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What would cause a person to have a low pulse rate excluding exercise?
Is this dangerous?
In 2002, my pulse averaged in the 70's. Now it averages 56-60. I do
just a little walking on the treadmill but always have.

I am 31 year old and new to this group and I hope you people will help
me really quick.
I was taking Atenlol(Beta Blocker) for Migrane and High BP and I took
that for about 10 days. On 10th day I got couple of cramps on chest

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I have night sweats and my body feels cool.    TSH, T3 and T4 are normal.
Any possibilities?
Thanks, Ken

I had seen news reports similar to this before, but a recent study
apparently concludes that waist circumference is a better indicator of
cardiac risk than body mass index.  According to the report on Medscape,
this is true for lipid profiles, blood pressure, and glucose levels; the

I had an MI and 4 way bypass at age 55 in spite of excellent lipids.
I'm told the reason was probably my very high Lp(a) of 139. So I got it
down to 37 with 3 grams of niaspan.  But, after a few months, my
stomach started killing me.  I'm now off the niacin, popping Nexium and

Im 16 years old and after a vigorous excersise I sat down for about 10
minutes and when I stood up I felt like the right side of my body was
heavier then my left. Being that it was still easy for me to walk to
the left but harder to walk to the right. This lasted about 1 and a

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When I check my BP using a cuff and stethoscope, the first beats I hear, as
I'm bleeding the pressure down, usually last for 3 or 4 beats, then are
gone. I drop the pressure another 4 or 5 mmHg and I get a beat that lasts (I
usually wait to hear 10 beats).

Over the past two weeks I've been on 25 mg of Atenelol and the pressure has
come down signifigantly (160/105 => 130/80).  I have been trying to avoid
salty foods and have been snacking on unsalted peanuts instead.  The blood
test results came back today and the only thing that ...