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Some Food-Borne Bacteria Target the Heart

Bacteria called Listeria monocytogenes can cause mild food-poisoning symptoms in healthy individuals, but some strains have an enhanced ability to invade the heart, a new study finds. The ...
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Imperative or Impractical? Screening All Athletes for Heart Conditions

Young athletes who seem to be in top shape can have hidden heart conditions that can have lethal consequences. That was the case this past week for two ...
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Something Fishy: Baked, Broiled Fish Cuts Heart Failure Risk

Eating baked or broiled fish at least five times a week can lower the chance of heart failure by 30 percent, according to a new study. But not ...
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Women Benefit More Than Men from Electrical Heart Therapy

Twice as many women as men benefit from an electrical therapy that prevents heart failure in at-risk patients, a new study suggests. The treatment, called cardiac resynchronization therapy ...
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‘Facebook Depression’: Rare but Serious Side Effect of Social Networking

Many teens enjoy keeping in touch with their friends on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, but using such sites to excess can be unhealthy and has ...
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Kids’ Checkups Too Short to Address Health Issues

A third of children get 10 minutes or less with their doctor at checkups, says a new study, and the findings are prompting the authors and others to ...
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Exercise May Help Reduce Salt’s Effect On Blood Pressure

The more exercise you do, the less of an effect salt may have on your blood pressure, a new study suggests. People who said they exercised the most ...
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High Blood Pressure Can Make You Emotion-Blind

People with high blood pressure have more trouble than others in picking up emotional cues, a new study finds. Researchers reported that people with high blood pressure were ...
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Breast-Feeding and Co-Sleeping with Baby Affects Mom’s Welfare

The decisions whether to breast-feed and share a bed with the baby not only affect the welfare of the infant, but also the mother, a new study finds. ...
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7 Gadgets to Keep Your Child Safe & Healthy

Parents are often faced with a wide number of choices for products for their children, from essential safety items such as car seats to optional, but potentially useful, ...
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