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What Are Some Causes of Low Blood Pressure

December 25, 2009

The heart is responsible for feeding oxygen to every organ in the body. To do this the heart needs to have a certain amount of strength to pump the blood from head to feet. The heart is the pump that keeps up the pressure in the arteries and veins so all the body will receive [...]

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Best Drugs for High Blood Pressure

December 11, 2009

High blood pressure must never be treated with medication of any kind immediately after being detected unless it is a life threatening situation. Initial treatment for mild to medium level hypertension is dieting, exercise, low sodium, fat and sugar consumption. In many mild to medium cases the high blood pressure will drop to normal following [...]

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Interventional Techniques for Heart Disease

December 7, 2009

You may also be offered one of a variety of other techniques. The most common is the insertion of one or more stents, tiny ’scaffolds’ of wire mesh placed into the artery to hold it open. Other more high-tech options include laser angioplasty, which uses a laser instead of or as well as a balloon [...]

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Recovery after heart surgery

December 4, 2009

Provided your condition is stable and you no longer need constant medical supervision there is no reason why you shouldn’t go away on holiday. Most airlines allow you to travel ten days after a heart attack provided you can briskly walk 100 yards on the flat without chest pain or undue breathlessness. However, the British [...]

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Asthma advice for children

December 1, 2009

Up to three-fourths of children with asthma develop the condition in their first five years of life. Often, asthma begins as a viral respiratory infection. Instead of getting better quickly, a child’s cough or labored breathing seems to linger. It’s a good idea to see your child’s health care provider when a cold seems to [...]

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Neurologic Symptoms for Seniors

November 29, 2009

Memory impairment is a common problem of the elderly. Usually, elderly people have problem remembering the names of people, places and things. Such people will also have difficulty in describing what they want to say. This is in no way serious. Memory loss rarely progress to intellectual deterioration.
Old people that suffers from memory impairment usually [...]

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Dental Problems for the Seniors

November 28, 2009

The oral health of a person contributes significantly to the well being of their teeth. A person that has loose, missing, oral discomforts may indicate that he or she is suffering from personal distress. On the contrary, a person that has good dental health will help him or her to have social ease and confidence. [...]

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The Effects of Alcoholic Beverages

November 28, 2009

The effects of alcohol are directly related to its concentration in the blood (Blood Alcohol Level) depending on a number of factors like the speed at which a person drinks, presence of food in stomach, his weight, the type of beverage, situation etc.

The weight of the drinker is also a factor related to the effect [...]

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What can you do about Rheumatoid Arthritis?

November 24, 2009

It is a disease of the joints. Anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen are used to relieve pain and extinguish the fire of inflammation. These medicines do not have any effect on the basic disease process. Gold, anti-malarial, D-Pencillamine, Sulphasalazine, and Methotrexate are used in the management of this disease. Though these drugs have the [...]

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Learn the effects of alcohol

November 24, 2009

Alcohol has become the most abused drug today. The term alcohol was derived from the word ‘al-kohl’ which means ‘finely divided spirit’. There are many types of alcohol – methyl, ethyl, butyl, isopropyl etc., which have a number of chemical and industrial uses. Intoxicating ingredient of the alcoholic beverages is ethyl alcohol (C2H6O). Contrary to [...]

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