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Health Tip: Managing Workplace Stress HealthDay via Yahoo! News Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:59 PM PDT (HealthDay News) -- No one's job is stress-free. But it's important to curtail workplace stress as much as possible to help quash possible side effects, including weight gain, high blood pressure and increased risk of heart attack. Exercise may help ease depression in heart failure Reuters.co.uk Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:52 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with heart failure who are also depressed may benefit from regular, moderate exercise, a new study suggests. Study finds people have difficulty controlling multiple chronic conditions EurekAlert! Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:36 PM PDT Most people who have diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol have difficultly managing all three conditions; indeed, success is fleeting for those who do manage all three, according to a Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Research study that appears online in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Exercise May Fight Depression From Heart Failure WebMD Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:36 PM PDT Exercise helps people with heart failure feel a bit better, physically and emotionally, a new study shows. It may also cut a person’s risk of dying or winding up in the hospital. Exercise results in modest reduction in depressive symptoms for patients with chronic heart failure EurekAlert! Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:32 PM PDT ( JAMA and Archives Journals ) Patients with chronic heart failure who participated in exercise training had modest reductions in symptoms of depression after 12 months, compared with usual care Exercise boosts mental and physical health of heart failure patients EurekAlert! Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:32 PM PDT ( Duke University Medical Center ) Moderate exercise helps ease depression in patients with chronic heart failure, and is also associated with a small but significant reduction in deaths and hospitalizations, according to a large, international study lead by researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Study allays concerns about endoscopic vein harvesting during heart surgery EurekAlert! Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:31 PM PDT ( Duke University Medical Center ) Using an endoscope to guide the removal of leg veins used in heart surgery is as safe as using large, ankle-to-groin incisions, according to a study by Duke University Medical Center researchers. Man whose 6 children died in Fort Edward fire dies of heart attack The Saratogian Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:31 PM PDT FORT EDWARD â€" Authorities say Lewis Carl Smith II died of a heart attack early Sunday morning, but his death certificate could easily say he died of a broken heart. Database Helps Ease Concerns About Heart Surgery Approach Newswise Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:27 PM PDT JAMA study using STS National Database shows a minimally invasive vein harvesting approach used during heart surgery is as safe as a more invasive vein harvesting procedure while also leading to fewer complications. The FDA requested that the STS National Database be used for this study because it is the premier clinical data registry for cardiothoracic surgery. The study's senior author is Dr ... Medical staff train in high-tech lab The MidWeek Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:17 PM PDT DurRay Sanchez-Torres, KishHealth System’s clinical development coordinator for simulation training, checks Kish Hospital’s iStan unit for a heart beat in the new simulation lab.

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