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Tuesday, March 04, 2003

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** COCOA YOUR HEART **March is National Nutrition Month and this year the focus is oninformed choices to develop sound eating and physical activityhabits. For example, did you know that eating flavonoids canhave cardioprotective effects? To read a related news story,click on the following:Reason to rejoice: chocolate contains heart-healthy nutrients:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/red1.cfm?r=3420&nl=2For more information, visit HeartCenterOnline'sDiet Nutrition Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=251&nl=2** PREVENTING BLOOD CLOTS **After completing a full-dose anticoagulant regimen, study findingssuggest that continuing on low-dose warfarin therapy may be a safeand effective way to reduce the recurrence of deadly blood clots. Toread a related news story, click on the following:Low dose of generic drug guards against clots:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/red1.cfm?r=3412&nl=3For more information, visit HeartCenterOnline's Blood Clot Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=24&nl=3Peripheral Vascular Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=269&nl=3Take our Peripheral Vascular Disease Quiz:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/quiz/index.cfm?nl=3Take our Heart-Healthy Diet Quiz:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/quiz/index.cfm?nl=3** CARDIAC TESTING NEWS **Monitoring patients after an exercise stress test may help to detectcertain heart beat irregularities, according to study findings. Toread a related news story, click on the following:Common heart test yields info after exercise stops:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/red1.cfm?r=3415&nl=3For more information on this topic, visit HeartCenterOnline'sArrhythmia Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=14&nl=3Noninvasive Cardiac Test Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=129&nl=3Take our Arrhythmia Quiz:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/quiz/index.cfm?nl=3Take our Weight Loss Quiz:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/quiz/index.cfm?nl=3

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* Bayer takes out full-page ads in Baycol defense * Medicare seeks plans for treating chronically ill * WHO report favors cutting salt from food supply * Study shows benefit of blood thinner plus aspirin for unstable angina * Incidence of metabolic syndrome varies among ethnic groups: study * Reason to rejoice: chocolate contains heart-healthy nutrients * Calcium defect may be a cause of heart failure * UK blood clot victims lodge appeal in airline case * Preventable clots killing thousands in US: experts * UK study finds hormone therapy won't protect heart * Common heart test yields info after exercise stops * Even Iceman had arthritis, diseased arteries * Autopsy to be performed after mismatched transplant * Low dose of generic drug guards against clots * Heart attack victims to get stem cell trial * Doctors say Mexican transplant girl dies * Gene type cuts risk of bleeding after surgery

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POLL OF THE WEEKIs your body mass index (BMI) greater than 30?Click here to answer:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/index.cfm#pollLAST WEEK'S POLL RESULTSCongratulations!!! More than 80 percent of last week's poll respondentscorrectly answered that an aneurysm can be caused by high blood pressure(hypertension). A bulging out of part of the wall of a blood vessel, aneurysmscan tear or burst if left untreated. To learn more about this topic, visitHeartCenterOnline's Aneurysm Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=265&nl=3Blood Pressure Center:http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/splash1.cfm?sp_id=248&nl=3RECIPES OF THE WEEK1. Barbecue Chickenhttp://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/Common/articles.cfm?Artid=528&startpage=2&nl=32. Minestrone Souphttp://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/Common/articles.cfm?Artid=525&startpage=11&nl=33. Homestyle Biscuitshttp://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/Common/articles.cfm?Artid=534&startpage=6&nl=3PATIENT STORIES OF THE WEEK1. Stroke at 27http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/patientstories.cfm?id=1293&nl=32. Not safe from heart diseasehttp://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/patientstories.cfm?id=1297&nl=3QUESTION OF THE WEEK FROM "ASK THE CARDIOLOGIST"What are the risks of taking a fat-burner that contains ephedrine?http://www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/q_a/show_question.cfm?question_id=28580&nl=3QUOTE OF THE WEEKWind to thy wings, light to thy path, and dreams to thy heart.-Anonymous

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