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Snoring and its link to heart disease

  Men more than women are at risk for sleep problems that raise the risk for hypertension, stroke, heart attacks and other cardiovascular issues. Heavy snoring can sound funny to your sleep partner and...

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Celebrate Go Red for Women: Wear Red, learn your risk for heart disease

Ask women when they’re at risk for heart disease, and they may say they have until after menopause to start thinking about their cardiovascular health. Not only is this wrong, it’s also dangerous...

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Young woman’s stroke launches Fibromuscular Dysplasia movement

A stroke at age 37 is rare for most any one, but as an active adult who had adventures like scuba diving and skydiving, it just didn’t make sense to me. I knew my body. The day it happened, I woke up...

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The 2014 flu shot: What’s new and why get it now

Now is a great time to roll up your sleeve because the flu vaccine takes two weeks to kick in, says Elizabeth Jones, M.D., a family physician at the University of Michigan Health System’s Livonia...

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Like salty foods? Study shows salt may not be all bad

Only 1 percent of adults meet the current guidelines for dietary salt intake, which has led to efforts to reduce sodium in common foods like bread and soup. However, a new research study in over 2,600...

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Health benefits of dark chocolate

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner and boxes of chocolates spilling over in store aisles everywhere, it’s time to set the record straight about the health benefits of chocolate. Dark...

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Daylight saving time impacts timing of heart attacks

Heart attacks occur most often on Monday mornings, but research shows a 25 percent jump in the number of heart attacks occurring the Monday after we spring forward compared to other Mondays during the...

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Lacrosse star plays on with pulmonary hypertension

Blurry vision and chest pain during lacrosse training were the first signs of heart trouble for Katie Mezwa. Katie Mezwa lives with a kind of high blood pressure that’s known to impact women who may...

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What you should know about the SPRINT blood pressure trial

New data, published Monday, from the Sprint blood pressure trial could inspire a second look at the blood pressure treatment guidelines that doctors follow today. The large study showed lowering...

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FMD: Racing toward an answer

After suffering a stroke at age 37, Pam Mace, of Gross Ile, learned she had a disease she’d never heard of: fibromuscular dysplasia. The diagnosis would inspire her to start a movement around the...

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