Aspirin is Helpful but Only for Men Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
Taking an aspirin daily has proved to be quite effective in protecting heart and arteries, but only if you are a man.
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Brave toddler is only person in Britain to be kept alive with artificial heart Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Toddler Ollie Drew is hoping for a heart transplant this year. Aged just 14 months old, Ollie is the only person in the country to be kept alive with an artificial heart.
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Viagra may be better heart medication than nitroglycerin Posted: 3 years ago by Browntrout
Studies suggest that Viagra does a better job before and after a heart attack. Now you can strengthen your heart and your *** at the same time!
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Regular sex 'good for the heart' Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
Regular sex can be a life-saver, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) says.
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Watch Your Own Heart Attack Posted: 1 year ago by loonytoon
Sadly, one in three heart attack victims die before they reach hospital. Many people don't recognise the signs and fail to take the steps that may have saved their life or the life of a loved one.
Watch Your Own Heart Attack is an unforgettable, two minute film which enables you to experience what it's like to have a heart attack first hand. Take the time to watch it then you'll be prepared if and when it happens for real.
This is two minutes which could save your life. Or the life of someone you love.
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Mature Heart Cells Can Replicate Posted: 2 years ago by ogri2003
When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can't regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, can not only get heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again, but also improves heart function.
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Unfair Treatment Can Harm the Heart Posted: 3 years ago by slider
I hope you like your job, for your heart's sake.
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Baby's heart saved by giant pacemaker Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
Taylor Gardner was born premature. She weighed 541grams or 19oz. Her heart was the size of a cherry. Unfortunately there was a problem with her heart. Thankfully doctors were able to save her (her weight has increased to almost 737 grams or 26oz) using a pacemaker larger than she is. image
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Artificial heart donated to Smithsonian Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
The pioneering artificial heart developed by Dr. Robert Jarvik will go on display at the Smithsonian Institution next month
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Boy's heart grows outside his body Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Doctors in China are trying to treat a four-year-old boy whose heart is growing on the outside of his stomach. Zhang Weiyuan's heart is covered in only a layer of skin under which it can easily be seen beating.
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Lawnmower sends a nail into man's heart Posted: 2 years ago by proverb
"The next time the conversation turns to tough old guys, you might want to save a place on the list with John Wayne for 73-year-old Dale Carman, who had a nail embedded in his heart while mowing his lawn and told his wife it was only a flesh wound."
I bow before this man.
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What If Bad Fat Is Not So Bad? Posted: 2 years ago by karenben
For decades, Americans have been told that saturated fat clogs arteries and causes heart disease. But there's just one problem: No one's ever proved it.
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Patient is given a third-hand heart Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
A heart donated for transplant was beating inside a third owner last night. The donor heart was first given to a patient several weeks ago. But a week after the transplant, the patient died of unrelated causes. So surgeons removed the heart and transplanted it again.
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Concert Interrupted to Inform Transplant Patient His Heart is Ready Posted: 3 years ago by gnikgnok
Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates.
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2 men, 2 suicides, 1 heart and 1 widow Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
Woman is widowed twice, first by the man whose heart was donated to her eventual next husband, then by that man.
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Tomato pill 'beats heart disease' Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists say a natural supplement made from tomatoes, taken daily, can stave off heart disease and strokes.
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Heart Made of Sound Posted: 3 years ago by Mershaullk
Trippy stop motion animation set to a song.
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Updated guidelines advise focusing on women's lifetime heart risk Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
The 2007 Guidelines for Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in Women also include new directions for using aspirin, hormone therapy and vitamin and mineral supplements in heart disease and stroke prevention in women.
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