Sleep Deprivation
by Abigail B. September 17th, 2007 | Sleep
Everyone seems to believe that eight hours of sleep is required by everyone. That's not true because we are all different in our sleep requirements. The need for a certain number of hours of sleep is partly inherited. It could be a condition such as depression, heart disease or cancer that causes some to sleep more than others. Afternoon is a normal time to feel less energetic due to the circadian rhythms of sleep. In a week there is an amount of sleep each of us needs When we deprive ourselves of some of that sleep during a few days
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Heart Repair Using Stem Cells
by Abigail B. September 17th, 2007 | Heart Health
One of the hot topics in health news is Stem Cells being used in research.
It has been believed that the human heart is unable to repair itself after a heart attack or injury, causing one to need life cover. New research refutes that belief. Because stem cells can be rejected as a foreign body by ones immune system, stem cells were taken from the bone marrow of a mouse to be implanted in the heart of the same mouse. A heart attack was induced to the mouse and the stem cells were introduced directly in the heart.
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It has been believed that the human heart is unable to repair itself after a heart attack or injury, causing one to need life cover. New research refutes that belief. Because stem cells can be rejected as a foreign body by ones immune system, stem cells were taken from the bone marrow of a mouse to be implanted in the heart of the same mouse. A heart attack was induced to the mouse and the stem cells were introduced directly in the heart.
There was
Heart Disease Risk Factors
by Editorial Team September 13th, 2007 | Diseases, Heart Health
Many of the risk factors in heart disease can be eliminated or changed by making lifestyle changes. Some risk factors such as family history or age cannot be changed. However reducing or changing certain behaviors can affect cardiovascular disease. Smoking (even a hookah) is the number one cause of cardiovascular disease. Smoking lowers the good cholesterol and degenerates arterial health. Smoking combined with birth control pills increases the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Obesity is a major risk factor in heart disease. Women especially who have a lot of fat around the waist are more at risk than those
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Obesity is a major risk factor in heart disease. Women especially who have a lot of fat around the waist are more at risk than those
Benefits of Statins
by Abigail B. September 12th, 2007 | Heart Health, Medication
One of the companies that makes a statin says in their television add “sometimes eating right and exercising is not enough to lower your cholesterol†Eating right and proper exercise (including the use of weight sets) will always be the corner stone to stave off many diseases but for many it is not enough. Many ground breaking studies show that these statins do bring very low levels to LDL, the “bad†cholesterol. arterial plaque will slightly diminish and inflammation can drop dramatically.
The lower inflammation levels accomplished by statins may be one of the most important reasons since inflammation in
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The lower inflammation levels accomplished by statins may be one of the most important reasons since inflammation in