Thursday, October 28, 2010

sodium cause heart disease, diabetes, etc

How do foods high in fat/sugar/sodium cause heart disease, diabetes, etc?

Diabetes - 4 Answers
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Lipids deposit onto the inside of your arteries, restricting blood flow.
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The fat and sodium cause an increase in blood pressure which causes your heart to work harder which leads to heart disease. If this is for school or something you may want to google search for the anatomy and physiology of these conditions
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they put on the weight.
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diabetes can easily be caused by weight gain, fats and sugars, and then heart disease is caused by the heart over working to pump blood though the body, which can easily happen by eating lots of salts, fats and sugars

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Sunday, October 24, 2010

What physicians help to diagnose, treat and correct congenital heart defects or congenital heart disease

What physicians help to diagnose, treat and correct congenital heart defects or congenital heart disease?

Heart Diseases - 2 Answers
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A cardiologist. There are different types of cardiologists, there are those that deal with the structure of the heart and those that deal with the electrical impulses that "power" the heart but any doctor dealing with something having to do with the heart is a cardiologist.
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A pediatric cardiologist and / or a pediatric cardio-thoracic surgeon. The field of pediatric cardiology was essentially created by Helen Taussig of Johns Hopkins. Dr. Taussig was partially deaf due to a childhood infection. She therefore went to McGilll in Canada as they had the largest store of pathological specimens of congential heart lesions. She returned to Baltimore with the idea that congenital heart lesions were a matter of faulty 'plumbing'. Dr. Taussig approached Hopkins surgeon Alfred Blalock with the notion that Tetrology of Fallot or so-called blue baby syndrome could be surgically repaired. In the 1940s heart surgery on adults was a novelty and there had been no attempt at performing surgery on the heart of a child. Dr. Blalock suggested that Dr. Taussig work with laboratory assistant Vivien Thomas. Dr. Taussig and Mr. Thomas experimented on animals for many months. These 2 then convinced Dr. Blalock to attempt such a surgical procedure the likes of which had quite literally never been done before. On November 29, 1944 with Denton Cooley as an Intern and surgical assistant Taussig and Thomas told Dr. Blalock step by painful step what to connect where. The Blalock-Taussig shunt worked! and this surgical procedure made the front page of every newspaper in the world within 24 hours. Thus not only did Dr. Taussig create pediatric cardioglogy she is largely responsible for the field of pediatric cardio-thoracic surgeons that was to follow. I had the honor of meeting Dr. Taussig and Dr. Cooley in Houston decades ago. I have been in the building at Hopkins named for Dr. Blalock but I never had the pleasure of his acquaintance. If I may be of further assistance please let me know. I wish you the very best of health and in all things may God bless. JR

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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Do you think Diabetes is a greater epidemic than heart disease

Do you think Diabetes is a greater epidemic than heart disease?
i'm aware they're related but not entirely the same. What do you think?
Diabetes - 3 Answers
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with the obesity problem in the states yes i do..more kids are now found to have diabetes earlier then ever before..people need to teach their kids how to eat halthy or they are condeming them to die
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Firstly, neither disease is an epidemic...communicable to others. Of the two disease entities, Heart disease is more of a concern as it is more difficult to manage. Diabetes on the other hand is becoming more manageable virtually daily with both injectable and oral medications. The pancreas produces insulin( the cause of diabetes is an imbalance in the amount of insulin produced) but has no direct relation to cardic pathology. Heart Disease has many forms and can range from poor cardiac output to a myocardial infarction so the term is vague. Most patients with diabetes mellitus can have a fairly normal life span, but a cardiac disease can have ominous overtones.
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Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in America today.
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^ Yes, diabetes seems to be on the rise, it seems more adults and children are getting diabetes, especially type 2. There was a time when type 2 was seen in adults and if children had diabetes they most likely had type 1, unfortunately way to many children now have type 2 and some people have type 3 which is a combination of 1 and 2, I read an article about type 3 about a year ago, sorry I don't remember which medical publication I saw it in. There can be so many compilations when you have diabetes, heart disease is only one of them

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Saturday, October 16, 2010

In women, does a lot of body fat around the hips increase or decrease the risk of heart disease

In women, does a lot of body fat around the hips increase or decrease the risk of heart disease?
My teacher says decrease, but I think its increase.
Women's Health - 4 Answers
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to be honest i don't know but i can ask a doctor about it the next time i go to visit.
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decrease. Body fat around the abdomen (being apple-shaped) increases your risk of heart disease. Being pear-chaped is safer than apple-shaped
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That's the wrong direction to look. Total body fat is what suggests one may or may not be susceptible to developing hear disease. Your teacher should, with all due respect, do a bit more research. It ain't the location of the fat that's the indicator we're talking about. Total body fat is also a very incomplete means of determining a person's cardio risks. Age, heredity, level of exercise, the composition of one's daily diet, whether or not one smokes or is exposed to tobacco smoke second-hand - all these are equally important in making that determination, which is why doctors and other health professionals seem to bug you about every aspect of your life. You gotta take good care of you, is what we're telling you! There are ten major factors that determine your risk of developing heart disease, but you can do something about only three of them. Fortunately, those three are the top three factors in heart disease! One, keep your weight under control. Two, don't use tobacco products. Three, devise and stick to a personal exercise program. Oh yeah - and choose the right parents! ...just kidding! Heredity does play a significant role, but yer sorta stuck with the genes y'got!
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It won't decrease your risk but it won't increase it either (unless we're talking about a whole bunch of fat). It's the fat around the waist you've got to look out for, because it builds up around the vital organs

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

How do vitimins deficiences onset heart disease

How do vitimins deficiences onset heart disease?

Heart Diseases - 2 Answers
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The deficiency of B6, b12 and Folic acid raises a dangerous amino acid known as homocysteine. Coenzyme Q10 deficiency can cause high blood pressure, the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, and an inefficient or weak heart muscle. The deficiency of vitamin E (not just d-alpha, but gamma tocopherol and the tocotrienols) is a major contributing factor for the risk of stroke and heart attack.
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Vitamin B1 is needed for cardiac health.Deficiency causes Beri beri in which heart fails. B12 deficiency causes anemia which if severe and if associated with Iron deficiency causes cardiac dilatation and failure

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Friday, October 8, 2010

I think i have heart disease

I think i have heart disease?
I have shortness of breath,irregular hart beat,chest pain. The history of disease are heart disease,breast cancer,diabetes.I really think i have heart disease. Please help.
Heart Diseases - 1 Answers
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you also need to see the doctor and find out by specialists what you have or not. sometimes asthma can flare up and the irregular heart you can take meds for get moving.
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No matter how good you describe it here, people can only guess, and obviously that doesn't sound normal, I have this random thing where i can breathe in and all of a sudden it feels like someone is squeezing my heart and i have to take these tiny breathes for about a minute otherwise it's horrible pain, so i went to the doctor and did three tests and she said it was all fine, but thats still not normal and i still want to know what it is i get, what happens, and what causes it, but atleast it feels good knowing it's not a disease or anything serious...go to the doctor for a check up and hopefully they will put your mind at ease

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Monday, October 4, 2010

24.How does niacin reduce the risk for heart disease and at what dose

24.How does niacin reduce the risk for heart disease and at what dose?

Alternative Medicine - 6 Answers
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They say it lowers cholesterol. But when you take it you get "flushed" and it feels like you're on fire. It probably works like drano in your blood.
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Please tell us where you will practice. I know I don't want anyone who can't learn basic material treating me.
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It lowers cholesterol. I got this advice from a pharmacist and it worked for me, though i can't quite remember how much I took. I recommend that you just call a pharmacy and they will tell you for free. They tend to know how things will affect you better than Mds, as far as side effects. I had adoctor that was a Md and a pharmacist and he did not recommend the niacin he wanted to put me on Lipitor. I happened to go to the pharmacist to get a recommendation and that's when i was told about it. after taking it for a couple months religiously my cholesterol dropped significantly. My doctor told me that I could not get it down like Lipitor could, but I proved him wrong and did not have to worry about the bad side effects of lipitor. Well..I have a new doctor. It does help the heart because of the lowering of cholesterol, but there are side effects with taking too much of anything and so I recommend you go to a pharmacy and ask them. Tell them of any other medicines or supplements you are taking and always consult a doctor. I hope you have an open minded doctor.
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By lowing the c-reactive protein and interleukin 6 levels that increase the inflammation in the blood vessels of the heart. the flushing may be eliminated by always taking it with a full meal. 500 mg to1000 mg
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so just in case , do you know that nicotinamide the other form of B3 is useless in reducing cholesterol? 500mg a day of niacin will reduce cholesterol I've heard. if you split it up thew the day it will stop some of the flushing. with all due respect to EMT-B , i've taken niacin for a long time and even if its with a full meal with 500mg I'll get a flush. maybe he uses a timed release verity. anyway i dont mind the flush, i kind of like it. i some times have a cold shower when its happening and i feel real refreshed. some more things that could help are, lecithin, vitamin E, apples and grape fruits for their pectin which takes some cholesterol out of the system, and increase your water. water can lower cholesterol. find out about the book , your body's many cries for water. i don't know how to spell his name but he is a Dr and water actually dose help blood pressure and cholesterol.
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I might be crasy but I like the niacin flush espechaly when its cold out. but I wish I could rember where I read that if you take asprin with it like an hour befor you wont flush might try that

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Friday, October 1, 2010

Is There A Link Between Teeth Problems And Heart Disease

Is There A Link Between Teeth Problems And Heart Disease?
I'm sure it relates in some way to bad breath and tooth decay.
Dental - 3 Answers
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I don't think it does
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Bacterial Endocarditis Can have several causes, one of which is bacteria entering the blood stream during dental work (blood is normal completly free of bacteria). If Streptococci ,which are part of the normal flora of the human mouth, enter the blood stream, they can circulate and come to infect the inner layer of the heart - the endocardium -especially if it is already in some why damaged or if the valves have a defect.
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Yes, you're right. There's a relation between teeth problems and heart disease -- specially the role of oral bacteria in the onset of cardiovascular disease. The cause for this is poor oral hygiene, which allows certain pathogens in the mouth to accelerate the formation of plaque in the aorta (the main artery of the body supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system). The link between oral health and systemic health has been the subject of university research for a while and also actively reported by medical journals like the Journal of Periodontology. But the critical thing for you and me -- the folks outside the labs -- is to be aware of the symptoms of teeth problems when they first occur. Symptoms that include bad breath, tooth decay and gingivitis. Bad breath may seem like a minor 'social problem' at first, but it signals the onset of something bigger on the health front. Diet, drinks and lifestyle all contribute to diseases that few take seriously till they become full-blown maladies. Take care of the root cause -- the minor thing -- so you don't have to worry about how big a cavity or bleeding gums can become

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