Heart attacks seem to be sudden, but that?s not the truth. Signs and symptoms of a heart attack need to be recognized. These help in quick medical attention, as well as saving lives.
A common sign of an impending heart attack is discomfort or slight pain. The discomfort occurs mostly in the chest area. It is [...]
Anoxic brain injury is a type of brain damage brought about by the absence of oxygen distributed to the brain. It is a condition wherein there is no or little oxygen introduced into the tissues of the brain even if blood flow is sufficient. This condition is usually caused by an interruption of the respiratory. [...]
A heart attack is the result of blockages in the coronary arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart. These blockages pause or cease blood flow into the heart, leading to pain in and the eventual death of the heart muscle. Since the heart is the organ that filters good blood from bad and [...]
Cholesterol tests are much different from any other medical test you get. This is because they are not used to diagnose a disease, but rather to prevent one ? specifically heart disease. High cholesterol levels have been linked with hardening of the arteries, heart disease and a much higher risk of death from [...]
Bilirubin is a yellow pigment released from dead red blood cells into your bloodstream. Recent research shows that having high blood levels of bilirubin may help to prevent heart attacks.
Researchers at the University of in Utah School of Medicine showed that men and women with high blood levels of bilirubin have an extraordinarily low chance [...]
Leg clots occur without warning with sudden pain and swelling in a leg muscle, usually the calf. This is a particularly dangerous condition because the clot can break lose from the veins in the leg, travel to the lungs and block blood flow to kill a person. In a report in the British [...]
Cholesterol is the fatty and waxy substance produced by the body in order to provide fat to the arteries and its surrounding walls. It also helps in producing the sex hormones along with keeping an eye over the artery functions. Very few know that your cholesterol level actually depends upon the season and weather of [...]
You have probably seen newspaper headlines proclaiming that wine prevents heart attacks, or that a couple of alcoholic drinks each day will prolong your life. Studies proclaiming the health benefits of alcohol are widely promoted by the wine, beer and alcoholic beverage industries, but they have a major flaw. Researchers from the University of [...]
According to the latest medical theory, chronic inflammation is the root cause of almost every disease suffered by human beings.
That?s right. Many doctors believe persistent, low-level inflammation paves the way for chronic disease, including those we usually experience late in life, e.g. arthritis, heart and kidney disease, and cancer.
As a part of our immune response [...]
Remember the last time you had the flu or a cold? Do you think you heal faster by staying in bed for a day or two or going to work? An extensive review of the medical literature published in the British medical journal, Lancet, showed that there is no evidence that bed rest helps you [...]
