American Institute for Preventive MedicineHeart Attack. What to do in case of a heart attack. A heart attack may have warning signs. (See below). It can occur without signs, too..
What Doctors Don't Tell YouNicorandil, marketed in the UK as Ikorel, is a powerful potassium-channel activator to treat angina pectoris (severe chest pains), and a recent study suggests it is a very effective one.
I was put on a new blood pressure drug as I was told that one of the drugs I had been taking for years had been found to be no good for hypertension.
In April, I reluctantly began taking the ACE-inhibitor ramipril, hoping it might regress LVH [left ventricular hypertrophy]. My GP gave me some responsibility for handling the dosage so that I could slowly build it up to 5 mg daily. I reached [this...
For 20 years, I have had angina as a side-effect of thyroxine (a hormone therapy for an underactive thyroid). Do you know of any way to counteract or prevent this pain? - Shirley Kingsley, via e-mail
Every doctor envisages himself as engaged in an unholy war against the tyrannical, all-engulfing enemy, the Sauron of modern disease.
Contrary to popular belief, the symptoms of angina pectoris (lack of oxygen to the heart) may not always lead to heart disease. Instead it can lead to immediate increased resistance to heart attac ...
People with angina have significantly lower levels of vitamins C, E and carotene(from vitamin A) than healthy individuals and could benefit from higher levels of these nutrients. ... ...
It’s been just a few short months since Avastin (bevacizumab) was being hailed as the great new breakthrough drug for cancer therapy. It is the first drug designed to stop angiogenesis, the development of new blood vessels to carry vital nutrients...
There’s a range of options from alternative medicine you can try if you have been diagnosed with early-stage heart disease. If you are suffering from angina pectoris (pain in the chest, legs or arms caused by narrowing of the arteries), then...
