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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Heart Made of Sound Posted: 3 years ago by Mershaullk
Trippy stop motion animation set to a song.
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Marathons and Heart Attacks Posted: 1 year ago by icepigs
The legend of the original runner from the Battle of Marathon is he died as soon as the run was complete. The legacy of Jim Fixx, the author of "The Complete Book of Running" who ran countless marathons over 20 years and died of a massive heart attack during a run.
The odds are about 1 in 50,000.
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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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New way to mend a broken heart Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
When cells turn into fully-formed adult heart muscle they stop dividing, and cannot replace tissue damaged by disease or deformity.
But a US team have found a way to coax the cells to start dividing again, raising hopes they could be used to regenerate healthy tissue.
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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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First Genetic Link Between Reptile And Human Heart Evolution Found Posted: 3 months ago by bernardblack
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered the first genetic link to the evolution of two, rather than one, pumping chamber in the heart, which is a key event in the evolution of becoming warm-blooded.
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The 18-year-old girl who is on her THIRD heart Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
At the age of 18, Leanne Nicholson has already had three hearts. She is making a good recovery after her second transplant operation. Leanne has a condition called cardiomyopathy caused her heart to fail in 2002 and parents Helen and Rob, both 40, as well as brothers Scott, 16, and Ryan, ten, were told to say goodbye.
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Doctor gender may matter in spotting heart disease Posted: 2 years ago by Neiako
A doctor's gender could determine how early heart disease is detected in women.
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Music may help treat heart attack and stroke victims Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Music could one day be used as a therapeutic tool for blood pressure control and heart patient rehabilitation, according to a new study.
Previous studies have shown that music with faster tempos resulted in increased breathing, heart rate and blood pressure.
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Paul Stanley from Kiss misses concert due to heart 'episode' Posted: 2 years ago by Moe
And in the "Make you feel really old" category of the news today...only a few days after Mick Jagger turned 64, the lead singer of Kiss, Paul Stanley missed a concert due to a heart episode. His pulse rate went to 190 and stayed there for over an hour during a sound check.
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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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Obesity, a lifeline for heart patients Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
Despite being a leading contributor to heart disease, obesity appears to play a protective role in a range of cardiovascular problems, says a new study.
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