Heart Failure

Dollars and Sense, Baby and Bathwater: The Case for CAM Research

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 05.07.2012

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David Katz, M.D.

If we are prepared to acknowledge the widespread bullying to which both science and sense are subject at the hands of the almighty dollar, we might commit ourselves to the systematic effort of distinguishing the two.

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Coroner: Andrew Breitbart Died Of Heart Failure

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

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Associated Press LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County coroner's office has ruled that conservative blogger and commentator Andrew Breitbart died...

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Can You Really Die From A Broken Heart?

www.thirdage.com | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Mourning, Health Post50, Bereavement, Broken Heart Syndrome, Loss, Broken Heart, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Fifty News

Broken heart syndrome doesn’t just exist in fairy tales. According to a new study published the Journal of the American Heart Association, heart att...

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Le Chaim!

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jack Schimmelman

We are fragile corporal fragments. We bleed, we breathe. When we are pulled into the theater of illness we suddenly, simultaneously, feel our ephemeral immortal pulse. One we measure, the other we sense.

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When Hope Runs Short, a Season That Gives Life

Michelle Javian | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Organ Donation, Harboring Hearts, Heart Transplants, National Donate Life Month, Organ Donors, Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Heart Attacks, Impact News
Michelle Javian

Of the 300 people waiting for a heart transplant in New York, only slightly more than half of them received one last year. Today, 18 people will die because they didn't receive one in time.

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The Condition That Killed Elizabeth Taylor

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 05.25.2011

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Legendary actress Elizabeth Taylor passed away this morning at the age of 79 from congestive heart failure. Taylor disclosed she had heart failure ...

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Human Embryonic Stem Cells Approved by FDA for Clinical Trials, Yet Totally Ignored by the Media

Paul Abrams | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Karl Rove, President Obama, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Macular Degeneration, George W Bush, Food and Drug Administration, Clinical Trials, Human Embryonic Stem Cells, Healthy Living News
Paul Abrams

If these new stem cells are safe, and perform as hoped, the first injection in patients that took place last Friday will be the 21st century's "shot-heard-round-the-world".

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Study Finds Possible Heart Risk With Prostate Drug

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Avodart, Cancer Prevention, Prostate, Health, Prostate Drug, Heart Health, Heart Risk, Cancer, Proscar, Heart Failure, Healthy Living News

Full results of a big study testing a drug for preventing prostate cancer show a higher risk of heart failure, a surprise finding that could dampen en...

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Avandia, Diabetes Drug, Harms the Heart, Studies Find

nytimes.com | GARDINER HARRIS | Posted 11.17.2011

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Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, needlessly suffer heart attacks and heart failure each month, according to confi...

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Cocaethylene Studied: Cocaine, Alcohol Mix To Create Toxic 3rd Chemical

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.17.2011

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Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...

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