Some changes in the heart and blood vessels normally occur with age, but many others are modifiable factors that, if not treated, can lead to heart disease.

BACKGROUND

The heart has two sides. The right side pumps blood to the lungs to receive oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide. The left side pumps oxygen-rich blood to the body.

Blood flows out of the heart through arteries, which branch out and get smaller and smaller as they go into the tissues. In the tissues, they become tiny capillaries. Read More »

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease, is a condition in which plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply your heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood.

Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol (ko-LES-ter-ol), calcium, and other substances found in the blood. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis (ATH-er-o-skler-O-sis). Read More »

The Chinese government is strengthening its effort to monitor officials whose wife and children live abroad, as such officials are prone to abuse power.

The term “naked official” has been selected as one of China’s top ten buzzwords of 2009 by Chinese linguists. It refers to the officials whose family members have moved overseas, while they themselves work in the country alone usually with the other country’s visa in hand. Read More »

Dumping could lead to domino effect and affect value of holdings

China can reduce its holdings of dollar assets, but should not “overdo” it as the country tries to adjust the structure of its dollar asset-dominated foreign exchange reserves, analysts said. Read More »

Why the electric shock can save lives? When the patients face the incidence of serious arrhythmia, it is always the case that there is different degree of hemodynamic disorder. The most serious and most common situation is ventricular fibrillation, when the ventricular is without the whole

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Although most people understand the importance of a yearly flu shot for people over the age of 65, many parents overlook the need for a flu shot for their children.

This is unfortunate, because most experts believe that flu epidemics begin and spread to adults from younger children.

This doesn’t mean that all children should get flu shots, but if your child is in one of the high risk groups mentioned below, or if he has contact with someone in a high risk group, then you should consider getting him a flu shot each year. Keep in mind that the flu shot is now being formally recommended for all children 6months to 18 years of age.

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Influenza, known as the flu,” is a viral infection of the respiratory system that can be severe, or even life-threatening, for some people. With flu season starting soon in North America, and the optimum time for getting your flu shot between October and mid-November, many thyroid patients currently have questions regarding whether or not they should get a flu shot. Read More »

Should people with heart disease be particularly concerned about H1N1 influenza (also called swine flu)? And what precautions should they take to avoid problems with H1N1?

Influenza (flu) is caused by a viral infection that produces a host of very nasty symptoms — fever, muscle aches and pains, weakness, headache, watery eyes, sore throat, runny nose, and cough. While most of these symptoms are seen with many other viral infections, they tend to be worse much when you have actual influenza. So people with flu tend to be “sicker” than people with most other respiratory viral infections. In fact, the respiratory (lung) complications of flu lead to many of the 200,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths caused each year in the United States by influenza viruses. Read More »

We often hear about heart disease in its various forms and to help us in being heart healthy we have a lot of information on cholesterol and high blood pressure. However, tachycardia, or a rapid heart beat, is a condition that effects hundreds of people and can range from mild to severe and dangerous. Here is a brief overview of what you need to know about tachycardia and how to treat it. Read More »

The nursing method of rheumatic heart disease:

1. Rest. It include both physical and energetic aspects. When the patient’s symptom is not obvious, he may do some properly light work but do not participate in the heavy physical labor to increase the burden of the heart. If the patient have insufficient hear function or occurr rheumatism, he need have bedrest absolutely. All the daily life should be assisted by his family member. The manner to the patient should be kindly and avoid the bad stimulation.

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