Word: cardiac
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...sensible practice of yoga does more than slap a Happy Face on your cerebrum. It can also massage the lymph system, says Dr. Mehmet Oz, a cardiac surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. Lymph is the body's dirty dishwater; a network of lymphatic vessels and storage sacs crisscross over the entire body, in parallel with the blood supply, carrying a fluid composed of infection-fighting white blood cells and the waste products of cellular activity. Exercise in general activates the flow of lymph through the body, speeding up the filtering process; but yoga in particular promotes...
...CARDIAC BLUES Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but depression seems to make it weaker. A four-year study of nearly 3,000 Dutch men and women concludes that cardiac deaths are three to four times as high for those who suffer from major depression. The cause is probably a combination of the physiological consequences of depression and an unhealthy lifestyle--more common among the depressed. Treating the blues may be a great way to prevent ailing hearts...
...anyone in the Bush Administration deserves a day off, it's Dick Cheney. From the budget to energy policy to national security and foreign affairs, there's almost no major issue that doesn't feel his touch. But last week, just two days after he underwent his second cardiac surgery in three months, the 60-year-old Vice President was back at his desk--his return hastened, perhaps, by a boss who insisted there was no reason for Cheney to even consider slowing down. "He's very important," the President said. "He is needed. This country needs his wisdom...
...really how you cope in situations that's critical," says Dr. James Blumenthal of Duke University. "Do you have control over your day and your schedule?" Studies have also linked depression or the lack of a trusted circle of friends and family to a greater likelihood of cardiac complications...
That doesn't mean that Cheney shouldn't look for ways to ease the pressures of his life. Blumenthal and his colleagues at Duke have found that relaxation exercises and a few changes in attitude helped lower the risk of heart complications in their cardiac patients 74% over a three-year period. "They can modify how they handle stress," Blumenthal says, "without affecting their ability to be successful...