Heart Arrhythmia is an irregularity in heartbeat. Recognizing the symptoms of arrhythmia can lead to faster treatment. Symptoms of arrhythmia may or may not include a noticeable rapid heartbeat. Report symptoms of arrhythmia to your doctor immediately. Heart arrhythmia can be a sign of more serious heart conditions. Leave the diagnoses and treatment of heart ...
Anorexia is a type of eating disorder where the subject in question has excessive weight loss and continues to practice self-starvation. A person who has anorexia is called anorexic. People who are anorexic tend to refuse to keep or maintain a body weight at or above the minimal normal weight for height, body type, age, ...
Holiday Heart Syndrome was first recognized in the 1970’s and given its name in 1978, but has probably been going on for centuries. It is seen in both people who regularly drink a lot of alcohol as well as those who rarely if ever drink except when they are tempted to over imbibe during the ...
Canine bloat, also known as gastric dilation, is the number one killer of several breeds of large dogs. Canine bloat is a painful disorder that sees the dog’s stomach fill with gases that are unable to escape. Studies have shown that such large dog breeds as Great Danes, wolfhounds, Akitas, German Shepherds, greyhounds, bloodhounds, boxers, ...
Every school should have an automated heart defibrillator (AED). These machines save lives; without them survival statistics are dismal. Up to 95% of people die when a heart stops and an AED device is not on site. In American schools, up to 9,000 students per year die due to sudden cardiac problems. Help must arrive ...
Potassium is important for proper function of nerve and muscle cells. It is particularly important because it is involved in the function of one of your body’s most important muscles, your heart. Importance of potassium. Potassium is crucial to a number of other bodily functions, as well. It plays a role in blood pressure, bone ...
Sixty-five percent of America’s adult females are overweight or obese. Last month, this statistic made headlines. News networks and talk shows sometimes treat the subject of weight as if it were a raging epidemic, so much so that phrases like “West Nile Virus” and “Mad Cow Disease” have been all but forgotten. I have visions ...
Animal lovers always told us not to feed our dogs chocolate because it could kill them. I passed off the information as a wive’s tale since I had always slipped a bit of a chocolate treat to my dog, and he never died. As luck would have it, I was researching pet safety for my ...
Chest pain has many causes, and one of them is arrhythmia, which means an abnormal rhythm of the heart. To find out if chest pain can be the only symptom, however, of a heart arrhythmia, I consulted with Peter R. Kowey, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College; Chief, Division of ...
Are you one of the fans who still wonder what killed Elvis? Presley’s drug addiction is well documented and for years it was assumed that a drug overdose was to blame. New forays into music legend’s death come up with a new culprit: deadly constipation. Elvis Presley: Death of a Junkie? Fans point fingers at ...
