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Monday's risk factor: diagonal earlobe creases
55% greater risk if you have this marking: "The presence of a diagonal earlobe crease has been recognized as a sign of cardiovascular disease since 1973. Over 30 subsequent studies have been r...
Risk Of Heart Failure With High Blood Pressure
...t this information...still I want to share here... Hypertension of high blood pressure increases the risk of heart failure. The risk of heart failure is two times higher in men and three times h...
Mouth breathing a risk factor?
...air is virtually always rated as good, but I'm wondering if mouth breathing is a clear significant risk due to the problem of microparticulates from vehicles, etc. Does the nose serve a *very* s...
Is there a heightened risk of heart disease or heart failure...
Is there a heightened risk of heart disease or heart failure due to an inadvertent electrocution? If so, please provide references.
The Guardian: high cholesterol no risk
... The Guardian There is almost no connection between the amount of cholesterol in your blood and your risk of a heart attack. Not only that, if you don't already have heart disease, you probabl...
Coumadin, INR, and exercise.
Your risk of stroke should be assessed by your doc. If your risk of stroke is "low", aspirin is the treatment of choice. If your risk of stroke is not low, continue taking the warfarin. If...
Clue to morning heart-attack risk
The struggle to get out of bed in the morning may feel like a health hazard, but it is not to blame for the spike in heart attacks and strokes suffered in the early hours.......
Substitute for coumadin?
...tions that are not at all trivial for me. 1) can a person have a vagal paroxysmal afib and not be at risk? 2) and if so, the next time I see my cardiologist should I better ask him if I am at ri...
Low blood pressure high pulse rate, why?
Very good blood pressure. A resting pulse rate over 83 can predict greater risk, see below. Your pulse rate of 79 is getting close. Have you been sick? I'd suggest calling the Dr. Mirkin radio ...
How quickly do lungs recover?
Your elevated risk of heart disease drops to zero in a matter of hours or days. Lung cancer, emphysema takes years for the risk to decline to the equivalent of a nonsmoker. Heart disease is far ...
Reformed Cocaine user wants to exercise but has chest pain and palpitations.
... ... See this timetable http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Benefits_Time_Table.html At 10 years your risk of cancer has halved from its peak. At 15 years your risk of smoking induced coronary di...
Questions about STATINS
...statins, particularly on coronary artery disease, is well documented and by far outweighs the potential risk of statin-induced polyneuropathy." Statins and Risk of Polyneuropathy: A Case-contr...
Crestor now available
You make a good point about risks of a new drug. I think I've been want to reduce my dose of statins as low as possible. I guess I'm saying I'm willing to take the risk of the new ...
Failed treadmill stress test...
... in the way of interventions to relieve your symptoms. However, medications and other measure to lower risk factors will remain quite effective in preventing your next heart attack and/or stroke.&quo...
quorn - a review
...rned about getting Mad Cow disease, but since the scare, I found out the reason why burger has a higher risk than things like steak - since the part of the cow that is high risk is nerves, spinal cord...
HEART FUNCTION TESTS
...olestrol (hdl,ldl) and there are also hdl subfractions (hdl 2, hdl 3). If hdl 2 is linked to increased risk of heart disease while hdl 3 is not would it be logical to measure only hdl 2 and not total...
High pulse
...die from heart disease. A high resting pulse that is not temporary is a marker for increased mortality risk. The pulse rate should be confirmed by manual counting for 60 seconds. A resting pulse of 9...
Do eggs have a lot of cholestrol?
...investigators has shown that moderate egg consumption--up to one a day--does not increase heart disease risk in healthy individuals. While it's true that egg yolks have a lot of cholesterol--and,...
Aspirin Dosage?
If you have any risk factors such as smoking, obesity, high BP, high cholesterol, or history of heart attacks in your family I would do that, but it is a personal choice. Aspirin does cause an incre...
Blood lipids under control
The higher HDL the better. The key risk measure is the ratio of Tot Chol/HDL - the higher HDL, the lower your ratio, the lower your risk. I just got my lastest blood study: trig 67, chol 174, HDL ...
TC over 300 and clean arteries!
Here's a risk calculator from the NIH: http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp? usertype=pub My risk came to 2% for CHD in the next ten years. http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov has a lot of g...
Question about MIBI scan
...ct, and unfortunately it is often the next step regardless of the outcome of the nuclear scan. As to risk of the procedure, seek them out. You might be suprised. MIBI scans require an intravenous d...
i wanna lose 20kg in at least less than a month. no pills or watever just exercise
...from the fact that losing 20kg (45 lb) in under a month is near impossible, to do so puts you in severe risk of killing yourself from starvation....
Yes, Aspirin Does Prevent Heart Attacks
...nstitute in Florida and others, reporting in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Aspirin reduces the risk of a first heart attack "by about one-third," Hennekens told Reuters Health. ...
How high does you cholesterol have to be before you absolute...
...lt; 200 is considered normal (and normally acceptable) 200 to 240 is borderline 240 and above is high risk. So, given that the normal to high risk difference is about 40 points that suggests at 2...
discomfort on the left side of chest
...t atypical chest pain. However, even atypical chest pains can have their origins from the heart. What risk factors or history do you have that would lead folks to suspect that you have heart disease...
I had a heart attack about 1.5 years ago. I am 46 and my mot...
...hough to look at me everyone thought I was under 50 ... There are few things that should have put me at risk, but there I was facing death without realizing how risky my situation was. The morbidity ...
Stress test question
...te monitor or if you are adept at taking your own pulse there is a simple test you can do to judge your risk of CHD. First, exercise to get your heart rate up to 85% of max. Then stop and sit down f...
How low does blood pressure have to be for it to be consider...
How low does blood pressure have to be for it to be considered a health risk?
Is it possible to be allergic to Beta blockers? I was on car...
...medical means to control your heart rate, such as relaxation. Worry is NOT the way to lower your heart risk. Talk this over more thoroughly with your doctor. Sometimes doctors seem to forget the em...
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