03.31.08

Cheap combo pills best medicine for the heart

Posted in Health_Fitness at 10:40 pm by Luis

Two big studies offer good news to people with high blood pressure, finding that novel ways to use cheap drugs already on the market can lower their risk of heart attacks, stroke and death — even if they are very old.

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Scent-sensitive readers raise a stink over odors

Posted in Health_Fitness at 10:21 pm by Luis

In response to an msnbc.com story about the scent-sensitive among us, readers wrote in with their own stories of odor intolerance.

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Opinion: Children’s health can’t be left to faith alone

Posted in Health_Fitness at 9:12 pm by Luis

Laws in many states permit parents not to seek to required medical care for their children if prayer is involved. That sad circumstance may be about to change.

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No mouth-to-mouth required in new CPR rules

Posted in Health_Fitness at 8:00 pm by Luis

In a major change, the American Heart Association said that hands-only CPR — rapid, deep presses on the victim’s chest until help arrives — works just as well as standard CPR for most adults.

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Cholesterol drug study renews questions

Posted in Health_Fitness at 7:19 pm by Luis

Patients taking the drug Vytorin as a hedge against heart disease should consider switching to proven treatments following a failed trial  — but not without checking with their doctors.

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