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Updated May 19, 2006 Antiplatelet Drugs Drugs that reduce the formation or inhibit the action of chemicals that promote the activation and aggregation of platelets, blood components important for the clotting of blood.

Diabetes Mellitus is a disease in which blood sugar levels are abnormally high because the body does not produce enough of the hormone insulin or the body fails to respond to insulin.

About 5 million people in the United States have heart failure , and 300,000 die from it every year.

For centuries, medical practitioners have relied on their hands. The "laying on of hands" has been accepted by most cultures as a powerful healing tool.

Main Category: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Also Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 07 Jul 2009 A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according to ...

Researchers say they have discovered that one of the most common amino acids in vegetable protein seems to lower blood pressure.

The virus that causes AIDS is classified as a lentivirus, a word derived from the Latin prefix, "lenti-," meaning "slow." But new research from the NIAID-funded Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology suggests that HIV-1 is anything but - moving at breathtaking speed in destroying and dysregulating the body's gut-based B-cell antibody-producing ...

A test that measures oxygen levels in newborns can detect "critical" congenital heart disease, but there are variables involved with the test that require more study before it is adopted for universal newborn screening, according to a new joint statement from the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Consuming an amino acid commonly found in vegetable protein may be associated with lower blood pressure, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association .

Poor circulation can lead to serious health consequences. Trying natural circulation remedies before getting a prescription is a good idea.

In a small study that focused on feasibility and safety, researchers observed improvements in mitral regurgitation in patients successfully treated with a reversible implant called the Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Annuloplasty system.* "Heart failure prevalence is worsening, and we know that the outcome of congestive heart failure is worse when ...

When it comes to matters of the heart, music may be more than just the food of love.

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You are a woman. You are a smoker. You are not alone. Approximately 18% of adult women smoke.

New research is proving what massage devotees have known for centuries - a regular rubdown can reduce stress, alleviate pain and ease sore muscles, even after you've left the massage table.

Scientists have long observed connections between emotions and health. The heart and the head are often inseparable, whether it is heartache or heartbreak.

One of the most exciting new frontiers in medicine today is the research on the probability that medical science could revive the "dead." Sounds like blasphemy, irreverence, or total fiction? Not quite.

They carry you everywhere. You dress them with snug slippers, comfy sneakers and strappy sandals.

The researchers found in an earlier study :445-52) that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.

NMT Medical, Inc. , an advanced medical technology company that designs, develops, manufactures and markets proprietary implant technologies that allow interventional cardiologists to treat structural heart disease through minimally invasive, catheter-based procedures, today announced that it has entered into a $4.0 million, two-year credit ...