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Danville emergency crews prep doctors before patients get to hospital
WDBJ7 ReporterMonitoring a person's heartbeat and pulse has been a practice for more than one hundred years. Danville is taking the process and advancing it to the 21 century. Each of the city's fire engines now have its own portable electrocardiograms. The EKG...Tags: Fires, Cardiac Catheterization, Heart Attack, Mike Jefferson
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Too many drug types are compromising heart health: doctors
Reuters(Reuters) - About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand. The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who...Tags: Yale-New Haven Hospital, Stroke, Clopidogrel (drug), Cleveland Clinic, Bristol Myers Squibb Company
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Business briefs
Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce The Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce recently welcomed the following new members: - Charles Bailey, Attorney at Law, LLC, 82 W. Washington St., Suite 501, Hagerstown - Hagerstown...Tags: Laurel, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Washington, DC, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Long Island University
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Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts
Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts...
Tags: Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Vanderbilt University , High Blood Pressure, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation luncheon raises funds for cardiac projects
Ephraim McDowell Health Care Foundation recently held its annual Happy Heart Luncheon, which raises awareness of women’s heart disease. The luncheon raised nearly $10,000 and all funds raised from the event will go to support cardiac projects at...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Heart Disease
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Studies tie stress from storms, war to heart risks
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — New studies show the toll that stress can take on the heart. Researchers have found higher rates of cardiac problems in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, in New Orleans residents six years after Hurricane Katrina and...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , High Blood Pressure, Medical Research, Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Area restaurants aim to make healthy eating easier
Knowing the right way to eat is one thing, but doing it is not always easy, especially when dining out. But some Baltimore-area restaurants are making heart-healthy dining easier and more attractive for their diners. Restaurants like Zia's in Towson are...
Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Salt, Restaurants, Potassium (dietary supplement), Dining and Drinking
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Free seminar on heart disease and stress planned for Feb. 21
A free community seminar, "Reduce Stress for a Healthy Heart," will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Wilson College Brooks Science Complex Auditorium, 1015 Philadelphia Avenue, Chambersburg. Dr. Arshad Safi, interventional cardiologist...Tags: Heart Disease
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Eat red foods for Heart Health month -- and try this recipe too
Frank J. Rosalie, owner of Fitness Together of Williamsburg, www.fitnesstogether.com/willamsburg, 757-345-2246, offers these tips for heart health in February. He writes: "It’s Heart Health Month meaning this month is ablaze with the color red!...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Shrimp, Drugs and Medicines, Healthy Diet, Tomatoes
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Overdoing it on exercise
Most people who exercise find a way to work it into their lives. Robert Silvers of Marshfield, Mass., organizes his life around his exercise. When Silvers recently told his wife that, sorry, he didn't have time to help fix her computer, she reminded him...
Tags: Addiction, Eating Disorders, Behavioral Conditions, Psychologists, Psychology
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Yoga may aid people with irregular heart rhythm
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Regular yoga classes could help people with a common heart rhythm problem manage their symptoms while also improving their state of mind, a new study suggests. According to the American Heart Association, about 2.7 million...Tags: Physical Therapists, University of Kansas , Prescription Drugs, Drugs and Medicines, High Blood Pressure
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Heart disease a woman's disease too
Sarah Batts minded her diet. She exercised regularly. She made sure her waistline never exceeded 35 inches. She was, in her own estimation, a health nut, and she had reason to be. Both her father and an older sister, who at age 50 had stents placed in...Tags: Breast Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Obesity, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics
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