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Vegetarian Atkins diet lowers heart risks: study Reuters Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:17 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A vegetarian version of the Atkins low-carb diet may help people lose weight and lower levels of bad cholesterol in the blood, Canadian researchers said on Monday. Vegetarian version of Atkins diet lowers weight, heart risks CBC.ca Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:12 PM PDT Replacing meat-based protein in the Atkins low-carb diet with veggie-based protein may help people to lose weight and lower levels of bad cholesterol, Canadian researchers say. Know Your Odds for Heart Failure HealthDay via Yahoo! News Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:04 PM PDT MONDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- Avoiding four key risk factors -- overweight, smoking, hypertension and diabetes -- can go a long way to keeping you safe from a major killer, heart failure. Gabon's President Bongo dies in Spanish clinic The Star Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:03 PM PDT BARCELONA/LIBREVILLE (Reuters) - Gabon's President Omar Bongo, Africa's longest-serving leader, died on Monday of a heart attack in a Spanish clinic after more than four decades of tight control over the central African oil-producing nation. Health risks begin in overweight range, BMI doesn't tell whole story PhysOrg Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:53 PM PDT Being overweight is a health concern, and using only body mass index (BMI) to determine weight classification may not give an accurate picture of a person's health, according to an advisory published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Diabetes patients should have regular exercise, weight training PhysOrg Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:53 PM PDT To reduce their cardiovascular risk, people with type 2 diabetes should do at least two-and-a-half hours per week of moderate-intensity or one-and-a-half hours per week of vigorous-intensity aerobic exercises, plus some weight training, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. 4 risk factors raise probability of developing precursor of heart failure PhysOrg Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:52 PM PDT Four well-known risk factors for heart attack significantly increased the size of the heart's left ventricle, a key precursor of heart failure, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Plant-Based, Low-Carb Diet May Promote Weight Loss and Improve Cholesterol Newswise Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:47 PM PDT Overweight individuals who ate a low-calorie, low-carbohydrate diet high in plant-based proteins for four weeks lost weight and experienced improvements in blood cholesterol levels and other heart disease risk factors, according to a report in the June 8 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A high-carbohydrate, low-fat vegetarian diet also resulted in weight ... Former Cleveland Browns defensive lineman dead at age 39 The Cleveland Plain Dealer Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:37 PM PDT CLEVELAND -- Former Browns defensive lineman Pio Sagapolutele died of a massive stroke and heart attack on Sunday night. He was 39. Sagapolutele, a native of American Samoa who had one of the most unforgettable surnames in Browns history, was... Houston Northwest Medical Center Receives American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance ... PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:37 PM PDT Houston Northwest Medical Center recently received the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease Gold Performance Achievement Award and the Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure Gold Performance Achievement Award.

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