How Is Heart Disease Treated?

Heart disease treatments vary. You may need lifestyle changes, medications, surgery or other medical procedures as part of your treatment. Cardiovascular disease treatments The goal in treating diseases of your arteries (cardiovascular disease) is often to open narrowed arteries that cause your symptoms. Depending on how severe the blockages in your arteries are, treatment may include: Lifestyle changes. Whether your heart disease is mild or severe, it's likely your doctor will recommend lifestyle changes as part of your treatment. Lifestyle changes include eating a low-fat and low-sodium diet, getting at least 30 minutes of moderate exercise on most days of the week, quitting smoking, and limiting how much alcohol you drink. Medications. If...

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Treatment of cancer

Cancer treatment programmes The main goals of a cancer diagnosis and treatment programme are to cure or considerably prolong the life of patients and to ensure the best possible quality of life to cancer survivors. The most effective and efficient treatment programmes are those that: a) are provided in a sustained and equitable way; b) are linked to early detection; and c) adhere to evidence-based standards of care and a multidisciplinary approach. Such programmes also ensure adequate therapy for cancer types that, although not amenable to early detection, have high potential for being cured (such as metastatic seminoma and acute lymphatic leukaemia in children), or have a good chance of prolonging survival in a significant way (such...

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How to Make the Chest Bigger With Dumbbells

Dumbbells are the quintessential training tools used to build upper body muscle mass. Weight machines restrict movement and waste energy by forcing you to move within a certain range of motion. Dumbbells require you to use controlled movements while causing maximum muscle contraction. For every movement that isolates a major part of the chest muscle, all of the smaller muscles surrounding the chest are also worked, making you stronger and building a better support system. This reduces your chance of injury due to strain and improper form. THE WORKOUT Step 1 Perform a flat bench press. This movement works the middle region of your chest. It requires two mid- to heavy-weight dumbbells and a flat weight bench. Hold one dumbbell...

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CROSSFIT FOR BEGINNERS

With so many workout programs available, it's easy to believe they are all the same just with different names. CrossFit is a core cardiovascular strengthening program that focuses on a variety of fitness goals including balance, coordination, strength, power and speed. Police academies, special ops units, and hundreds of martial artists and professional athletes use CrossFit as their strength training and conditioning program. PROGRAM BASICS CrossFit is a fitness program that combines cross-training workouts and diet strategies. Though the program is known for its simplicity, due to the small variety of workouts, the program itself is intense. The secret of the program is to do as many deadlifts, squats, pushups, pullups as well...

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5 MOST OVERRATED EXERCISES

Some exercises become so common that few people take the time to question their validity. Perhaps they began as specialty exercises intended for use in specific contexts -- by patients in rehab, for example, or by advanced bodybuilders who need the most challenging variations of certain movements. Some trainers noticed the exercises worked for those specific trainees in those specific situations and started pushing the workouts toward the middle, to be used by everyone. Over time, the exercises become a bit too popular, and they end up vastly overrated. But keep in mind that "overrated" does not mean "bad." It simply means there are better choices than those that are currently popular.   The Ab Plank and Side Plank   The plank...

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Elmiron(Pentosan)

DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Pentosan is a semi-synthetic (man-made) drug that resembles the anticoagulant ("blood thinner") heparin and is used for treating the symptoms of interstitial cystitis. Interstitial cystitis is a condition, usually of unknown cause, in which there is inflammation of the urinary bladder that most frequently causes pelvic pain and frequent urination. The exact mechanism whereby pentosan reduces the symptoms of interstitial cystitis also is unknown; however, scientists believe that pentosan may coat the lining of the bladder and prevent irritating substances in the urine from reaching the cells of the lining. The FDA approved pentosan in September 1996. PRESCRIPTION: Yes GENERIC AVAILABLE: No PREPARATIONS:...

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Peyronie

Peyronie's disease is characterized by a plaque, or hard lump, that forms within the penis. The plaque, a flat plate of scar tissue, develops on the top or bottom side of the penis inside a thick membrane called the tunica albuginea, which envelopes the erectile tissues. The plaque begins as a localized inflammation and develops into a hardened scar. This plaque has no relationship to the plaque that can develop in arteries. Symptoms of Peyronie Cases of Peyronie's disease range from mild to severe. Symptoms may develop slowly or appear overnight. In severe cases, the hardened plaque reduces flexibility, causing pain and forcing the penis to bend or arc during erection. In many cases, the pain decreases over time, but the bend in the penis...

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