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| Low Cholesterol May Mean Poorer Mental Powers | 15 Feb 2005 18:09 GMT | 2 |
Low Cholesterol May Mean Poorer Mental Powers Mon Feb 14, 4:45 PM ET By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - We hear plenty about the dangers of high
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| T3 T4 Test | 15 Feb 2005 16:10 GMT | 1 |
What does the T3 and T4 measure that is different from the TSH. If body is cold and TSH is normal should a T3 of T4 be taken Thank you, Ken
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| Body Feels Cold | 14 Feb 2005 17:11 GMT | 1 |
Temp is normal.. TSH was normal.... My body has been feeling cold...Extremeties also. Any possible explanantion? Thanks, Ken
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| Fat Substitute, Once Praised, Is Pushed Out of the Kitchen | 14 Feb 2005 10:08 GMT | 1 |
"As many as 100,000 cardiac deaths a year in the United States could be prevented if people replaced trans fat with healthier nonhydrogenated polyunsaturated or monounsaturated oils." New York Times
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| Statins Reduce Deaths Among Dialysis Patients | 14 Feb 2005 01:41 GMT | 14 |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with a statin drug -- such as Lipitor or Zocor -- significantly reduces the risk of cardiac and non- cardiac death in people on hemodialysis, investigators report. They say these observational data suggest that "more frequent use of
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| mass sociogenic illness | 13 Feb 2005 17:36 GMT | 1 |
http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/1/36 "Background and epidemiology: Mass sociogenic illness refers to the "rapid spread of illness signs and symptoms affecting members of a cohesive group, originating from a nervous system disturbance
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| crestor only as a last resort | 13 Feb 2005 03:52 GMT | 2 |
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/story.jsp?story=610300 Crestor should only be used as last resort, says FDA chief By Katherine Griffiths in New York 12 February 2005
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| Cardology Question-Inderal | 12 Feb 2005 19:21 GMT | 5 |
I have a flight/fight syndrome that has been out of control since i was a kid. If I take inderal in very small amounts it is controlled completely. Thinking maybe it was mental in nature I have tried
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| Statin Risks: Muscle Weakness, Nerve Damage, Cancer | 12 Feb 2005 18:22 GMT | 4 |
Statin Risks News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA ... So she searched the Internet for someone who did and found Beatrice Golomb, MD, Ph.D. Statins work by blocking a chemical in the liver that
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| Short of Breath | 12 Feb 2005 15:27 GMT | 1 |
Was admitted to the ER recently because I was suffering for shortness of breath. Doctors could not find anything wrong but my EKG didn't look quite normal. I was advised to see a cardiologist ASAP. My cardiologist though the problem was my heart an ordered an angiogram. The ...
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| Strange chest sensations & Palpitations | 12 Feb 2005 00:04 GMT | 1 |
I have recently started getting an unwelcome sensation/pain in my chest on the left side. I am 32 and gave up smoking 4 weeks ago, started a gym and have a healthy diet with lots of fish,veg and fruit and drink plently of water and green tea.
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| Coreg/Cardevidol | 11 Feb 2005 19:56 GMT | 8 |
Is anyone on this medication? I know what it is suppose to do, but should someone with emphysema and chronic bronchitis take this drug. Are there not better drugs for congestive heart failure and hypertension than Coreg/Cardevidol? Thanks in advance for your input. I will print ...
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| Rhythmic heart pain | 11 Feb 2005 19:56 GMT | 3 |
I am a 70 y.o. male wearing a pacemaker that was implanted 2.5 years ago to treat bradycardia and AV block. From time to time I happen to feel a rhythmic pain coming from my heart region. Here are the symptom characteristics:
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| Systolic vs. diastolic | 11 Feb 2005 19:56 GMT | 6 |
What is it about the aging process that causes the systolic blood pressure to rise and diastolic to remain the same? Thanks, Don W
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| as good as statin | 11 Feb 2005 12:31 GMT | 7 |
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=479101
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