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89Why Migraine Headache Symptoms: Sound, Light, Smell, Numb Face, Pounding Head, Aura, Vomiting, and MSG
One of my 21st century habits is to head for the Internet whenever I have a question. How to install a headlamp motor, where to buy parts for my tile saw, where to buy a soap dispenser for a dishwasher, and what to do when a child has a fever are...
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71Heart Healthy Food: Kelp
Seaweed (kelp, dulse and nori) has been found to to be a heart healthy food. Over 100 published research studies find that it contains bioactive peptides that act similarly to ACE inhibitor drugs and it contains essential amino acids that have been shown to reduce atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
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81Little Known Facts About Hair Removal
I have many times wanted to shave my head, having tired of hair care and hair styles altogether. During these times I think back to the Parisian trend of the 1970s in which ladies shaved their heads completely and wore hats that comprised a band of...
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79The DHA Dilemma: Why Vegetarians Need to Make Just One Exception in Their Diet
DHA (short for docosahexaenoic acid) is a long chain omega-3 fatty acid with 22 carbon atoms that is absolutely essential for life and health. DHA is incorporated into cell walls or membranes, where it serves...
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77Atherosclerosis - Biology - AS Level
Atherosclerosis is a dangerous disease process that leads to coronary heart diseases and strokes. Fatty deposits can either block an artery completely or increase the chance of an artery being blocked by a blood clot. If a block occurs (from the...
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83Feeling Lightheaded or Dizzy: What are Symptoms of a Heart Condition?
Are dizziness or lightheadedness symptoms of a heart condition? Describes orthostatic hypotension and provides a brief glimpse at heart failure and arteriosclerosis.
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73Cause And Cure Of Heart Attacks
The underlying cause of heart attacks and heart disease is atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis is a medical term for hardening of the arteries. Atheroma is the formation of masses of yellowish fatty and cellular material in the inside walls of the...
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72KNOW YOUR HEART
The heart is the central organ of the blood-vascular system and consists mainly of a hollow muscle of conical form that pumps blood into a set of outgoing vessels - arteries and through them to all parts of...
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88Your LDL cholesterol reading may be 40 points off
This article exposes a shocking and little-known fact about the way cholesterol screening is typically performed in the USA, and how for certain people, the results may be extremely misleading.
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79Framework and Treatment of Heart Disease: Free Radicals (Chelation Therapy) Versus Risk Factors (Bypass Surgery)
Two schools of thought in medicine are compared. One, using risk factors, as causes of heart disease, under conventional medicine; another, free radicals as causes, under the alternative free radical theories of disease. Angioplasty and coronary bypass surgery belong in risk factors; infusion chelation therapy belong in free radicals.
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