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Kate Winslet's heart will go on and on Daily Telegraph Mon, 11 May 2009 14:11 PM PDT Kate Winslet made a packet out of the film Titanic so Mandrake is heartened to hear that with her costar Leonardo DiCaprio and the director James Cameron she has contributed to a £20000 fund to help Millvina Dean pay the fees of her nursing home in Southampton. Heart Protein Regulates Blood Vessel Maintenance redOrbit Mon, 11 May 2009 14:06 PM PDT In a study led by Akiko Hata, PhD, of Tufts University School of Medicine, researchers have shown that a protein expressed in the heart, FHL2, inhibits the genes necessary for the quiescence of vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs), which line blood vessels. Women who follow blood pressure-lowering diet have reduced risk for heart failure PhysOrg Mon, 11 May 2009 14:02 PM PDT A diet designed to prevent and treat high blood pressure also may be associated with a lower risk of heart failure among women, according to a report in the May 11 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. St. Jude Medical Announces European Approval of Its Newest Heart Failure Devices Which Enable More Efficient ... Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 11 May 2009 14:00 PM PDT ST. PAUL, Minn.----St. Jude Medical, Inc. today announced European CE Mark approval of its Promote Accel™ implantable cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator . The Promote Accel CRT-D automatically tailors treatment to individual patient needs by measuring the heart's reaction to therapy and ensuring that the heart is responding, providing the dual benefit of added safety for the patient ... Swine flu claims first victim South Sound Business Examiner Mon, 11 May 2009 13:58 PM PDT A Snohomish County man in his 30s with underlying heart conditions died last week with what appears to be complications of swine-origin influenza. This is the first death in Washington associated with the new flu strain. Gossip Girl CW Arkansas Mon, 11 May 2009 13:53 PM PDT Heart disease is the nation's leading cause of death. What can you do to reduce the risk of heart disease? Mediterranean Diet May Boost Eye Health WebMD Mon, 11 May 2009 13:51 PM PDT Eating a Mediterranean-style diet rich in fish, nuts, and olive oil may help save your sight as well as your heart, studies show. Walking often and far reduces risks in heart patients PhysOrg Mon, 11 May 2009 13:47 PM PDT An exercise program that burns a lot of calories reduced cardiac risk factors better than standard cardiac rehabilitation in overweight coronary patients, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. News & Star The News and Star Mon, 11 May 2009 13:43 PM PDT WorkingtonTown skipper Andrew Beattie is used to exerting himself physically but this time he is going outside his comfort zone to help a charity close to his heart. Diet Prescribed to Lower Blood Pressure Also Reduces Women's Risk of Heart Failure Newswise Mon, 11 May 2009 13:42 PM PDT The DASH diet was initially developed to help patients lower their blood pressure, but a large study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) demonstrates that women who followed the diet also significantly reduced their risk of developing heart failure.

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