You have been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure and there’s a possibility that you will be put on the heart transplant list. This can be very frightening to most of us! How did we get to this point in the first place?
Maybe it was lack of all the prescription drugs your doctor is [...]
Acai (pronounced ah-sy-ee) is a berry grown mainly in South America that has a number of nutritional properties, and has even been known to prevent certain diseases. There are a number of reasons to take acai supplements or drink acai juice on a daily basis no matter what your health needs are; here are seven [...]
Alcohol, although toxic and damaging if consumed in excess, has been linked to several surprising health benefits, particularly in relation to cardiovascular health. The World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that a relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and reduced death rates from heart disease can no longer be doubted. Red wine is particularly favorable as the [...]
When the defibrillator that you had implanted to maintain a healthy heart is recalled, there are many decisions that you may have to wrestle with as reports of injured defibrillator patients roll in. In October 2007, a large manufacturer of defibrillators and pacemakers, Medtronic, recalled several units after it was discovered that the leads used [...]
Every day, 4,000 Americans suffer from heart attacks. Those who are lucky enough to recover often suffer another (and often fatal) attack later on. Heart disease — the No. 1 cause of death in the United States — kills more than twice as many people as all forms of cancer. The good news is that [...]
If you need another reason to go to bed on time, there is growing evidence that heart health is affected by how long it takes you to fall asleep and how well you sleep once you’re in dream land.
Scientists have found that sleeping too little (<5 hours per day) or too much (>9 hours per [...]
Heartworm is a parasite that is very common among dogs, cats, wolves, coyotes, foxes and also some other animals. The heartworm parasite is transferred through mosquito bites. Mosquitoes ingest the larva and transfer the parasite by means of biting an infected animal and then afterwards biting another uninfected animal.
The parasite then burrows itself into [...]
