Diuretics Best Initial Therapy For Both Black And Nonblack Patients In
Treating High Blood Pressure
CHICAGO - Thiazide-type diuretics remain the drugs of choice for
initial therapy of high blood pressure in both black and nonblack

I am about to change Cardiologists. I am now going to go to a Cardio.
who treats my husband, and I am very impressed with him. he is so
popular, I cannot get to see him until May!
I do have CHD..have two stents in different arteries and my right artery

My wife (age 29) was just diagnosed with CHF. I am extremely concerned
because for the past 4 months she has been misdiagnosed with Asthma and
been treated with your typical stimulant based inhalors taken 2x per
day. Does anyone know if there is any information available on what

Knowledge Portal Donates Living Will Kit Proceeds To Raise Brain Injury
Awareness
(LOS ANGELES) - A Los Angeles-area Web portal has agreed to donate
funds to a national organization dedicated to brain injury research in

{Note the name of the agency: New Freedom Commission. I wonder, will
they be handing out SSRIs with school lunches?  Brave New World. Zee}
http://psychrights.org/Drugs/AllenJonesTMAPJanuary20.pdf
Despite a nearly 500% increase in mental health drugs being prescribed

I am a very active athlete, male, 40 years old. I recently started
wearing a heart rate monitor and charting my HR. My average HR during
my runs is about 150, depending how fast I'm going. My concern is with
a pattern I'm seeing at the first few minutes of the runs, where my HR

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=707
"Acupuncture 'cuts blood pressure'", BBC News, March 30, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4390755.stm
Acupuncture combined with electronic stimulation can lower high blood

What is the scope of the impact of prescription drug adverse effects?  Is
only the patient at risk?  Clearly not.  For example, the schoolhouse
murder-suicide shootings last week indicate that the harm from drug
side-effects can literally come to anyone within gunshot range.  ...

Link:
http://www.theheart.org/viewArticle.do?primaryKey=406885&nl_id=tho29mar05
I don't recall other studies showing this, though it has often been discussed.
Bill

Andrew
The name of Andrew has made you serious-minded, responsible, and stable.
You love the security of a home and family, you are fond of children,
and, as a parent you would be fair and understanding. Although you have

http://today.uci.edu/news/release_detail.asp?key=1290
Acupuncture found to lower elevations in blood pressure  
Procedure combined with electronic stimulation can lower rates by as
much as 50 percent, according to UCI study  

"Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and
extolled and be very high. Just as many were astonished at you, So His
visage was marred more than any man, And His form more than the sons of
men; So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths

Hello!  I'm new to this group!  I had a VAP test and my Lp(a) is 13.
It should be 10 or below.  My doctor wants me on Zocor and Niaspan.  I
have been taking lipitor (10mg/day) but he wants me on zocor to raise
my HDL.  My counts are as follows:  Total cholesterol 178, LDL 112,

http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news/releases/display.php?id=883
Boston) ? What?s bad for your ticker may be good for your bean,
according to research from a team of scientists at Boston University.
The team looked at 18 years of data from the long-running Framingham

I'm looking for an electronic stethoscope. Any recommendations?