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ANEMIA

Diseases & Conditions • Anemia • Aplastic anemia • Iron deficiency anemia • Sickle cell anemia • Vitamin deficiency anemia Features • Stem cells: Sorting through the hype and hope • Stem cell transplant


BLOOD/LYMPHATIC SYSTEM

Diseases & Conditions • Amyloidosis • Behcet's disease • Churg-Strauss syndrome • Giant cell arteritis • Hemophilia • Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura • Takayasu's arteritis • Thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) • Vasculitis • Wegener's granulomatosis


CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Diseases & Conditions • Aortic aneurysm • Aortic dissection • Aortic valve regurgitation • Aortic valve stenosis • Arteriosclerosis / Atherosclerosis • Atrial fibrillation • Atrial septal defect (ASD) • Buerger's disease • Bundle branch block • Cardiomyopathy • Coarctation of the aorta • Ebstein's anomaly • Endocarditis • Heart arrhythmias • Heart murmurs • High blood cholesterol • High blood pressure (hypertension) • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome • Left ventricular hypertrophy • Long QT syndrome • Low blood pressure (hypotension) • Lymphedema • Mitral valve prolapse • Mitral valve regurgitation • Mitral valve stenosis • Myocarditis • Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) • Patent foramen ovale • Pericarditis • Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) • Prehypertension • Pulmonary hypertension • Pulmonary valve stenosis • Raynaud's disease • Rheumatic fever • Sudden cardiac arrest • Tetralogy of Fallot • Thrombophlebitis • Transposition of the great arteries • Tricuspid atresia • Varicose veins • Ventricular septal defect (VSD) Features • Congenital heart defects: When your baby's born with a heart malformation • Cholesterol: The best foods to lower your cholesterol and protect your heart • Cholesterol levels: What numbers should you aim for? • HDL cholesterol: How to boost your "good" cholesterol • Is cholesterol in turkey? Check your Thanksgiving favorites • Lowering cholesterol: Could your diet use some TLC? • Mediterranean diet for heart health • Policosanol: Popular supplement doesn't reduce cholesterol • Reduce cholesterol with lifestyle changes • Statins: Are these cholesterol-lowering drugs right for you? • Triglycerides: Why do they matter? • ACE inhibitors: New warning for pregnant women • Automated external defibrillators: Do you need an AED? • Cardiac rehabilitation: Building a better life after heart disease • Cardiovascular disease 101: Know your heart and blood vessels • Chest X-rays: Helping detect heart and lung conditions • Coronary angiography and other heart catheterization procedures • Coronary calcium scans: Heart scans mired in controversy • Echocardiogram: Sound imaging of the heart • Electrocardiogram: Tracing the electrical path through the heart • Flu shots: Important for people with heart disease • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Controlling a chaotic heart • Menus for heart-healthy eating • Alpha blockers • Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors • Angiotensin II receptor blockers • Are you at risk? Factors that can cause high blood pressure • Beta blockers • Calcium antagonists (calcium channel blockers) • Central-acting agents • Choosing blood pressure medications • DASH diet: Avoid hidden dangers when dining out • DASH diet: Shopping, cooking and a well-stocked kitchen • Direct vasodilators • Diuretics • Doing the DASH: Taking the guesswork out of healthy eating • High blood pressure: Early treatment may offer protection • High blood pressure: Get the most out of home monitoring • High blood pressure: Take steps to control it • High blood pressure and children: Early treatment offers hope • High blood pressure and exercise: Why activity is key • High blood pressure and sex: Overcome the challenges • How being black affects your blood pressure • How being older affects your blood pressure • Resistant hypertension: When your blood pressure is difficult to control • Sample menus for the DASH eating plan • Stress and high blood pressure: What's the connection? • The dangers of high blood pressure: A look at what hypertension can do to different parts of your body • Claudication: When circulation problems cause leg pain • Pacemakers: Generating regular heartbeats • Secondary high blood pressure: When another condition causes hypertension • Heart-healthy eating to help prevent cardiovascular disease


DIET

Features • Dietary fats: Know which types to choose • Low-fat diets: Still beneficial despite study results?


DRUGS

Features • ACE inhibitors: New warning for pregnant women • Plavix plus aspirin may be a risky combination


HEART DISEASE

Diseases & Conditions • Chest pain • Coronary artery disease • Dressler's syndrome • Heart attack • Kawasaki disease • Metabolic syndrome Features • Plavix plus aspirin may be a risky combination • Cardiac rehabilitation: Building a better life after heart disease • Cardiovascular disease 101: Know your heart and blood vessels • Coronary angiography and other heart catheterization procedures • Coronary artery bypass surgery • Coronary calcium scans: Heart scans mired in controversy • Daily aspirin therapy • Echocardiogram: Sound imaging of the heart • Electrocardiogram: Tracing the electrical path through the heart • Flu shots: Important for people with heart disease • Heart attack: An emergency survival guide for the worst-case scenario • Heart attack symptoms: Know what signals a medical emergency • Protecting women's hearts: An interview with a Mayo Clinic specialist • Women's heart disease: New study shows differences • Coronary angioplasty and stenting: Opening clogged arteries • 5 strategies you can adopt today to prevent heart disease


HEART ATTACK & FAILURE

Features • Heart attack: An emergency survival guide for the worst-case scenario


LOW BLOOD PRESSURE

Diseases & Conditions • Low blood pressure (hypotension)


HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

Diseases & Conditions • High blood pressure (hypertension) • Prehypertension • Pulmonary hypertension Features • ACE inhibitors: New warning for pregnant women • Cardiovascular disease 101: Know your heart and blood vessels • Alpha blockers • Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors • Angiotensin II receptor blockers • Are you at risk? Factors that can cause high blood pressure • Beta blockers • Calcium antagonists (calcium channel blockers) • Central-acting agents • Choosing blood pressure medications • DASH diet: Avoid hidden dangers when dining out • DASH diet: Shopping, cooking and a well-stocked kitchen • Direct vasodilators • Diuretics • Doing the DASH: Taking the guesswork out of healthy eating • High blood pressure: Early treatment may offer protection • High blood pressure: Get the most out of home monitoring • High blood pressure: Take steps to control it • High blood pressure and children: Early treatment offers hope • High blood pressure and exercise: Why activity is key • High blood pressure and sex: Overcome the challenges • How being black affects your blood pressure • How being older affects your blood pressure • Resistant hypertension: When your blood pressure is difficult to control • Sample menus for the DASH eating plan • Stress and high blood pressure: What's the connection? • The dangers of high blood pressure: A look at what hypertension can do to different parts of your body • Secondary high blood pressure: When another condition causes hypertension

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