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...deadly heart attack and a 34% lower risk of heart disease than women who ate it less than once a month. Another study compared blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids from fish and found that men with the highest levels had an 81% lower risk of sudden cardiac death than those with the lowest levels. Bottom line: eat oily fish like salmon and mackerel at least twice a week...
...second study, conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reported that babies conceived through what doctors call assisted reproductive technologies (ART) have 2.6 times the risk of low or very low birth weight--a significant risk factor for cardiac and cognitive problems. "Our findings are controversial," concedes Dr. Jennifer Kurinczuk, a perinatal epidemiologist at the University of Leicester in England, who co-authored the birth-defects study, "and they aren't going to be the final word on the issue. But parents should be aware of the controversy...
...rule, it's not a good idea to pick up a gun, take over the emergency room of a hospital and threaten to kill your family's cardiac surgeon. But that's what Denzel Washington's character does in the film John Q. when his son is denied the heart transplant he needs to survive. And if box-office reaction is any indication, plenty of frustrated health-care consumers have at least fantasized about doing the same thing: John Q., released in late February, hit No. 1 in its first week and stayed near the top. But does HMO hell...
...Cardiac surgery is big stuff and you have to have faith in your own abilities. Adams wanted to be his own man and run his own show,” Tilney added...
...Sinai’s new team of four cardiac and thoracic surgeons is led by renowned surgeon Dr. David Adams, formerly an associate departmental chief and assistant professor at Brigham...