Hickey From Kissing Can Cause a Stroke (Rarely)

Image from stulala on WattPad Apparently, a lover's aggressive kissing on the neck leading to hickey formation can potentially also caus...

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Sickle cell disease, asthma and behaviour

" Children with sickle cell disease may have increased risk for certain neurodevelopmental diagnoses based on their disease characteri...

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What Is Cholesterol?

I. What is cholesterol? Cholesterol  is a fat-like complex, most manufactured by the liver. Our bodies need a certain amount of cholesterol ...

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Causes of Heart Disease

Causes of Heart Disease Coronary artery disease, the most common form of cardiovascular disease, is one of the leading causes of death today...

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Hot Drinks Prevent Stroke?

Drinking hot beverages in the morning , whether it's tea or coffee , a part of the daily routine of many people. Simple habits ...

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Decompensated heart failure

Decompensated heart failure is the term used to define heart incapacity of pumping enough blood in the main arteries, according to the or...

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Snoring is Bad for the Heart? Not so fast...

This past week, media has both aired and published a story regarding new research that suggests snoring WITHOUT obstructive sleep apnea m...

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What is cardiovascular disease?

We read very often about cardiovascular disease, about heart failure, heart attack, stroke and many other disorders, but we don’t know for ...

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Heart pain in women

Heart pain in women : a symptom that begins to trouble most frequently after menopause, when due to the absence of  estrogen hormones, wom...

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New study shows link between female castration and lung cancer

Ovary Removal May Play a Role in Lung Cancer A new Canadian study reports that castration (removal of the female gonads, the ovaries) almost...

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Can Peer Pressure Prevent Youngsters From Smoking?

Being bad for our health, smoking has been accused as the culprit that causes heart disease, osteoporosis, stroke, and lung cancers. Accordi...

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Are People With Restless Leg Syndrome At Higher Risk of Heart Disease?

When a person has a strong, irresistible urge to move the legs that is often associated with an itching, tugging or gnawing feeling, he or s...

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Do Children Have High Blood Cholesterol?

About 1 in 5 Singaporean have high blood cholesterol, as reported by a 2004 National Health Survey. Perhaps, these people should be blamed f...

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How Can Worm Offer Clues on Heart Attack?

Worm can offer clues on heart attack. This statement sounds a bit weir or simply unbelievable. Not really, especially after you have read th...

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Statin Might Help Many More People to Prevent Heart Disease!

The so-called Jupiter study showed that Crestor can dramatically reduce death, heart attack and stroke in patients having healthy cholestero...

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Nicotine-Free Cigarettes On The Way, Are You Sure?

Smoking is bad for the health of smokers as well as non-smokers through second-hand smoke. Besides cancers, nicotine contained in cigarettes...

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Can Smoking Ban Really Prevent Heart Disease?

Smoking is one of the risk factor that can develop not only heart disease but also a variety of cancers, stroke, and emphysema or chronic ob...

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What Type of Diet Can Control Diabetes and Prevent Heart Disease?

Being the most common form of diabetes, type-2 diabetes is closely linked with obesity. Because of a high blood sugar level, diabetics are a...

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