heart failure

Cellular Therapy Wave Finally Cresting

...  Therapy Wave Finally Cresting Filed under: pediatric stroke recovery This field's expansion has been driven by the increasing number of diseases addressed, development of technologies and protocols for cellular processing, cryopreservation, and recovery, as well as clinical protocols for administration of cord blood for … Read more on Genetic Engineering News   New guidelines help doctors spot heart failure in children Filed under: pediatric stroke recovery Kantor, who is the head of pediatric cardiology at Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, chaired a working group that has drawn up guidelines to help doctors spot a condition that is too often mistaken for a stomach infection, hepatitis or even … Read more on CTV News Read ...

Cognitive Therapy for Depression Funny

...  Therapy for Depression Funny – Palin and King   Depression Tx Boosts HF Outcomes Filed under: cognitive therapy for depression Cognitive behavioral therapy to treat depression in heart failure patients can improve outcomes for both conditions. Point out that depressive symptom scores and quality of life also improved significantly after 6 weeks of therapy in the single-center … Read more on MedPage Today   Cognitive herapy over the phone as effective as face-to-face, new study finds Filed under: cognitive therapy for depression Read ...

How Long Did the “Great Depression” Last?

Question by Funloving: How long did the “Great Depression” last? Why do conservatives believe Obama should have turned this depression around sooner? The “Great Depression” started under another Republican, Hoover. Wall Street was at the center of that one too! It lasted for 12 years, one reason it ended was because we were attacked December 7th 1941. What programs did Roosevelt introduce to turn the economy around? WPA , CCC, etc How are those programs different than the Stimulus by Obama? Best answer: Answer by TeaTill WWII Answer by Conservative PatriotWe did not have extreme debt like we do now. Read more... ...

Cardiac Rehab: Cardiac Rehab

by tlillis4 Cardiac Rehab is a treatment program for patients diagnosed with heart disease to recover faster and return to their normal pace of life. It teaches the patient how to live with heart disease, and how to bring about a change in lifestyle and follow the right path to a healthy and strong heart. Cardiovascular diseases cause 50 % of deaths in the U.S.A. Coronary Heart disease affects 13.5 million Americans. Genetic disposition, sedentary lifestyle, misguided eating habits and lack of exercise are the root causes of this problem. Cardiac Rehab tries not only medical treatment but also a complete overhauling of lifestyle to fight heart disease. Read more... ...

Alcohol Addiction: Effects of Alcohol Addiction and Treatment

by EU Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Alcohol addiction refers to compulsive need to use alcohol or to engage in obsessive behavior focusing on consumption of alcohol to the exclusion of all other aspects of life. A person may have gotten into addiction simply by starting out as drinking for fun and then drinking more and more till the compulsion overshadowed the pleasure. Some started drinking as a means of getting relief from a stressed out lifestyle or as a means of solace. The end result is the same: addiction to alcohol. Alcohol addiction has numerous effects which encompass each and every aspect of an addict’s life. Below is a list of potential effects as result of alcohol consumption: Read more... ...

HCA Probe Shines Light on Chest Pain Overtreatment

HCA probe shines light on chest pain overtreatment Filed under: drug rehab kansas city Drug treatment may take a few months to relieve pain and often requires several medicines, including aspirin and statins, but most have generic versions costing hundreds of dollars a year, not thousands. Patients often want the quicker fix, and Yale … Read more on Kansas City Star   Bristol-Myers suspends hepatitis C treatment study Filed under: drug rehab kansas city Read more... ...

Exercise May Help Ease Depression in Heart Failure

...  may help ease depression in heart failure Filed under: depression diagnosis Depression scores in general — and especially in people with a depression diagnosis — tended to drop with exercise. But the disparity between exercisers and non-exercisers was small, equal to participants scoring similarly on 20 out of 21 symptoms … Read more on Chicago Tribune   Recognizing and Understanding Depression After Trauma Filed under: depression diagnosis A diagnosis of depression is usually characterized by five or more of ...