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Repeated Inflations Of A Blood Pressure Cuff Limits Tissue Damage In Patients With AMI

Repeated lack of oxygen for short periods of time in a distant organ by stopping blood flow, can protect another organ (e.g. the heart), during a subsequent tissue damaging period due to oxygen deficiency. Th[...]


30 Minutes To Better Health In 2010

Adding 30 minutes of daily physical activity should top your list of New Year’s resolutions for a healthier 2010, says Peter Brubaker, professor of health and exercise science at Wake Forest University.[...]


C-Reactive Protein Levels Correlate With Future Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke And Cancers, But Causality Seems Unlikely

There has been intense interest among researchers during the past decade about whether blood concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) – a sensitive indicator of tissue injury inflammation produced by [...]


STROKE

A stroke is a condition where a blood clot or ruptured artery or blood vessel interrupts blood flow to an area of the brain. A lack of oxygen and glucose (sugar) flowing to the brain leads to the death of brain cells an[...]


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