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Harvard Heart Letter archives from February 2006
Streamlined CPR guidelines a life-saving move.(cardiopulmonary resuscitation)
February 1, 2006... Updated recommendations make cardiopulmonary resuscitation easier to learn and to do: Press hard. Press fast. Don't stop.
Without warning, a family member or friend collapses, twitches and gasps a few times, then lies deathly still. What do...
Take two candy bars and call me in the morning?(plant sterols and flavanols addition to chocolates is not healthy)
February 1, 2006... Adding plant sterols and flavanols to chocolate doesn't make candy bars a health food.
Sweet, rich, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate has always been something of a guilty pleasure for people with high cholesterol or those following a...
Heart Beat; Don't blame the bean.(Coffee drinking and heart health research report)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Coffee is earning a better reputation on the health front as a result of several studies. In summer 2005, University of Scranton chemists reported that coffee beat out fruits and vegetables as the number one source of antioxidants for...
Heart Beat; On the links to recovery.(heart attack patients care and treatment)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Fifty years ago, in February 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower spent ten days golfing and quail hunting around a Georgia plantation owned by his friend, Treasury Secretary George Humphrey. That sporting vacation, Eisenhower's first since...
Heart Beat; Heart heavy hospital bill.(heart disease care the main contributor for medicare bills)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has published the top 10 conditions that contributed to Medicare's whopping $327 billion hospital bill in 2003, the last year for which complete records are available. Of the top 10, 5 were...
Ask the doctor; Low back pain keeps me from exercising. What else can I do to protect my heart?(physical activity of any form keeps heart healthier)
February 1, 2006... Q. Articles about preventing heart disease or stroke always mention the importance of exercise. But I can't exercise due to severe lower back problems. I religiously take medications for my high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and low...