After a good one hour climbing interval session on my bike I took my
recovery heart rate via my HRM and I went from 126bpm to 81bpm in 2
minutes. Is this a good or bad recovery rate?
Javier

70 y.o. male, dual-chamber pacemaker implanted since 2002, RF ablation
of intermittent atrial fibrillation last month.
My problem: every day at 7:15 pm plus/minus 10 minutes, while sitting,
I feel a sequence of puncture-like fits coming from my heart, each fit

Hi I recently had open heart surgery to have a lave replaced, with a
mechanical one, and was wondering how long it would take for me to be
pain free, It has been 17 days since my operation and I am still
experiencing pain around the chest area, I also get sever headaches

Watching comedy films boosts blood flow to the heart, finds a small
study in the journal Heart.
http://debunkbigpharma.blognation.us/blog/_archives/2006/1/19/1715066.html

As the subject suggests, which of these drugs are known NOT
to cause these problems?
What about Avapro?  Is Avapro a good alternative to Benicar?

Among patients hospitalized with heart failure, about one in three has
deficient levels of thiamin, although thiamin deficiency was less
common among those patients who were taking vitamin supplements,
according to a new study in the Jan. 17, 2006, issue of the Journal of

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/519642_print
Bill
The Evolving Role of High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Cardiovascular
Health: An Expert Interview With Paul M. Ridker, MD

Is there any ill effect under any condition of lifting weights?  Can
weightlifting (or different ways of lifting weights--for example, power vs
cicuits) damage the heart?  Hopefully I can get a response from a
cadiologist or physician or two.  Thanks in advance.  

  (makes pinching movement with fingers)
 "I'm crushing your head!"

My cardiologist has me on 500mg's of Niaspan in order to keep my HDL's
at a normal level. What's the difference between over the counter
Niacin and Niaspan?
Javier

I am a 42 year old female with high cholestrol (300).  Moderate exercise,
good diet, off and on smoker (quitting........).  Both maternal grandparents
died young . Last year I was diagnosed with severe iron deficiency anemia
and was given a blood transfusion.  No idea how long I had ...

Will a silent heart attack show up on a subsequent EKG?

In healthy volunteers, the equivalent of two cups of coffee reduced the
body's ability to boost blood flow to the heart muscle in response to
exercise, and the effect was stronger when the participants were in a
chamber simulating high altitude, according to a new study in the Jan.

Yet another view of the study, this in the Boston Herald: (excerpt below,
read the full text at
http://theedge.bostonherald.com/healthNews/view.bg?articleid=121364 )
Study: Diet and exercise, not low cholesterol, keep heart happy

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200601/s1542183.htm
Last Update: Thursday, January 5, 2006. 11:00am (AEDT)
'Bad' LDL cholesterol may benefit elderly
Excerpts: