I am 30 years old, in pretty good health.
I do have MVP, but my doctor said there is no backwash, so I do not
take antibiotics.
Now for the past three days, I noticed Heart palpitations during the

I have had lots of test and my cardiologist tells me there are two
reasons for my breathlessness:
1. Since my op. to replace my mitral valve in 1997, my heart muscle does
not beat as efficiently as it should.

I have worn my Polar heart rate monitor overnight several nights in a
row and plotted my heart rate. It averages 68-69 each time, but seems
to move down in steps from dusk to dawn. There are 1hr+ strings of low
variation beats, a few minutes of high variability beats, then a step

This is very technical and hard going for those without a lot of
biochemistry (including me), but it looks very promising. Maybe
I'll drop my arachidonic acid and n-3 pufa intake even more...
JAMA. 2005 May 11;293(18):2245-56.

Insurer pushes pill-splitting savings
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/11864975.h
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RYAN NAKASHIMA

Support bolstered for aggressively lowering LDL cholesterol in stable CHD
patients with diabetes
     Jun 15, 2005  Michael O'Riordan
San Diego, CA - High-risk diabetic patients with stable coronary heart disease

I have CAD and, in the wake an angioplasty, I've been taking high-dose
(1000 mg) niacin + 40mg lovastatin, in the form of Advicor, to control
my cholesterol.  It works great, but I've been reading that one
shouldn't supplement just one B vitamin without supplementing them

Eating my words here.  Today's cholesterol is 284.  So it's back on Zocor.
I don't like  it, but my feelings are inconsequential.
Jackie

I am a 56-year old former competition ballroom dancer who had a
quadruple bypass about five years ago. After the surgery, my doctor put
me on Pravachol, which I tolerated well for about two years. However,
after about two years I began to notice uncharacteristic cramping and

My health insurance at work pays for 90 day supplies of
medicines.
My doctor will usually write a scrip for three refills
If I go ahead and get all three refills filled at same

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/330/7504/1347-a?ehom
BMJ 2005;330:1347 (11 June),
doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7504.1347-a
News

Matias A. Loewy, "High-dose painkillers increase heart attack risk",
Reuters, June 14, 2005,
Link:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=WL0D4KTUYRZJACRBAEZSFEY?type
=healthNews&storyID=8790140

I would like to share my experience with reducing cholesterol.  I'm 30
yrs old and there is no family history of cholesterol in our family.
Three months ago I was diagnosed with high levels of cholesterol. These
were my results:

My doctor has suggested that I change from Lisinopril to Valsartan in
an attempt to solve a problem with skin eruption and persistent sore
throat which he thinks may be as a result of being on Lisinopril (40mg
daily) for some years. I am a bit scared that my BP might not be

I read an article recently about a new 3-D heart ultrasound test called
iE33.   Does anyone have any experience with this test?   Is it an
appropriate test to determine the presence and amount of CAD?
                                                       Thanks in advance,