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Red dress event focuses on women’s health Ottumwa Courier Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:18 AM PST OTTUMWA â€" To paraphrase an old rock song, “Put on your red dress, ladies ‘cause we’re gonna talk about” women and heart disease awareness. That’s just what several women and girls did Saturday afternoon during the “Red Dress Runway Affair” in Center Court at Quincy Place Mall. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Initiates Coverage for Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Testing Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:18 AM PST TEWKSBURY, Mass.----Cambridge Heart, Inc. , today announced that Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, the second largest private insurer in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, has initiated reimbursement for the Microvolt T-Wave Alternans test. Heart smarts Kingston Whig-Standard Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:14 AM PST Why is it that breast cancer is our top fear as women when it's actually heart disease that is our No. 1 killer? One reason [...] Study says: mental disorders, heart conditions most expensive TechJournal South Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:07 AM PST WASHINGTON - A first-of-its-kind study indicates that mental disorders and heart conditions are the two most expensive medical conditions in the United States in terms of personal health spending. How heart handles anger predicts irregular beat Atlanta Journal-Constitution Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:05 AM PST How the heart handles anger seems to predict who's at risk for a life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Negative emotions like hostility and depression have long been considered risks for developing heart disease, and deaths from cardiac arrest rise after disasters such as earthquakes. But research released Monday goes a step farther, uncovering a telltale pattern in the EKGs of certain heart ... Study: Some heart patients’ telltale reaction to anger predicts risk Texarkana Gazette Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:02 AM PST WASHINGTONâ€"How the heart handles anger seems to predict who’s at risk for a life-threatening irregular heartbeat. Negative emotions like hostility and depression have long been considered risks for developing heart disease, and deaths from cardiac arrest rise after disasters such as earthquakes. Frenchtown dad saves son from heart attack during game The Montana Standard Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:55 AM PST MISSOULA â€" For Maxwell Meyer, it didn't make much sense. First aid training for Grand Harbour Marina staff Maltamedia.com Daily News Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:54 AM PST Grand Harbour Marina recently held a first aid course for its staff by the St John Ambulance Training Association also known as The Training Branch. During the nine session course, the staff were trained in various aspects of first aid, including incident management, casualty management, how to treat fainting, heart attack and other injuries. Ben Stuart, [...] Perceptions have larger effect on stress levels than actual causes Port Clinton News Herald Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:38 AM PST A report from the New England Journal of Medicine stated that a person is more likely to die from a heart attack or stroke between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. on a Monday than at any other time of the week. Why? Lose that belly fat Miami Herald Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:28 AM PST Not to sound like a late-night infomercial, but I have some tips on helping you lose your belly fat. This is not simply a cosmetic issue. Intra-abdominal fat -- also called central obesity -- is associated with increased risk of heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

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