risk

Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post Clue to morning heart-attack risk
We KNOW viscosity of the blood is related to heart attack risk due to the recent finding of 50% death in those with congestive heart failure who have increased viscosity .. Therefore the finding of...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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 ...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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 ...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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 ...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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,...
Forum Post 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 ...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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. ...
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post what should one's HDL: Total Cholesterol ratio be?
4.5 is the normal ratio max 4.0 is a better goal, particularly for those at higher risk
Forum Post 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...
Forum Post 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....
Forum Post Heart Rate Recovery Time
...se people that showed less than a 10 bpm decrease 1 minute after ceasing strenuous exercise were a high risk group....
Forum Post LDL too low???
Your diabetes dramatically increases your chd risk. A low ldl is good prevention. You might look into niaspan (increase HDL).
Forum Post Calcium supplement vs. Fat Free Milk
http://www.nof.org/prevention/risk.htm Here's a site that mentions thyroid medication and it's effect on bone density. Don't know if this pertains to you....
Forum Post will tamiflue be a bad combination with heart and bp related...
...'ve read, no. Considering it is prescribed prophylacticly (as a preventive) for heart patients at risk of the flu, it seems unlikely that there's a problem. Just make sure that the docto...
  More Topics...

The Content on this site is provided for general information purposes only. Your use of the Content, or any part thereof, is made solely at Your own risk and responsibility. By entering this site you declare you read and agreed to its Terms, Rules & Privacy.
Copyright © 2006 - 2010 Cardio Files