Heart Disease

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Heart News

The latest heart-related news headlines.

• Strutting the Catwalk in Red, Stars Promote 'The Heart Truth'
• Heart Disease May Be Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer
• Heart Disease Risk Gene May Pass From Dads to Sons
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Heart Disease Feature Story

Health Experts Question Calcium Supplements

It's better to boost bone strength through diet and exercise, they say

Calcium supplements, though wildly popular, probably aren't doing your bones much good, and they could be putting you at risk of a heart attack. full story»

Heart-Related Illnesses and Conditions

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Heart-Related Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Search complementary and alternative therapies for heart.

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Heart-Related Drug Guide

Search the Drug Guide, an electronic drug reference that provides useful patient education, summaries of more than 2,400 commonly prescribed medications.


Ace Inhibitors
AntiCoagulants
Beta Blockers
Long-Acting Calcium Channel Blockers
Nitrates (Nitroglycerin and Long-Acting Nitrates)

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Medical Tests

Ambulatory Electrocardiography

Cardiac Blood Pool Scan

Cardiac Catheterization or Coronary Angiography

Cardiac Enzyme Studies

Chest X-Ray

Cholesterol and Triglycerides Tests

Echocardiography

Electrocardiography

Exercise Electrocardiography

Homocysteine

Pulse Measurement

Thallium/Technetium (Sestamibi) Cardiac Scan

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