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Residents in cardiac surgery who receive extra training on a take-home simulator do a better job once they get into the operating room, Dr. Buu-Khanh Lam today told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society...

New research from the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation may help explain why people with spinal cord injury (SCI) have a higher risk of developing heart disease. Damage to the autonomic nervous system is a key predictor of cardiovascular risk, researcher...

Heart transplantation is a very safe and effective therapy, according to a new long-term study presented at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute...

well a few minutes ago i was beginning to fall asleep when i could literally feel my heart pounding! it scared me, i was calm and relaxed when it happened and it was racing like crazy. it felt like someone siting on my chest. it was a little hard to breath to.it just happened so im a little...

3.5 mm.is she safe? she is now 4 kilos, 1month 15 days, with high breath pattern (not all the time). she didn't take any medications for this issue.

Some good news in the fight against heart disease with new figures released this week, showing deaths from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the US on the decline, albeit that they were somewhat uneven amongst different states and ethnic groups... More...

New research has found that stem cells derived from human cord blood could be an effective alternative in repairing heart attacks. At least 20 million people survive every year, according to World Health Organisation estimates, but many have poor life expectancy and require continual costly...

constant flow heart pump? and how would the human brain react to constant blood flow?

A new non-invasive technique for measuring how well the heart and blood vessels function in patients already suffering from coronary artery disease could, in a single test, identify which abnormally narrowed blood vessels are the most likely to lead to further cardiovascular complications...

The US Secretary of Health recently supported a recommendation that all babies born in the US are to be screened for critical heart defects, before leaving hospital. Behind this decision is a study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, and the West Götaland Region's...

According to researchers in the report "Oral health awareness in adult patients with diabetes: a questionnaire study", published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ), several individuals who suffer with diabetes are not aware that their oral health is closely connected to...

Small bypass vessels which act as a 'back-up system' for the heart's main arteries play a significant role in reducing the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease, according to new research. Researchers from UCL, University of Bern, Yale University and other international...

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...endomondo on my i-phone? Does any1 know of a good heart rate monitor with bluetooth that will work with endomondo on my i-phone.

Just wondered if anyone has ever heard of this. Anytime I stand for prolonged amounts of time, for example, it happens most when washing dishes, I start having heart palpitations. You know, my heart starts racing out of nowhere and skips a beat every other or every few beats... I'm pregnant, but...

Treatment with the calcium-sensitizing drug levosimendan may be effective in improving muscle function in patients with respiratory muscle weakness, which often accompanies chronic diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure, according to...

People who are exposed to higher levels of traffic pollution have a higher risk of heart attack for about six hours, researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal). The authors say that those with diagnosed heart disease should...

This is a story I heard from a friend directly quoted. "We had been doing drugs that night, I popped 18 Coriciden Cough and cold pills to start off and then drank an entire large bottle of Delsym followed by two other small bottles of delsym if I remember correctly, then we chilled and tripped...

I'm getting tested for a ulcer an a bowel ulcer, my stomach hurts as if I'm hungry, This morning after eating a tomato and ham sandwich I got this cramp like feeling in my stomach, that went away after awhile, Then after I ate lunch I started to feel discomfort in my stomach then a burning...