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Aspirin becomes a killer if you have a heart problem Aspirin is supposed to help prevent heart disease—but once you have the condition, the drug can be fatal. Happy people don’t get heart disease Accentuating the positive can help you live longer. People who are generally happy and satisfied with their lives are far less likely to develop heart disease—and the happier you are, the smaller the... Supplements for heart problems As well as lifestyle changes you can make, you can also reduce your risk of heart failure and illness by taking daily supplements. Heart Problems: Prevention Here are some changes you can make to your daily life and diet that will have a positive effect on heart health: Heart Problems: Alternative treatments Despite the battalion of drugs and aggressive surgery on offer to anyone with a heart condition, there’s plenty of evidence that suggests a change in lifestyle – including a diet that excludes process... Heart surgery An overview of the different types of heart surgery and their dangers. Drugs for heart disease There is a wide range of drugs that are designed either to reduce the risk of heart disease or prevent a reoccurrence. Causes of heart disease It’s not too controversial to suggest that one of the chief causes of the epidemic of heart disease in the West is the industrialisation of our food supply, and the production of processed, packaged f... Recognising a heart attack How do you know if you’re having a heart attack? There are three main symptoms of a heart attack: Diseases of the heart Heart disease remains the biggest killer in the West. The immediate cause of death is a ‘sudden’ heart attack but this is the end-point of the slow progression of coronary heart disease (CHD) or coron...

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30 Apr 2013 | Adverse Reactions (Caitlin Hubbard)

Back to the future

When Lynne’s mother was 24, her dentist unwisely extracted a tooth while she had the flu. Within days her neck had ballooned with a streptococcal infection and she was rushed to hospital. Lynne&... more »

8 Feb 2013 | Adverse Reactions (bshubbard)

They're not even wrong

There’s a breathtakingly ignorant comment that has done the rounds of late, and it goes like this: there are only two types of medicine, that which works and alternative medicine. ... more »

17 Jan 2013 | Adverse Reactions (bshubbard)

Miracles of the demi-gods

Medicine seems to divide itself between the miraculous interventions and the mundane. The latter is all the things medicine isn’t very good at: the nagging, chronic problems that are made... more »

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15:18 | Health Conditions (anne-close)

cellulitis infection (NOT cell...

Had two bouts of cellulitis in past year caused by mossie bites. Each time had to take anti-biotics which I rarely ever take but had to as this condition was spreading and can lead to septicemia. can ... more »

14:12 | Hospital Reports (capricon-85@hotmail.com)

Re: Heart By-Pass Surgery

living9: A salutory tale repeated throughout the '1st' world (sic). Please research lyposomal Vit C. You can be making your own for pennies within days. YouTube and google be... more »

10:46 | Health Conditions (sthalliday)

Re: testosterone

Do you have a lot of stress? The stress hormone cortisol can block testosterone. You could get an adrenal stress test done to rule this out. Zinc is needed for testosterone production. Being low... more »

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