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A few hours of tennis or a couple miles on a treadmill each week may be the key to prolonging your life if you struggle with heart disease. Norwegian doctors are urging patients with coronary artery disease to get active and participate in sport related activity at least once a week to make sure th ... Continue Reading

One's ability to hear may decrease as they age. However, these symptoms may not always be the case of old age. A Chicago woman dismissed her one-sided hearing as a product of aging, but became worried when her face began to tingle. Once scanned with an MRI, doctors were able to diagnose a benign ... Continue Reading

As Thanksgiving rapidly approaches, Americans start to worry about excessive weight gain and added stress. The holiday season means one thing: eating, eating and more eating! In order to prevent mindless overeating it may be a good idea to start prepping for the weeks of eating season now. The key Continue Reading

Though nothing is definitive as of yet, some research is showing that there may be a link between energy drink consumption and patients with high blood pressure or heart disease getting ill. The sudden increase in heart rate is what concerns physicians more. Likewise patients who are high risk cand ... Continue Reading

Many doctors today are investing in diagnostic imaging technology to have within their own office. As a result, the number of self-referred scans has increased in the past few years. Patients are being scanned in their physician's office immediately instead of waiting for a diagnostic center. Alt ... Continue Reading

A recent study says that closer control on blood sugar levels in diabetes patients may reduce the risks of developing heart disease. The research shows that patients with Type 2 diabetes who suffer from high levels of glucose, were found to have lowered their heart disease rates by nearly 17% when ... Continue Reading

Cardiologists are finding that type 2 diabetes patients with heart disease have better chances of treatment from medicine as opposed to invasive heart surgery. Compliance and consistency with heart medications is also key to preventing heart attacks and stroke in such patients. Generally Type 2 Di ... Continue Reading

Depression is generally known to adversely affect one's mental health, but studies show that depression may also be linked to your heart ache and heart troubles. And no I'm not referencing your love life. Depression may double the risk of developing heart disease. Typically we associate diabetes, Continue Reading

Those people who have reason to get a coronary angiography (or CT angiography) should also think about getting a bone density scan. Likewise, those people who shows signs of osteoporosis may want to ask their doctors about getting a CT Angiography to check for coronary artery disease. That's because Continue Reading

It's almost the end of the year. People are busy planning their New Year's Eve events and making resolutions for the year to come. Have you thought about what you're going to resolve to do differently in 2008? For many people, New Year's Resolutions revolve around health concerns. We want to eat be ... Continue Reading