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Gut bugs are implicated in heart attacks and stroke
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Thousands of heart attack victims every year have none of the notorious risk factors before their crisis - not high cholesterol, not unhealthy triglycerides. Now the search for the mystery culprits has turned up some surprising...Tags: Egg Yolks, Probiotics, Hospitals and Clinics, Dietary Supplements, Stroke
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Briefs: Environmental Nutrition
Premium Health News ServiceRESEARCH ROUNDUP: MODEST WEIGHT LOSS OFFERS LONG-TERM HEALTH REWARDS Weight losses of just 10 percent of body weight have shown a long-term impact on health issues like sleep apnea and hypertension in overweight and obese individuals. In a study of 3,...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Pancreatic Cancer, Science, Cardiologists, Heart Disease
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Briefs: New Scientist
Premium Health News ServiceMUMMIES WITH BROKEN HEARTS Heart disease is commonly thought to be a modern ailment, but evidence from ancient mummies suggests humans have had heart problems for thousands of years. Randall Thompson at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and...Tags: New York City, University of Oxford, Heart Problems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Heart Disease
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Red meat and heart disease link: Not all about the fat?
Los Angeles TimesThe long-established link between red meat consumption and heart disease may have less to do with the fat in the meat than many have assumed, researchers said Sunday. Writing in the journal Nature Medicine, a team led by Dr. Stanley Hazen of the...Tags: Carnitine (dietary supplement), Amino Acids, Dietary Supplements, Medical Research, Heart Disease
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What's so special about Omega-3 supplements?
Premium Health News ServiceEveryone seems to be popping omega-3 fatty acid supplements these days. In fact, omega-3s are the most common nonvitamin, nonmineral natural product taken by adults, according to a survey by the National Center for Health Statistics and the National...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Omega-3 Fatty Acid, Stroke, Dietary Supplements, Fish Oil (dietary supplement)
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Doubts surface about safety of common food additive, carrageenan
Sara Baker says the light went on in her head after a cup of hot cocoa set off a storm in her stomach. "I went back and looked at the package, and there it was: carrageenan," said Baker, a career services coordinator from Bloomington, in central...
Tags: Mayo Clinic, Medical Research, Ulcerative Colitis, United Nations, Science
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Genetically engineered tomato mimics good cholesterol
Researchers at UCLA have genetically engineered tomatoes that, when fed to mice, mimic the beneficial qualities of good cholesterol, according to a new study. In a paper published Tuesday in the Journal of Lipid Research, authors used bacteria to insert...
Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Inflammation, David Geffen School of Medicine, Medical Research, University of California, Los Angeles
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Scanning mummies for heart disease 'about as fun as it can get'
As medical director of the MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, preventive cardiologist Dr. Gregory Thomas counsels modern-day patients, urging them to eat right, exercise and quit smoking to keep their hearts healthy....
Tags: Indiana Jones (fictional character), Health and Medical Professionals, Cardiologists, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses
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Briefs-Harvard Health
Premium Health News ServiceDON'T IGNORE "MILD" STROKES Many people at risk for heart attack are also at higher risk for stroke, since the underlying disease process--atherosclerosis--can block blood flow to the brain, just as it does in the heart. Although many people know that...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Barium Enema, Alzheimer's Disease, Stroke, Medical Research
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Mid-life optimism linked to healthier cholesterol
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - U.S. researchers found better levels of "good cholesterol" and other markers of heart health in the blood of middle-aged study subjects with a sunny outlook on life. At least some of the connection between optimism and blood...Tags: Medical Research, Research, Cardiologists, Heart Disease, University of Pittsburgh
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Chicago Crime Overnight Report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • A woman in her 20s was killed and two other people were injured when a car slammed into a pole in the South Chicago neighborhood this morning, authorities said. Read more • A 56-...Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, South Chicago, Hypothermia
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Autopsy: Hypothermia primary cause in man's death
An autopsy performed Tuesday determined that hypothermia and coronary atherosclerosis caused the death of a 56-year-old man found unresponsive on a South Side street Monday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. About 9:20 a.m....
Tags: Roseland, Hypothermia
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