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Ellicott City
Meeting The Wh'y' Not Toastmasters Club meets at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 9, and June 26 at Glen Mar Church, 4701 New Cut Road. Guests are welcome to attend and learn more about this new club. Information: 410-540-9910 or toastmastersclubs.org....Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Diabetes, Aneurysm, Physical Fitness and Exercise, High Blood Pressure
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Free seminar to detect Peripheral Vascular Disease
If you suffer from pain in the legs, sores on the feet or burning sensations in the toes you may have a condition called Peripheral Vascular Disease. The condition affects about 10 million people in the United States. Johns Hopkins doctors will offer...Tags: Heart Attack
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Quitting smoking is tough, but not impossible
Many people pick quitting smoking as their New Year's resolution. But if quitting smoking was easy, most smokers would have already done it. Tobacco is highly addictive and the process isn't easy, but quitting is possible for those who really are ready...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Drugs and Medicines, Human Body, St. Joseph Medical Center
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South Laurel: Prints and performance art highlight new exhibits at Montpelier Arts Center
We have certainly had a spell of mild weather lately, but because it is, of course, winter, many of the activities available in the Montpelier/South Laurel area are indoors. At the Montpelier Arts Center, several wonderful exhibits are up during the...Tags: Movies, Cardiac Arrhythmia, American Heart Association, Movies, Heart Failure
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Anne Arundel County health briefs
Chronic conditions Anne Arundel Medical Center and the Anne Arundel Medical Center and the Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities present a free six-week class on "Living Well with Chronic Conditions." Presenters will discuss methods of...Tags: Flu Vaccine, Hospitals and Clinics, Behavioral Conditions, Annapolis, Lyme Disease
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The power of balance
Serelee Hefler tells the students in her class, including a 66-year-old man and a woman who is six months' pregnant, that they are on a ship in the Chesapeake Bay and a storm has just blown in.
"You are all on the deck, and you are trying to keep your...Tags: Annapolis, Vitamin Therapy, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, B Vitamins, Injuries and Wounds
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Treatment for peripheral artery disease depends on severity of symptoms
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm a 52-year-old man who was very active until suffering a blockage of the artery behind my right knee. Are there any treatments for this? ANSWER: There are several ways to treat the type of blocked artery you describe. The specific...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Quitting Smoking, Amputation, Diabetes, Mayo Clinic
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Earth Day, 2012
As we celebrated Earth Day on Sunday, I was reminded of this Native American proverb: “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” Salem students celebrate Earth Day Students at Salem Avenue...Tags: Earth Day, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Spaghetti, Christianity, Osteoporosis
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New therapy could reduce diabetes-related amputation
Jim Keenan wasn't particularly alarmed by a small blister that developed on his heel. Five days later, the 62-year-old's foot was so seriously infected doctors feared they might need to amputate his lower leg. Keenan, who also has Type 2 diabetes,...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Amputation, Genesis (music group), General Practitioners, Diabetes
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Briefs: Harvard Health Letters
Premium Health News ServiceZERO EXPOSURE THE ONLY SAFE BET WITH SMOKING Smokers know well that the best thing they can do for themselves and the people around them is to quit. But the nicotine in cigarettes is viciously addictive. People who've been hooked on both nicotine and...Tags: Heroin, Low Fat Diet, U.S. Public Health Service, Blood, Heart Attack
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Heart Disease -- Signs and Symptoms
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, with coronary heart disease being the most common form of heart disease.
About every 25 seconds, an American will have a coronary event, and about one every minute will die from one.
It...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Hospitals and Clinics, Colleges and Universities, Heart Disease, Internal Medicine
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Sudden Cardiac Death: Causes & Importance of Quick Care
Each year in the United States, there are 250,000 to 310,000 cases of sudden cardiac death, which accounts for more than half of all cardiac deaths.
Sudden cardiac death is most often caused by an arrhythmia, which is an irregular heart rhythm. ...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Cardiac Arrhythmia, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Failure
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