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    How An AED Can Save Yor Life

    By on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | 24 Comments

    Defibrillators are those devices you’ve probably seen in TV dramas, where someone  has suffered a heart attack and is in cardiac arrest, but is brought back to life from the brink by an electric shock from two metal plates applied to the victims chest. One or two jolts of electricity and the victim regains consciousness [...]

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    Atrial Fibrillation–What It Is And How To Deal With It

    By on Friday, October 16th, 2009 | 11 Comments

    To understand what atrial fibrillation is we first have to understand what is happening with a healthy heart. Though the heart is a complicated organ with a very serious job to do, we can picture the heart quite simply picture two sets of paired chambers, one larger pair sits on top of the lower, smaller [...]

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    Cholesterol In Shrimp Is Good for You

    By on Sunday, September 27th, 2009 | 15 Comments

      People are concerned about the cholesterol levels of foods like meat, eggs, and dairy products. In the case of shrimp, however, the cholesterol anecdote is special. Studies show the high percentage of good fats in shrimp lowers the part that cholesterol plays in the body. Most people can eat shrimp as part of a balanced [...]

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    Preventing Heart Disease

    By on Monday, July 20th, 2009 | 3 Comments

               Regis Philbin Talks About His Heart Battle Close To 25% of all deaths are caused by heart disease caused by clogged or ‘furred up’ coronary (heart) arteries, an illness also known as atherosclerosis which results from elevated blood cholesterol levels. A essential component of heart disease is your lifestyle and what you eat. [...]

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