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Barber: What's that? You say you get moderate exercise, eat a low-fat diet and don't smoke? Well, that's another story. Those things make more of a difference to your cardiovascular health than any of the things I was talking about. And besides, most of the studies I mentioned are considered suggestive but not definitive. They could even be wrong. Forget everything I said. Let's try combing some hair over from the side to hide that bald spot...
...primary benefit of exercise seemed to be the prevention of heart attacks. Participation in varsity or intramural athletics reduced cardiovascular disease, the study said...
...pharmacist, an immunologist and a psychologist, he is crafting standards for the 10 two-year research projects the office plans to fund at $100,000 each. Jacobs expects to steer clear of alternative therapies already being studied by other NIH departments, including the use of transcendental meditation for cardiovascular disease and acupuncture for substance abuse. "We may look at touch therapy, which is said to make patients better quicker," he says. "Or homeopathy, to relieve allergies, bronchitis or insomnia." He is also intrigued by wood ear, a tree fungus used in making moo shu pork, which is supposed...
Associate professor of cellular and molecular physiology Judith K. Gwathmey and colleagues at the school's cardiovascular diseases laboratories attribute heart failure to decreased response to stimulation rather than to an impaired ability to contract, the previously accepted cause...
...electrocardiograms (EKGs) are used to test for heart disease, women more often show some abnormalities. Consequently, many doctors are apt to ignore a slight irregularity in women's EKGs, explains Dr. Gerald Pohost, "unless it is crystal clear the woman has heart disease." Pohost, director of the division of cardiovascular disease at the University of Alabama Medical Center, thinks that the high rate of EKG errors may result partly from the placement of electrodes on a woman's chest -- more difficult to do because of the female anatomy...