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What are Heart Murmurs?
Murmurs can be linked to a damaged or overworked heart valve. Mitral valve or aortic stenosis: Your mitral and aortic valves are on the left side o...
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Heart Attack
A heart attack happens when something blocks the blood flow to your heart so it can’t get the oxygen it needs. Bypass surgery: You might have bypas...
Read moreEnlarged Heart (Cardiomegaly)
In some cases, it can help your doctor figure out what’s causing your enlarged heart. Most often, these treat high blood pressure, but they also im...
Read moreHeart Disease and Beta-Blocker Therapy
You shouldn't take beta-blockers if you have low blood pressure or a slow pulse, because bringing down your heart rate more can cause dizziness and...
Read moreHeart Disease and Antiplatelet Drugs
Antiplatelet drugs are a group of powerful medicines that prevent blood clots. People with bleeding problems, ulcers, or who are planning to have s...
Read moreHow to Boost Your Metabolism with Exercise
Your next workout could set you up for a speedier metabolism. So the time you spend working out reaps benefits long after you stop sweating. You na...
Read moreNormal Blood Sugar Levels for Adults with Diabetes
Normally, your pancreas releases insulin when your blood sugar, or “blood glucose,” gets high -- after a meal, for example. Tight blood sugar contr...
Read moreHypoglycemia: When Your Blood Sugar Gets Too Low
People with diabetes get hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) when their bodies don't have enough sugar to use as fuel. Insulin treatment can cause low b...
Read moreCholesterol Testing and The Lipid Panel
This is especially true when you have low levels of “good” cholesterol, called high- density lipoprotein (HDL). The American Heart Association reco...
Read moreUnderstanding Cholesterol Numbers
The lower your LDL cholesterol number, the lower your risk. Statins are medicines that can help lower cholesterol levels. When it comes to HDL chol...
Read moreWhy Do My Breasts Hurt?
Soreness, swelling, heaviness, shooting or burning pangs, tightness -- whatever the feeling, breast pain hurts. That pain, along with other breast ...
Read moreWhat is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?
Some of these also can be signs of other serious medical conditions, like appendicitis or an ectopic pregnancy (a pregnancy that happens outside th...
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