Sorry if this is off-topic, please refer me to a more approp. group if
needed.
I remember seeing a movie on some docum. channel of two cardiac muscle-cells
in a petridish, one small, the other larger pulsating in a different rhythm.

Which s  better cardio-protective agent - ASA or Plavix and which is
less likely to produce GI bleeding?
thanks
Ken

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - A Los Angeles man who sneaked into Canada
in February to see his Internet girlfriend will be deported -- minus all
his fingers and some of his toes, the Winnipeg Sun newspaper reported on
Tuesday.

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Pfizer and free speech
Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, has been one of the most
tenacious industry proponents of the position that many FDA rules

Why Aspirin Affects Men and Women Differently Until Menopausal Age
Copyright 2005, James Michael Howard, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
As women reach menopause, their estradiol decreases.  Therefore the
ratio of testosterone increases and the effects of testosterone

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".... women who took 100 milligrams of aspirin every other day -- the
equivalent of taking one baby aspirin each day -- were 24 percent less
likely to have an ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke caused
when blood can't get to the brain.

Researchers discover link between insulin and Alzheimer's
"What we found is that insulin is not just produced in the pancreas, but
also in the brain. And we discovered that insulin and its growth
factors, which are necessary for the survival of brain cells, contribute

http://www.healthsentinel.com/news.php?event=news_print_list_item&id=656
"Passive smoking killing thousands", BBC News, March 2, 2005,
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4309613.stm
Passive smoking kills more than 11,000 a year in the UK - much higher

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc.'s experimental drug to raise "good" HDL
cholesterol was effective and well tolerated in two small mid-stage
trials, but appeared to cause a small increase in blood pressure among
some patients, according to industry analysts.

http://www.worstpills.org/member/newsletter.cfm?n_id=368&print=1
Serious GI Toxicity With The Heart Drug Clopidogrel (PLAVIX)
Worst Pills Best Pills Newsletter article March, 2005
Research published in the January 20, 2005 New England Journal of

Feb. 22, 2005 -- Drug-coated heart stents work twice as well in
preventing major heart problems compared with bare-metal stents, a new
study shows. Researchers say the drug-coated stents work for up to
three years.

Does anyone know the effect of an effort on the ECG of a person? Besides
an increase in heart frequency , what are the possible effects on the
duration and amplitude of the P Q R or S -waves and the PQ - interval ,
QRS complex or other components of the ECG?

I was listening to the public radio station yesterday. They said there
was new guidelines for those that have murmurs as to when they need
surgery. Sometimes they need surgery even if they dont have syptoms.
The kept talking about the "mitral valve" and "murmurs" like they were

Bill
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