When Does Stress Cause Heart Disease?
<p>Yes, stress can help to produce heart disease - but not all stress, and not in all people.  For stress to be harmful to your heart, you've got to have the "right" kind of stress, and you've got to react to it in the "right" way. Learn about what kind of stress to avoid, and how to handle it when you cannot avoid it.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2013/01/14/when-does-stress-cause-heart-disease.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 11, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Substitutes For Coumadin In Atrial Fibrillation
<p>As of the last week of December, with the FDA approval of apixaban (Eliquis), there are now three new anticoagulant drugs available to use as substitutes for Coumadin (warfarin) in people with atrial fibrillation not associated with valvular heart disease.  The other two Coumadin substitutes are dabigatran (Pradaxa) and rivaroxaban (Xarelto).  All three of these drugs have attractive advantages over Coumadin - but there are also potential drawbacks to all three.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://heartdisease.about.com/b/2013/01/11/substitutes-...
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
New Drug - Lomitapide - Approved For Severe Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disease that produces very high levels of LDL cholesterol, and and premature coronary artery disease. FH is especially severe when the gene for FH is inherited from both parents, instead of just one - a condition referred to as homozygous FH....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - January 3, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
How To Stop Smoking
Now that we know how smoking damages your heart, and your health in general - in other words, now that it has been established that quitting would be a very good idea - let's talk about strategies that have been used by thousands of smokers who have successfully quit smoking....Read Full Post (Source: About.com Heart Disease)
Source: About.com Heart Disease - December 30, 2012 Category: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
