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The stress effect and reduction techniques

June 20, 2013

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Your body is designed to experience stress and react appropriately. Stress will put you in fight-or-flight mode, alert and ready to avoid danger. The body also experiences physiologic responses, such as increased heart and respiratory rates, to enable immediate action. However, increased incidences of illness can develop if these physiologic changes are not restored to […]

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Women and heart attack symptoms

June 7, 2013

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by Joanne Henning Tedesco —  Heart disease is the number-one killer of women, but most women do not know the symptoms, which are not the same for both sexes. Women do not experience the classic symptoms that we associate with heart attacks. If you or someone you know has one or more of the following […]

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What you do not know about heart disease could kill you

February 24, 2012

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by Steven W. Parcell —  Despite the fact that heart attacks are the number one cause of death for Americans, many people still do not understand how to prevent one, or how to work with their doctors to identify coronary artery disease or atherosclerosis early in life — before it becomes dangerous. Atherosclerosis is an […]

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