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1 hr ago | MacMegasite

HeartPhys Released for iPad - Learn About The Heart Interactively

Michael Parker, M.D., an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, is pleased to announce the release of HeartPhys 1.0, a new app for iPad that enables users to learn about the heart and blood vessels through interactive diagrams and videos.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Ipad, Science / Technology, iPod touch App, iPad App, Assistant, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Nursing

Tue May 21, 2013

R & D

Evaluating a new way to open clogged arteries

Over the past few decades, scientists have developed many devices that can reopen clogged arteries, including angioplasty balloons and metallic stents.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Medicine, Health

Sun May 19, 2013

Instapundit.com

New Blood: Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice....

NEW BLOOD: Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice. "'When the protein was injected into old mice, which develop thickened heart walls in a manner similar to aging humans, the hearts were reduced in size and thickness, resembling the healthy hearts of younger mice.' Through a type of transfusion called parabiotic or 'shared ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Philly.com

Weight-loss gimmicks: Does the Slim Belly belt really work?

One of the cardinal principles of physiology - and axioms of weight loss - is that you can't spot-reduce. You can't shed fat in just one part of your body without shedding fat all over.

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Related Topix: Weston Fitness, Health Club, Health, Sports Medicine

Sat May 18, 2013

NewsTarget.com

Meditation cuts death risk in half for people with heart problems

Perhaps the biggest impediment regarding the acceptance of alternative medicine in the United States is the fact that Americans have been conditioned to believe that only "traditional" methods of healthcare are effective and acceptable.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Heart Disease, Milwaukee, WI, Medical College of Wisconsin, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Medical Daily

Life-Saving App Transfers Diagnostic Images Faster Than E-Mail To Detect Heart Attacks

Of all the apps on your iPhone or Android, how many are truly useful and how many are completely outrageous? When it comes to scientists and apps, they don't play around.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri May 17, 2013

The Miami Herald

University of Miami Hospital sends team to Panama to save NCIS agent's life

NCIS officer Noel Zuniga, stationed in Panama, had an acute heart attack and was whisked away to UM Hospital, where he woke up.

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Related Topix: Health

Sun-Star

Ease that pain in your leg, sole and heel

MORE and more we see elderlies among us, more reverently called senior citizens, thanks for the increasing control of infectious diseases which used to be the number one cause of death in developing so-called Third World countries, which include our dearly beloved Philippines.

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Related Topix: Health, Pain, Arthritis, Pletal, Cilostazol (generic)

Wed May 15, 2013

Mirror.co.uk

Health forecast: How changing weather can affect you and what you can do about it

Sudden temperature changes, cold snaps, heat waves and even A thunderstorms can all have a direct effect on certain conditions Floods in December, snow in April, now a sudden rise to a balmy 23Ca no one can accuse the UK weather of being boring.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Neurology, Health, Weather

MediLexicon

Drug Combo Looks Promising For Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia more effectively.

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Medicine, Pharmacology

NowPublic

Understanding Blood Pressure

Your heart is an organ within human anatomy that has no time to rest unless you are dead.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Examiner.com

Daily Detox Tips

Eating healthy and eating fresh food is a great way to lose weight and feel good in your body.

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Related Topix: Fitness, Yoga, Medicine, Health

Tue May 14, 2013

GlobeNewswire

Mesoblast's Preclinical Trial Results of Intracoronary Cell Therapy Published in Circulation Research

NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 -- Mesoblast's preclinical trial results of its allogeneic, or "off-the-shelf", Mesenchymal Precursor Cells delivered by intracoronary infusion in acute myocardial infarction have been published in the May 2013 issue of Circulation Research, the leading research journal of the American Heart Association.

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Related Topix: Mesoblast, Medicine, Health, Heart Attack

hosted Blogcritics | Blogcritics

Light Relief: An FDA-Approved Appliance to Assist In Pain Relief

The Light Relief device is one of a number of available options to manage stiffness and pain arising during the normal course of living. Anyone, from people who suffer periodic athletic injuries to people who are sedentary, may require ways to deal effectively with the stiffness, pain, or range-of-motion limitations which can arise from a plethora of muscle and joint issues.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Acupuncture

PhysOrg Weblog

Medical myth: Flatlining patients can be shocked back to life

Beepa .beepa a a .beepa a a .beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. "We're losing him. Out of my way, nurse!" The quick-thinking young doctor charges the defibrillator paddles and places them on the chest of the lifeless patient, whose cardiac monitor is showing a straight green line.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

BlogHer

8 Aspects I Should Use Clean air Based Skin Proper care Products

As an esthetician that has conducted with fresh air based better skin outstanding appropriate outstanding appropriate outstanding appropriate good proper care options for 14 years.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Mon May 13, 2013

Asia News Network

Can you drink stem cells?

A new supplement claims it can increase the number of circulating adult stem cells in your body by up to four million Stem cells you can ingest? Not exactly.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Stem Cell Research, Medicine

Daily Mail

When leg pain means there's a timebomb in your arteries

'The cramp always started when I went out walking and got worse if I sped up,' recalls Bernard, 62, a retired airport parking manager, who lives in Moston, Manchester, with his wife Margaret, 61.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

EurekAlert!

Leap in leukemia treatment reported by Dartmouth researchers

Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia more effectively.

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Related Topix: Leukemia, Health, Medicine, Pharmacology

Jerusalem Post

Alternatively Speaking: Delving into dairy

Alternative medicine expert Natalie Marx answers your questions related to Shavuot: Can you tell me some of the health benefits of cheese? Q. Dear Natalie, I plan on eating lots of cheese this coming Shavuot.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Supplement, Calcium, Infectious Diseases, Vitamin A, Nutrition