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Heart attacks most often occur during the daytime, generally between 6 a.m. and noon. A nighttime heart attack, when the heart should be at rest, means that something unusual has happened, according to Dr. Virend Somers. Dr. Somers, a cardiologist from the Mayo Clinic. is the lead author of a report in the July 29 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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It’s not something your doctors want you to worry about. Really. Still, it’s unsettling: With enough time, energy and expertise, a pacemaker can be hacked. Implanted devices that keep ailing hearts beating steadily need better protection, the team that hacked into one is telling regulators and manufacturers.
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If you are like many Americans, you probably drink alcohol, at least on occasion. Previous studies have shown that moderate drinking (one drink a day for women or anyone over 65, and two drinks a day for men under 65) is probably safe, and may even have health benefits. However, heavy alcohol consumption can negatively affect almost every system in the body, and new findings indicate that women face greater risks to their heart health than their male counterparts.
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Between 1950 and 2000, the death rate from heart disease in the United States plummeted nearly 70 percent, and the death rate from stroke nearly 80 percent. However, although we’re dying of heart attack and stroke less often, we’re still getting cardiovascular disease just as often. In fact, some factors that put us at risk, such as obesity and diabetes, have become more common.
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This is a story about nothing. Its subject is you, unconscious. And me, striving for unconsciousness. It’s about what’s happening to us between the hours of 10:15 p.m. and 7 a.m., when we should be hanging z’s like Twins fans hang KKKKs with Johan Santana on the mound.
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Guys, listen up. When it comes to high blood pressure, the apple doesn’t fall very far from the tree. That’s according to new study results that show if your parents have high blood pressure , you are likely to have it as well. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University tracked 1,160 men, first interviewed when they were medical students. The men were surveyed every year until they were in their 90s.
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Experts say wine tends to get most of the attention when it comes to the health benefits of alcohol primarily because of the French paradox, a reference to the relatively low rate of heart disease in France in spite of a diet high in saturated fat. The idea is that daily sips of Merlot make the difference.
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Human beings spend on average one third of their lives asleep. We know we need to sleep but most of us have never really given a whole lot of thought to why. Why do we spend seven or eight hours a night immobile and unconscious? What really happens inside our brains and bodies while we’re sleeping?
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If you can burn an extra three hundred calories, six days a week, that’s enough to lose an extra twenty five pounds in a year. There are lots of ways to sneak in exercise without it taking any extra time out of your day.
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An extremely low calorie liquid diet can help severely obese people shed almost half their body fat, experts have found. Specialists have helped a Victorian man lose more than 70kg in a year by putting him on a strict portion-controlled, calorie-precise diet.
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