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A must watch YouTube: cardiology

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply April 24, 2013
  • 7 replies
  • Dr. Eric Topol demonstrates the adaptive devices that function now, coming soon, that monitor you in real-time via your smart phone. Wow, is this going to change medicine! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pla ...

It's not the steak, it's the CARNITINE?

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply April 18, 2013
  • 23 replies
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/08/health /study-points-to-new-culprit-in-heart-di sease.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0 The researchers had come to believe that what damaged hearts was not just the thick ...

An excerpt about Calcium and MI Risk

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply April 9, 2013
  • 1 reply
  • http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/08 /thinking-twice-about-calcium-supplement s-2/?src=me&ref=general Of course there is more in the article. They say it's better getting it from food vs supplements ...

Easily see and document vasospasm, maybe arrhythmia and blood flow?

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply March 15, 2013
  • 4 replies
  • I saw this NY Times article and video story and imagined the women and men who have discussed vasospasm, going grey, certainly blood flow and lack of adaptation to heat/cold, etc. Yet, when we are on ...

Two things of note. lower ear lobes and dentists

Chesterbust
  • By Chesterbust · New reply March 6, 2013
  • 9 replies
  • Today I will be gratefull especially for the rest of you that we do have medical coverage in this country. Whe you are in apin and full of fear its good to know you can go somewhere and someone will do ...

Stem Cell Therapy for Cardiomyopathy?

Katie1983
  • By Katie1983 · New reply February 2, 2013
  • 6 replies
  • I have cardiomyopathy caused from a virus. I've heard alot about stem cell therapy. I know its not legally practiced in the U.S. "yet" but I've heard that other countries are already using this as treatment ...

Metoprolol ER 50 mg

MCHsHeart
  • By MCHsHeart · New reply December 15, 2012
  • 33 replies
  • I will be starting this med today after taking Atenolol 50 mg for 20+ yrs (started experiencing side effects a year now). Getting nervous about this drug after reading disturbing side effects. My cardio ...

Question about mortality and risk of dying from CVD for women

Nelson_VA
  • By Nelson_VA · New reply November 28, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • I am interested in learning more about how CVD affects women differently from men. In researching this topic I came across the excellent presentation on TED Talks by Dr. Noel Bairey Merz, "The single ...

Interesting Article On Stem Cells

katski913
  • By katski913 · New reply November 13, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • I just read this article and thought I'd share it with all of you. It looks so promising! http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/06 /stem-cells-vs-heart-attacks/?hpt=he_bn4 ...

Any SoMe topics of interest to you for Mayo conference?

Laura_K
  • By Laura_K · New reply October 9, 2012
  • 6 replies
  • Sorry, this is a bit long, but many of you need the background before getting to my question --- Through a series of good turns and deeds, I am attending the Mayo Clinic conference on Medicine and Social ...

Video: New Heart Muscle Cells in 6-7 years?

Artista
  • By Artista · New reply October 6, 2012
  • 5 replies
  • This is an incredible short video. Very cool what they have to say and how they explain it. Scar tissue from damaged heart muscle cells to contract and work again.... They claim they may be able to do ...

Streisand: $5 M for H/D raised for Cedars!

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply September 25, 2012
  • 8 replies
  • Halleluliah. Barbra has raised millions for Cedars Sinai. Also, Ron Perelman for NY Presbyterian!... How thrilled and grateful I am! Singing From the Heart Patrick Mcmullan/PatrickMcMullan.com Barbra ...

Contact info for Mayo Clinic SCAD Research

KAKLeon
  • By KAKLeon · Posted September 21, 2012
  • 0 replies
  • If you've been diagnosed with SCAD, please consider contacting Mayo Clinic at the number below to participate in this very important research study. The link to the Mayo SCAD study page is: http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2011/08/1 ...

Research: How an Out-Of-Tune Protein Leads to Muscle Demise in HF

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply September 20, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • Scientists...How an Out-Of-Tune Protein Leads to Muscle Demise in Heart Failure ScienceDaily (Sep. 12, 2012) — A new Johns Hopkins study has unraveled the changes in a key cardiac protein that can lead ...

Prolonged CPR Holds Benefits, a Study Shows

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply September 13, 2012
  • 11 replies
  • I am VERY surprised by this! Makes me want to rethink my Advance Directive (!!) NY Times: Prolonged CPR Holds Benefits, a Study Shows By RONI CARYN RABIN When a hospital patient goes into cardiac arrest ...

Ticagrelor? I've Been Asked to Participate in a Drug Study

Siduri
  • By Siduri · New reply August 18, 2012
  • 3 replies
  • Greetings Heart Sisters! Here's wishing you all a wonderful day! :) I have a question regarding the drug Ticagrelor.....Are any of you taking it or have any knowledge of it? The reason I ask is because ...

Ranexa

LAMathis
  • By LAMathis · New reply July 24, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • This is the first time my husband is taking this medication.....History; he has had seven heart attacks and has been cabbaged twice.....There is damage at the bottom of his heart, now they discovered ...

Living in fear

cjvr50208
  • By cjvr50208 · New reply June 27, 2012
  • 2 replies
  • Hi, I am so new to this. I had a quad by pass heart surgery in 2001 at the age of 49. I had 2 heart attacks in 2008 with 2 stents put in. I had a heart attack on April 28th of 2012. They told me I am ...

Just curious, how does SCAD research work?

Kristinemomof3
  • By Kristinemomof3 · New reply June 12, 2012
  • 7 replies
  • Is it just questions answered? Or do you have to actually go somewhere? I just had a SCAD HA last weekend and learning a lot ...

You-Tube...featuring two of our own

MaryLG
  • By MaryLG · New reply May 5, 2012
  • 11 replies
  • An Award for ground-breaking effort. Congrats Katherine and Laura. Both of your speeches are so worth listening to. Thank you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZoF5nMaD NU&feature=relmfu ...

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