This year, an estimated 1.4 million Americans will have a new or recurrent heart attack.
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Cucumber slices relieve headaches by tightening blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the area, and relieving pressure.
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Persons who overdose with cardiac glycosides have a better chance of overall survival if they can survive the first 24 hours after the overdose.
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About one in five American adults and teenagers have had a genital herpes infection—and most of them don't know it. People with genital herpes have at least twice the risk of becoming infected with HIV if exposed to it than those people who do not have genital herpes.
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People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
Heart Diagram
Coronary stent. Illustration of an angiogram revealing a coronary stent, which helps prevent closure
Blood Flow through the Heart
Risk of Stroke and Heart Disease Increase with Increasing Blood Pressure