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It’s been recommended for some time that a low-dose aspirin a day helps to avoid heart attack and stroke. But a study out last month in the Journal of the…
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One factor contributing to obesity and diseases like diabetes is portion distortion. The belief that the larger portions on today’s menus and shelves are…
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It’s common for the elderly to experience aortic stenosis, a hardening or narrowing of the aortic heart valve.Open heart surgery’s the standard way to…
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The founder of the Bruce Wood Dance Project, perhaps the most esteemed choreographer in North Texas, has died of complications from pneumonia and heart…
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Heart failure is the focus of this week’s Vital Signs -- the heart’s inability to effectively pump blood to the rest of the body, especially out of the…
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Dr. Glenn Hardesty, an emergency physician at Texas Health Arlington Hospital, says there are far more risks from consuming alcohol, but there can be a…
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Knowing your family history can alert a doctor to potential problems like heart disease, for instance. But getting that information sometimes requires an…
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Doctors for country music star Randy Travis say that his condition is improving after he was hospitalized last week for congestive heart failure and a…
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UPDATE, 11:30 p.m.: Country music star Randy Travis, hospitalized in North Texas for congestive heart failure, suffered a stroke and had surgery Wednesday…
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A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine points to a drop in heart disease for people on the Mediterranean Diet. In this edition of Vital…
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A Plano mother whose infant son died pleaded with state lawmakers today to approve a bill that would automatically test newborns for congenital heart…
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Dallas County emergency medical responders and hospitals have changed the way they handle heart attack patients and it’s saving lives. New data has led to…