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I just visited a site that allows you to send free messages to your legislators on heart disease and stroke issues. Please help the American Heart Association in its efforts to fight heart disease and stroke by visiting http://www.capitolconnect.com/yourethecure.
Currently there are advocates trying to get more money for research for stroke prevention and stroke treatment.
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The number one cause of death for Americans is cardiovascular disease including strokes and heart attacks. Clearly, you have some degree of this process given your recent stent placement for exertional angina. It is interesting that your level of activity seems quite high and you appear to have minimal medical risk factors for CAD including no hypertension, borderline glucose intolerance with A1C 6.1 and relatively good lipid profile aside from the borderline HDL.
I'm a 50 year old male with a family history of heart disease and stroke and am trying to prevent it if possible. I exercise daily and maintain a healthy diet. Will this be good enough in the long run? I tend to worry about it too much because of the problems my parents had but I think my numbers are good. BP runs about 115/65 on average and my total cholesterol is about 100, HDL 45. My glucose is about 85 so hopefully this will keep me out of trouble.
My father had high blood pressure and coronary bi-pass surgery at the Clinic. My mother had high b.p. and died of a heart attach and stroke at age 63. Please tell me if it is true that getting your homosistine levels checked and possibly using medication to lower them can be beneficial in reducing chances of heart disease? Thank you for your time.
RE: Today's new discovery
William Reeves, principal investigator for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s CFS public health research programme, says the findings are "unexpected and surprising" and that it is "almost unheard of to find an association of this magnitude between an infectious agent and a well-defined chronic disease, much less an illness like CFS".
source:
http://www.nature.com/news/2009/091008/full/news.2009.983.html
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Re: September conference on diet and heart disease
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Posted by JRC CCF Heart Ctr on September 09, 1997 at 15:20:12:
In Reply to: September conference on diet and heart disease posted by Michael B. Mayor, MD on August 30, 1997 at 11:12:37:
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I am seeking information on the upcoming conference that I understand is
going to occur in Washington, DC in September.
I have found some excellent information and advice in Arthur Agatston's book, "The South Beach Heart Program." Agatston is the author of "The South Beach Diet, and he is also a renown cardiologist. He writes about "aggressive prevention" of heart disease and relates that he rarely sees heart attacks among his patients who follow his program--even though they come to him with heart problems.
1. If you smoke, quit smoking. This is the single biggest thing a person can modify in their life. Smoking will significantly increase one's risk of having a heart attack.
2. Maintain an active lifestyle - Try to get some regular exercise.
3. Follow a strict low fat diet. Some may even consider following a vegetarian diet.
4. Maintain regular follow-up with your doctor.
All of these will help and some medication may be necessary if your doctor feels it is needed. Good Luck to you.
I stay on a lowfat diet and have receently started the low tyramine diet recommended by the NHF to help with the frequency of my migraines. I don't smoke and don't have hypertension byt heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure all run in my family. I have had migraines for 25 years and lately have been extremely hard to control. I am going to a headache clinic in Tampa for a week to go th rough a migraine treatment program to see if it will help. It has to my job depends on it.
If you want to see some great and entertaining commercials on heart attack prevention and signs check out this website I discovered called PSAStation at http://www.psastation.com/heart-attack-prevention-psas!
"According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HCV can survive on environmental surfaces at room temperature for at least 16 hours but no longer than four days."
http://hepatitiscresearchandnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2010/09/hcv-outside-body-how-well-does-it.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for people willing to share their stories about how smoking has changed their lives. We are looking for REAL people. Specifically, we are looking for adults who have COPD, diabetes, have had a heart attack or asthma.
We are seeking the following:
• Men and women of all backgrounds, age 55 or younger, who have experienced a heart attack due to exposure to secondhand smoke.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for people willing to share their stories about how smoking has changed their lives. We are looking for REAL people. Specifically, we are looking for adults who have COPD, diabetes, have had a heart attack or asthma.
We are seeking the following:
• Men and women of all backgrounds, age 55 or younger, who have experienced a heart attack due to exposure to secondhand smoke.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is looking for people willing to share their stories about how smoking has changed their lives. We are looking for REAL people. Specifically, we are looking for adults who have COPD, diabetes, have had a heart attack or asthma.
We are seeking the following:
• Men and women of all backgrounds, age 55 or younger, who have experienced a heart attack due to exposure to secondhand smoke.
Though they are of no immediate threat, the presence of ischemic changes can be a risk factor for future stroke. Hence, prevention methods should include a healthy lifestyle, and a combination of diet, exercise, and medicines. Please discuss with your treating doctors. Take care!
S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) spent nearly 15 years tracking more than 12,000 adults who were taking part in a federal nutrition study. In contrast to the risks associated with sodium in the participants' diets, the CDC team found that heart-related deaths were lower among those whose potassium intakes were highest.
I would like to purchase a book on nutrition for heart disease prevention but after an hour of surfing through Amazon, I have no idea which one to get. I want one that is up to date with current research. Any recommendations?
Thank you so much for your help!
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