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• Time to Give Thanks and Give Back: Go Red with Motives Cosmetics

  
  POSHGLAM.com — Authority: 145
  By Leah Jayasanker Thanksgiving is a day to be grateful for the goodness in your life. For some this may be small for others this may be tall (not all of us are blessed with Gisele Bündchen’s long legs). Regardless, saying gracias is possible in many shapes and forms. A loving way to reveal your gratitude is by ...
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• Beta-blockers for heart patients a double-edged sword

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): Researchers from University of Illinois have discovered that a particular class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful as well as harmful effect depending on their molecular activity.The study showed that use of carvedilol in combination with inhibitors of ...
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• You Are What You Drink

  
  Healthy Hearts with Heartstrong — Authority: 504
  So you are probably wondering…..do the beverages I drink really make that much of a difference? They are only liquids, right? Liquids “go right through me” so how much of an ill effect can they have? You have probably heard the old saying “You are what you eat?”  Well, it is true, but “You are what you ...
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• Rate Control or Rhythm Control — Which Is Better For Atrial Fibrillation: New Findings From the RECORD AF Registry

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 543
  RECORD AF registry findings were presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. This registry looked at how newly-diagnosed afib patients were being managed in the real world. These results differed from previously-reported research, such as the AFFIRM ( Atrial Fibrillation Follow-up Investigation ...
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• Consider This When You Buy Omega3 Fish Oils

  
  Health 2 u — Authority: 131
  These include its use and effectiveness against memory loss, cognitive disorders, Alzheimer’s and even schizophrenia. The other health benefits you may have heard about are to do with the health of your heart. Even the respected American Heart  Association has lent their weight to the debate by recommending that ...
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• American Heart Association Launches Hands-Only CPR App

  
  Apple iPhone School — Authority: 570
  Available In: App Store       Price: Free   The American Heart Association and Ad Council have launched an iPhone application in promotion of the Hands-Only CPR campaign. The Hands-Only CPR campaign “encourages bystanders to use Hands-Only CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) when an adult ...
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• Diabetes002

  
  Diabetes — Authority: 131
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• Toddlers, fat kids suffer most from secondhand smoke

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, November 19 (ANI): Secondhand smoke exposure is worse for toddlers and obese children, according to a new study.The researchers, who presented their study at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2009, observed 52 toddlers (ages 2 to 5 years) and 107 adolescents (ages 9 to 18 years) to ...
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• New Moon Has Benefit Screening

  
  Drfunkenberry.com — Authority: 490
  Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner. Photo: GettyImages.com Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner attended a special benefit screening in Knoxville, Tennessee last night. About $400,000 grand that was raised went to charities such as East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Second Harvest, Boy Scouts of the Smokies, ...
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• LA Times, ScienceNow: Transcendental Meditation reduces heart disease

  
  Knight Science Journalism Tracker — Authority: 507
  According to a study presented Monday at the American Heart Association’s annual meeting, “heart disease patients who practice TM [Transcendental Meditation] have almost 50% lower rates of heart attacks, stroke and deaths compared to similar patients who don’t practice meditation.” That’s from Shari Roan ...
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• Free Heart of the Caregiver Thank You Gift Package

  
  The Freebie Blogger — Authority: 613
  The American Heart Association is offering a free Heart of the Caregiver Thank You Package . To receive this offer you must change your print subscription to Stroke Connection to a digital subscription. Click here to subscribe to the print version of Stroke Connection but be sure to change it to digital after ...
  1 week ago

• Telephonic Depression Care After Heart Surgery

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 538
  Depression is a common diagnosis associated with heart disease and a dangerous sequel after cardiac surgery. A new study finds that telemedicine consultations can reduce depression and improve quality of life after a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Although experts have known that depressive symptoms are ...
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• Daily exercise at school benefits kids from lower socioeconomic status

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): A new study has revealed that daily physical exercise at school can significantly improve well-being of students from low socioeconomic background.In a study of German school children with high socio-economic status (SES) and one with low SES students, researchers examined specific cardiac ...
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• Your own stem cells can treat cardiac disease

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina lessens pain and improves walking ability.These findings are the result of the largest national stem cell study for heart disease. The transplant subjects also experienced fewer deaths than ...
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• Study Says Nintendo Wii Actually Provides Exercise - HULIQ

  
  Nintendo Wii Game and Accessories Review — Authority: 159
  WA today Study Says Nintendo Wii Actually Provides Exercise HULIQ A new study, submitted at the American Heart Association (AHA) scientific meeting in Orlando, seems to indicate that at least some of the Nintendo Wii games ... Sports Authority To Sell Nintendo Wii Wall Street Journal ...
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• Sports Authority teams up with Nintendo for fitness

  
  GamingAngels — Authority: 574
  The Sports Authority must have gotten the news from the American Heart Association about Wii Fitness games. They are teaming up with Nintendo to sell Wii gaming systems and Wii Fit Plus as well as other accessories and games for Wii. The goal is to get their customers to know the Wii system better and try out Wii Fit ...
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• Isis, Genzyme Cholesterol Drug Passes Test, But Investors Get Nervous About Liver Safety

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 702
  Biotech , Cholesterol , Drugs Luke Timmerman wrote: The big new cholesterol-lowering drug from Genzyme and Isis Pharmaceuticals, which both companies are counting on as a future profit driver, passed its first major clinical trial, but investors didn’t like what they saw when full details were ...
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• Heart disease may be reduced by meditation

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 539
  A study where a group of 201 African-Americans with narrowing of the arteries were told to take up lifestyle changes or transcendental meditation twice a day for 20 minutes “significantly” reduced heart disease, the BBC reports. The story is based on findings reported at a five-day scientific meeting of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Telephone-delivered care treatment post-bypass op helps beat depression

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): A new American study suggests that treatment for depression after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) improves the quality of life.Although bypass surgery is beneficial to many patients, quite a few show symptoms of depression post-surgery. These patients have poor quality of life, suffer ...
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• Transcendental Meditation can cut heart attack risk

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): Transcendental Meditation can have a beneficial effect on heart disease and stress, a new study has shown.According to the results of a first-ever study presented during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the ...
  2 weeks ago

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