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Heavy Traffic Can Be Heartbreaking

... SUNDAY, Nov. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The decline in highway traffic ... emissions are among a long list of risk factors for heart disease and stroke. "There's a very coherent and consistent body ... (original story)

NKorea releases more photos of Kim amid reported ill health

... apparent attempt to dispel rumours that a stroke left him partially paralysed. State television said ... supply service facilities," the agency added. Kim's health is the subject of intense speculation because ... (original story)

UPDATE 1-North Korea squeezes South with border clampdown

... reports that leader Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke in August, which raised questions about stability ... home but leaves unanswered questions about his health in the outside world because there is ... (original story)

Student's death touches many

... fifth likely on the way, and a stroke. He also suffered through debilitating migraine headaches ... raised by his grandparents because of the health concerns. That meant some drastic changes for ... sure he didn't push the limits and endanger his health. Despite the physical challenges, Eric ... (original story)

Guest column: Bay area hospitals lead push against smoking

... the body, and many heart attacks and strokes, could be prevented if Americans stopped smoking. ... years earlier than a nonsmoker. The relative risk of getting a heart attack is much ... It is the key to a long, healthy life and the only prevention strategy that ... (original story)

Bringing His Brand Of Politics To Sacto

... expected to continue his push for universal health care, gay rights, tenant protections, campaign finance ... health insurance: his father dying from a stroke in a hospital charity ward and his ... (original story)

Obama looks to FDR for answers

... have to do with his agenda on health care and energy and the environment." Obama ... to oil and gas drilling. With the stroke of a pen, he also could shutter ... (original story)

Stroke During Pregnancy

... Although suffering a stroke during pregnancy is a rare event, there ... well-known reasons why pregnancy places women at risk. Three important reasons are increased blood pressure ... (original story)

Propofol pretreatment attenuates aquaporin-4 over-expression and alleviates cerebral edema after transient focal brain ischemia reperfusion in rats.

CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that prestroke treatment with propofol reduces postischemic cerebral edema in rats, possibly through inhibiting AQP4 over-expression in the boundary zone of ischemia. PMID: 19020152 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia) (original story)

Cardiac performance during exercise in patients with fabry's disease.

Conclusions The majority of patients with Fabry's disease were able to augment stroke volume during exercise by increasing end-diastolic volume, whereas patients with more advanced cardiac involvement may experience the inability to increase cardiac output by the Frank Starling mechanism. PMID: ... (original story)

Eric Harr: Learn to swim with grace and gusto

... you don't know the mechanics of the stroke, you'll plod torturously through the water. Consider ... segments on CBS radio and a new health/fitness podcast at www.harrcast.com. For more information, visit ... (original story)

Dyer County squads blow past Haywood County

... their lead to 31-21 behind the smooth stroke of Brittney Cranford who added eight points ... the Tomcats. If the Choctaws can stay healthy, and continue their unselfishness on the court, ... (original story)

17th Annual Congress on Women's Health Convenes March 27-29, 2009 in Williamsburg, VA

... prestigious group of physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare providers will gather in Williamsburg, VA on ... Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, American College of Physicians-Virginia Chapter, American ... Women, American Thyroid Associatio... (original story)

Specter of financial wipeout haunts Germans

... The people of Europe's biggest economy are "risk averse" as a result, according to Manfred ... In 1948, most savings vanished at the stroke of a pen when the old currency ... (original story)

HEALTH BRIEFS for Nov. 23

... and Dr. Kenneth Liebman recently joined Capital Health System of Trenton with their team of ... clinical staff, as part of the new Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center of New Jersey. The ... for the treatment of stroke and cerebrovascular disease, including the areas only biplane angiography s... (original story)





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