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In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson examines a few lifestyle habits that may be bad for your heart and lead to heart disease.

Bad Habits That Are Harmful To Your Heart - HER Daily Dose
By EmpowHER on May 10, 2012 - 8:28am
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Flavonoids (also commonly known as bioflavonoids) are the part of the plant or fruit that give it its bright color and medicinally used to be known as Vitamin P.

Eat Your Flavonoids For Better Health
By Dr. Carrie Jones Expert HERWriter on May 2, 2012 - 12:58pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Medicare and Medicaid federal health insurance programs will cover the transcatheter Sapien heart valve replacement system from Edwards Lifesciences Corp, ...

Medicare to cover Sapien heart valve replacement
on May 2, 2012 - 7:55am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - St Jude Medical Inc published a report on its website on Tuesday that shows problems with wires that carry electricity from implantable defibrillators to the heart ...

St Jude Riata heart device problems persist: study
on May 1, 2012 - 9:10am
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Millions of Americans take statins to lower their blood cholesterol. The most common statins used in the United States include Lipitor, Crestor, Zocor and Pravachol.

Statins and Muscle Injury
By Shamir Benji HERWriter on April 28, 2012 - 8:43am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report suggests higher-than-normal thyroid activity is linked to a greater risk of heart disease, including irregular heartbeats.

Slightly-overactive thyroid tied to heart problems
on April 27, 2012 - 12:55pm
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In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Bailey Mosier examines a study that finds that stress affects a woman's heart differently than the heart of a man.

Stress Affects The Hearts Of Women Differently Than Men - HER Daily Dose
By Bailey Mosier on April 26, 2012 - 10:32am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - HeartWare International Inc won a U.S. advisory panel's support on Wednesday for its most important product -- a blood pump that helps people with severe heart ...

FDA advisers back HeartWare blood pump device
on April 26, 2012 - 5:55am
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new survey of training programs for future cardiologists suggests that only a fraction are getting the minimum level of education in heart disease ...

Prevention a low priority in heart docs' training
on April 24, 2012 - 9:40am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.

FDA staff doubt Cameron device better than rivals
on April 23, 2012 - 12:15pm