DRHOOK- Off-putting: Why '08 really was year of the rat
Published on Thursday 25 December 2008 - 06:00 - http://www.readthehook.com/2008 was the Chinese Year of the Rat, the first of the 12 calendar animals. If I were to make my own interpretation of the year, it would be the Year of the Dirty Rat (said like James Cagney...
Cholesterol: Good vs. Evil
Published on Wednesday 24 December 2008 - 18:56 - http://feeds.feedburner.com/Cholesterol has become a very dirty word. It s right up there with heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke. When considering cholesterol, there are obvious foods to steer away from such as a...
Neurology Scans - a new Flesh & Stone feature
Published on Tuesday 23 December 2008 - 02:16 - http://www.fleshandstone.net/The field of neurology intersects with so many aspects of research, culture, business and politics that it seems important to pass along some of the interesting finds that might not have received a...
Doctors urge vigilance in face of good national health news
Published on Sunday 21 December 2008 - 06:26 - http://www.sj-r.com/Americans should celebrate the wonders of medical science and public-health campaigns, but not become complacent after the recent news of major drops in death rates for stroke and heart disease, a...
Good heart news: Death rates down
Published on Wednesday 17 December 2008 - 13:26 - http://www.leadertelegram.com/Like their counterparts throughout the United States, fewer patients in northwestern Wisconsin appear to be dying from heart attacks and strokes, an improvement local medical experts attribute to...
Death rate from heart attacks at decline
Published on Tuesday 16 December 2008 - 13:15 - http://www.freshnews.in/American Heart Association said on Monday that deaths from heart attacks and strokes declined by about 30% since 1999.''It’s being said as an improvement that may be due to more aggressive...
Key To Atherosclerosis Development Is Prostaglandin Receptor
Published on Tuesday 16 December 2008 - 12:00 - http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/Atherosclerosis - a disease that includes the buildup of fatty, cholesterol-laden lumps of cells inside the artery wall - is the underlying cause of heart attacks and strokes. A team of Vanderbilt...
Deaths from heart attacks, strokes drop
Published on Tuesday 16 December 2008 - 05:34 - http://www.pantagraph.com/MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Deaths from heart attacks and strokes declined by about 30 percent since 1999, an improvement that may be due to more aggressive treatment with cholesterol and blood-pressure...
Scientists find link between inflamed gums and heart disease
Published on Monday 15 December 2008 - 21:44 - http://www.physorg.com/The next person who reminds you to floss might be your cardiologist instead of your dentist. Scientists have known for some time that a protein associated with inflammation (called CRP) is elevated...
Video: One woman's battle with high cholesterol, hypertension
Published on Monday 15 December 2008 - 19:46 - http://www.healthcentral.com/In this short video from the New York Times, a reporter talks to Jane Titus, a woman who suffered a stroke two years ago and who continues to battle high cholesterol and high blood pressure.
