Search results for 'arrhythmias or arrhythmia or (fibrillation or fibrillate or fibrillated or fibrillates)'

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Folic Acid: Don't Be Without It!

International Health News - Your Gateway to Better Health Folic acid deficiency is widespread and is associated with an increased risk for heart disease, cancer, depression and many other disorders. A review of the benefits of folic acid FOLIC ACID: DON'T BE WITHOUT IT! by Hans R. Larsen, MSc ChE ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/rfolic_acid.htm 03/27/04, 20520 bytes

Magnesium and heart surgery in children

... heart surgery in children CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. Administration of magnesium has been shown to reduce the incidence of heart surgery related arrhythmias in adults. It has also been observed that the magnesium level in the right atrial tissue is lower in adult patients with postoperative cardiac ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a104g.htm 03/02/04, 5037 bytes

Heart Disease: Causes, Prevention and Treatment

... its most common forms are myocardial infarction (heart attack) and angina pectoris (chest pain). Conduction disturbances, valve malfunctions, and arrhythmias are other common manifestations of heart disease, but their significance pales in comparison with the impact of coronary heart disease. Stroke ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/rheart_disease.htm 03/27/04, 80012 bytes

Heart disease linked to magnetic field exposure

... died (whichever came first). During the survey period 4,238 workers died from a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), 212 workers died from arrhythmia-related causes, 142 from atherosclerosis, and 2,210 from chronic coronary heart disease. Exposure to 60 Hz current is known to reduce heart rate ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a87k.htm 03/02/04, 4644 bytes

Magnesium benefits heart patients

... improve their exercise duration as compared to baseline and the placebo group, but it was also highly significant that none of them experienced an arrhythmia during the test whereas four patients in the placebo group did. The researchers suggest that magnesium may protect the heart against the detrimental ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a109c.htm 03/02/04, 5169 bytes

Fish oils recommended for heart disease prevention

... ). The reviewers believe that the mechanisms by which fish oils exert their protective effect include: * Reduction in susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmia * Decrease in platelet aggregation * Reduction in triglyceride levels * Retardation of atherosclerosis * Lowering of blood pressure * Promotion ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a148f.htm 09/06/04, 5016 bytes

Alternative medicine in ear, nose and throat disorders

... times/day) is effective in the treatment of nausea, indigestion and vomiting. * Hawthorn berry has been shown to be beneficial for atherosclerosis, arrhythmia, and hypertension (160-900 mg extract 2 to 3 times/day). The Committee report concludes that physicians need to educate themselves about alternative ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a118j.htm 03/02/04, 4201 bytes

Adrenaline secretion in panic attacks

... ) does indeed increase dramatically during panic attacks (by an average 153 per cent) and may be accompanied by rapid heart beat and atrial fibrillation. The researchers performed a carefully controlled study of 13 patients with panic disorder and 14 healthy controls. They found no difference in sympathetic ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a80j.htm 11/21/05, 4584 bytes

International Health News Editorial – August 1999

... (Coumadin) is a case in point. Warfarin is aggressively promoted for the prevention of a first stroke in patients suffering from non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Dupont's promotional literature claims that warfarin will reduce the risk of ischemic stroke by 68 per cent in these patients. Sounds like ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/e92.htm 03/02/04, 5750 bytes

Older people benefit from fish oils

... incidence of non-fatal heart attacks. The researchers ascribe this to the fact that EPA and DHA (and perhaps ALA) are known to prevent ventricular arrhythmias – the main factor in sudden cardiac death. Ventricular arrhythmias are not involved in non-fatal heart attacks. The researchers conclude that ...
http://www.yourhealthbase.com/database/a135h.htm 03/02/04, 5178 bytes