admin | May 23, 2010
EECP - Enhanced External Counterpulsation
Detailed Article for Physicians
Enhanced External Counterpulsation
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Discussed during the “Cardiology Update, 1997″ October 16-18, 1997
at the Carmel Valley Ranch Resort, Carmel, CA
Directed by William W. Parmley, MD, FACC
and Kanu Chatterjee, MBBS, FRCP, FACC
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admin | May 23, 2010
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admin | May 23, 2010
Prolotherapy is also known as nonsurgical ligament reconstruction,
and is a treatment for chronic pain
Prolotherapy is helpful for what conditions?
The treatment is useful for many different types of musculoskeletal pain, including arthritis, back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, sports injuries, unresolved whiplash injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic tendonitis, partially torn tendons, ligaments and cartilage, degenerated or herniated discs, TMJ and sciatica.
What is prolotherapy?
First, it is important to understand what the word prolotherapy itself means. “Prolo” is short for proliferation, because the treatment causes the proliferation (growth, formation) of new ligament tissue in areas where it has become weak.
admin | May 23, 2010
PERSONAL HEALTH; More Isn’t Always Better in Coronary Care
Ira’s story is a classic example of invasive cardiology run amok.
Ira, of Hewlett, N.Y., was 53 when he had an exercise stress test as part of an insurance policy application. Though he lasted the full 12 minutes on the treadmill with no chest pain, an abnormality on the EKG led to an angiogram, which prompted the cardiologist to suggest that a coronary artery narrowed by atherosclerosis be widened by balloon angioplasty, with a wire-mesh tube called a stent inserted to keep the artery open.
admin | May 23, 2010
Stent Shocker: They Don’t Stop Heart Attacks
Matthew Herper and Robert Langreth 03.26.07, 2:37 PM ET
AtheroGenics: Promise And Peril
New Drug Takes Aim At Stents
Long Road Ahead For Heart Stem Cells
Stent Shocker: They Don’t Stop Heart Attacks
Study Says Stents Don’t Prevent Heart Attacks
Bad Cholesterol’s Comeback
The Mystery Of Pfizer’s Toxic Pill
Merck And Schering Seek To Co-opt Lipitor
Debate Over J&J Heart Failure Drug Continues
A New Hope For Schering-Plough
A Heart-Pumping Meeting
admin | May 23, 2010
Overuse of stents in heart cases reported
By Marilynn Marchione
Associated Press / January 15, 2009
MILWAUKEE - A new study gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care.
Fewer deaths, heart attacks, and repeat procedures occurred when doctors implanted fewer of these tiny artery props, using the blood-flow test to decide when they were truly needed, the study found.
Results were published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine.
admin | May 14, 2010
Angina Patient Benefits From Noninvasive EECP Therapy
Main Category: Stroke
Also Included In: Heart Disease; Cardiovascular / Cardiology
Article Date: 22 Sep 2009 - 0:00 PDT
At age 76, Jackie Guild, a survivor of multiple heart attacks and strokes, has a new spring in her step and blush on her cheeks, thanks to the persistence of her daughter and ardent medical advocate, Donna Dellaganna.
Dellaganna credits her mother’s heightened vitality to the outpatient therapy and cardiac rehabilitation programs Guild has been receiving at the University of Virginia Health System.
admin | May 14, 2010
Marjorie L. King1 and Steven W. Lichtman
(1) Helen Hayes Hospital, Route 9W, West Haverstraw, NY 10993, USA
Published online: 18 April 2009
Abstract Underutilization of cardiac rehabilitation/secondary prevention programs (CR) has been well documented in women despite studies demonstrating improved outcomes and decreased mortality. Barriers to participation in CR are categorized as provider, environmental, and patient related. Provider barriers include a historically male and middle-aged referral population, physician misconceptions regarding who should be referred to and who can benefit from CR, lack of geographically accessible programs, and miscommunication between physicians and facilities. Environmental barriers include financial and transportation issues. Patient barriers mirror some provider barriers, including misconceptions as to whether women should participate in and can benefit from CR. Because women have many responsibilities at work and home, CR may be a low priority, and various issues can preclude participation in group exercise. This review addresses sex-specific issues in relation to CR utilization and explores potential solutions to these barriers.
admin | May 14, 2010
admin | May 14, 2010
From the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress
Lifestyle choices can override genetic risk of heart disease
Simple decisions such as eating a healthy diet and regular physical activity can override bad genes, says one of Canada’s leading genetic researchers
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