. Reports in real time. No second trip needed.
CTSU
Medical research unit based at Oxford University. Studies chronic diseases such as cancer, heart attacks and strokes. Site provides some information on recent projects.
http://www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/
HeartInfo.org
Information about the cardiovascular system, healthy hearts, heart disease, treatment options and Category Health Conditions and Diseases Heart Disease Resources Find out in these easyto-understand guides. heart attack, Hypertension,Stroke, More back to top. Advertisement, Advertisement.
http://www.heartinfo.org/
Zocor.com
Educate consumers and healthcare professionals about high cholesterol and treatment options available. Includes information about cholesterol, including a discussion of its causes, ways to reduce high cholesterol, and a quiz designed to help people determine if they're at risk for a heart attack.
http://zocor.com/
Bayer Aspirin
Information about heart attack prevention and the pain reliever.
http://www.bayeraspirin.com/
Learn About Sex After A Heart Attack From Plainsense
A brief discussion on this topic, what to look out for and some guidelines.
http://www.plainsense.com/Health/Heart/sexpostattack.htm

Extractions: Women at Risk Understanding Your Sex Life after a Heart Attack A heart attack is a devastating event in most people's lives. You may wonder if you will have to give up the activities that make life worth living. What about your sex life? Yes, You Can! The news is good: Once you recover from your heart attack you should not have to forego sexual activities. After all, sex is no more strenuous than a vigorous walk or climbing a flight of stairs. And doctors agree that a moderate degree of exercise is good for your heart, so your sexual activities may actually be good for you in the long run. Take It Slow! Most doctors recommend that you take it easy during the recovery period, abstaining for perhaps the first 30 days. Start out with low-key but enjoyable contacts, such as kisses and caresses. As your health and confidence grow, gradually resume your normal sexual activities. Talk Things Out!
NHLBI, Act In Time To Heart Attack Signs Physician Quick Reference Palm OS Tool
A program that provides the text of the Act in Time to heart attack SignsPhysicianQuick Reference Card for use on your Palm Operating System device.
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/haac_palm/haac_palm.htm

Extractions: for use on your Palm Operating System device. Contents include: This Palm OS program provides physicians and other health care providers talking points for discussing heart attack warning signs and survival steps with patients. It outlines the T.I.M.E. method for helping patients understand and feel comfortable with the advice being given. The program also includes suggested responses to common patient concerns, including questions about heart attack treatments, embarrassment about calling 9-1-1 for a false alarm, and worry about upsetting family members. Instructions for installing the Quick Reference tool on your Palm OS device: Download the file "ActInTime.prc" to your computer
BBC News | World | Frank Sinatra Dies Aged 82
The entertainer known throughout the world as Ol' Blue Eyes has died of a heart attack in Los Angeles. His wife Barbara was with him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/sinatra/94141.stm

Extractions: BBC News' Andrew Burroughs looks back at his life Barbara, Sinatra's wife of 20 years, and other family members were with him when he died, she added. The spokeswoman said a private funeral was planned. Sinatra has not been seen in public since a heart attack in January 1997, and had been in and out of the hospital several times since then. His family had occasionally acknowledged he was ill but denied rumours that he was on his death bed. The BBC's Richard Anthony Baker remembers the man and the music (5'18") Regular updates by the Sinatra family on their Website, including photographs of the singer enjoying himself, helped show that he was battling on. In February the family used the Internet site to deny rumours that the star had inoperable cancer after he was taken to hospital for a series of tests amid reports that he had cancer of the bladder. American author Gore Vidal told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the singer had played a unique part in the life of his country. ... BBC Homepage
Heart Attack: Warning Signs And Tips On Prevention
Talks about heart attacks, what it is, warning signs and tips on prevention.Category Health Conditions and Diseases Heart Disease heart attackheart attack Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention. What is a heart attack?A heart How do I know if I'm having a heart attack? The pain
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Extractions: Heart Attack: Warning Signs and Tips on Prevention A heart attack (also called myocardial infarction) is when part of the heart muscle is damaged or dies because it isn't receiving oxygen. Oxygen is carried to the heart by the arteries (blood vessels). Most heart attacks are caused by a blockage in these arteries. Usually the blockage is caused by atherosclerosis, which is the buildup of fatty deposits (called plaque) inside the artery. This buildup is like the gunk that builds up in a drainpipe and slows the flow of water. Heart attacks can also be caused by a blood clot that gets stuck in a narrow part of an artery to the heart. Clots are more likely to form where atherosclerosis has made an artery more narrow. The pain of a heart attack can feel like bad heartburn. You may also be having a heart attack if you: Feel a pressure or crushing pain in your chest, sometimes with sweating, nausea or vomiting. Feel pain that extends from your chest into the jaw, left arm or left shoulder.
Take Wellness To Heart
Selfcare tips, warning signs of heart disease for women, information on depression after heart attack and stroke, family nutrition and exercise.
http://www.women.americanheart.org/index2.html

Extractions: The American Heart Association Women's Web site gives women of all ages everywhere the facts on women's heart disease and stroke. You'll learn what risks women face for heart disease and stroke and how lifestyle changes can lower those risks. So take charge of your own health and share what you know with others. Let's save lives. Your first line of defense is knowing the warning signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke. Find out more Want to remember someone from the heart? Our free Heart to Heart e-cards have lots of great images, greetings and heart-healthy messages. Send a card today or use our plan ahead feature. Print our list of ten questions to ask your doctor on your next visit.
Heart Attack 1
Explains what a heart attack is, the symptoms, what to do if one is suspected, hospital care, treatments Category Health Conditions and Diseases Heart Disease heart attack Home Page. Intro Menu. Prior Page, heart attack 1/6, Next Page. Clickhere for Multimedia Lecture on heart attack! heart attack 1/6, Next Page.
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Michael E. Mills Reviews Digit Ratio: A Pointer To Fertility, Behavior And Healt
Michael Mills examines the claim that digit ratio allows us infer whether an individual is likely to have homosexual inclinations, be highly fertile, may eventually suffer from a heart attack or breast cancer, have musical aptitude or sporting prowess, and a surprisingly long list of other characteristics.
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HeartPoint: Myocardial Infarction
Clear patient-oriented information on having a heart attack. Includes an animation of the pathological Category Health Conditions and Diseases Heart Disease heart attackheart attack. (also known as MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION ). The proper use of the nonmedicalterm heart attack is Myocardial Infarction . Either term is scary.
http://www.heartpoint.com/mi.html

Extractions: The proper use of the non-medical term "heart attack" is "Myocardial Infarction". Either term is scary. "Myocardial Infarction" (abbreviated as "MI") means there is death of some of the muscle cells of the heart as a result of a lack of supply of oxygen and other nutrients. This lack of supply is caused by closure of the artery ("coronary artery") that supplies that particular part of the heart muscle with blood. This occurs 98% of the time from the process of arteriosclerosis ("hardening of the arteries") in coronary vessels. Although it once was felt that most heart attacks were caused from the slow closure of an artery, say from 90 or 95% to 100%, it is now clear that this process can occur in even minor blockages where there is rupture of the cholesterol plaque. This in turn causes blood clotting within the artery, blocking the flow of blood. This sort of event is illustrated above. The heart muscle which is injured in this way can cause irregular rhythms which can be fatal, even when there is enough muscle left to pump plenty of blood. When the injured area heals, it will leave a scar. While the heart won't be able to pump quite as much as before, there is often plenty of good muscle left to take care of the job, and recovery can be quite complete. While heart attacks are clearly scary, with modern techniques, patients survive most of them. Furthermore, most can have a long and satisfying life, perhaps more satisfying than before. To learn more, click "Tell Me More".
BBC News | UK | Author Douglas Adams Dies
49. Mr Adams died on Friday morning in Santa Barbara, California, followinga heart attack, said his spokeswoman Sophie Astin. The
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Extractions: Author Douglas Adams, who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, has died suddenly aged 49. Mr Adams died on Friday morning in Santa Barbara, California, following a heart attack, said his spokeswoman Sophie Astin. The author became a household name when the cult science fiction novel was turned into a BBC TV series. Alan Yentob Prominent figures at the BBC, who worked with Adams on many projects, have spoken of their shock and sorrow at his death. Alan Yentob, the BBC director of drama and entertainment, said: "Douglas was a big character who will be hugely missed by a host of friends and millions of fans around the world. "He was a gifted writer; a one-off talent who managed to combine fantasy and humanity in books which enthralled generations of readers. We'll miss him enormously." The BBC's head of comedy, Geoffrey Perkins, who produced the original Hitchhiker's radio series, said: "I'm absolutely devastated. I've known Douglas for 25 years. He was absolutely one of the most creative geniuses to ever work in radio comedy.
CNN.com - Tea May Reduce Risk Of Death After Heart Attack - May 6, 2002
Describes results of a study showing health benefits of drinking green tea.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/06/tea.heart.attacks/index.html

Extractions: BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) Drinking at least two cups of tea a day may dramatically reduce a person's chances of dying following a heart attack, a study suggests. Researchers said they suspect properties found in black and green tea may be protecting the heart. "The results were more dramatic than I anticipated," said Dr. Kenneth Mukamal, who led the study, which was published Monday in the American Heart Association's journal, Circulation. "Even if the true effect of tea is less than what we found, it could still make a sizable difference in heart attack survival." The heavy tea drinkers in the study those who drank two or more cups of tea a day had a 44 percent lower death rate following their heart attack, compared with nondrinkers. The study found even a benefit in moderate tea drinkers. Those who drank fewer than 14 cups a week had a 28 percent lower death rate.
CNN - Researchers: Risky Heart Attack Therapy Often Unneeded - June 17, 1998
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9806/17/mild.heart.attacks/

Extractions: Web posted at: 11:05 p.m. EDT (0305 GMT) BOSTON (CNN) Patients who suffer mild heart attacks actually might be better off if they aren't subjected to invasive diagnostic procedures and surgical techniques such as angioplasty or bypass surgery, according to the results of a new study. In the study, reported in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers evaluated 920 patients at 17 Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals around the country who had a type of mild heart attack known as a non-Q-wave myocardial infarction. About 55 percent of all heart attacks are of that type. What they found was that patients who were given the most elaborate tests and treatments were two to three times more likely to suffer a second heart attack or die within 30 days than those who were diagnosed and treated with non-invasive therapies, such as exercise stress tests and drugs that dissolve blood clots. The lead author of the study, Dr. William Boden of the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Syracuse, New York, termed those findings "astonishing."
CNN - Study: Stress Management Reduces Heart Attack Risk - October 19, 1997
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9710/19/heart.stress/

Extractions: Web posted at: 9:54 p.m. EDT (0154 GMT) CHICAGO (CNN) Heart patients can dramatically lower their chance of having more cardiac problems by utilizing stress reduction techniques, according to the results of a new study reported in the American Medical Association's Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers at Duke University took 107 heart patients and put them on either a four-month stress reduction program, a four-month exercise regimen or allowed them to receive usual heart care from their personal physicians. Only three of the 33 people given stress management suffered cardiac events, defined as a heart attack or heart surgery such as a bypass or angioplasty. Seven of 34 people in the exercise group suffered such events, as did 12 of the 40 patients receiving typical care. Those in the stress management program were 74 percent less likely to have additional heart problems than those who received only routine medical care. "They reported that their stress levels were reduced, they were less angry and they generally were functioning at a higher level," said
CNN - Studies: Beta Blockers Underused In Heart Attack Survivors - August 18, 19
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9808/18/beta.blockers/

Extractions: Web posted at: 1:40 p.m. EDT (1340 GMT) (CNN) Although beta blocker pills are effective in helping treat heart attack survivors, doctors are not prescribing them enough, according to two new studies. According to two separate research teams, one at the University of Maryland and one at the Yale School of Medicine, many patients are not getting beta blockers routinely after a heart attack. "We know that only a third of the patients who have had heart attacks get beta blockers," said Dr. Stephen Gottleib of the University of Maryland. Beta blockers often reduce the risk of more heart attacks. They help to slow the heart rate and control irregular heartbeats by easing the workload of the heart. A month's supply of the pills costs about $5. "When we looked at survival, the patients who received beta blockers no matter what other diseases they had, did much better with a 42 percent greater survival," Gottleib said.

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