Former U.N. envoy Kirkpatrick dies

This is really sad...a true loss for the U.N."Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, a one-time Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and warmly embraced Reagan-era conservatism, has died. She was 80. Kirkpatrick's death was announced Friday at the senior staff...

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Mother's Diet during Pregnancy can affect Grandchildren (Epigenetics)

Oakland, California: A new study by scientists at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is the first to show that a mother's diet during pregnancy influences the health of her grandchildren by changing the behavior of a specific gene. The study was conducted...

Excess weight in the mid-section, frequent fatigue and carbohydrate cravings ...

A new survey showed that 75 percent of women ages 40-65 who had not been diagnosed with, but had a family history of diabetes or heart disease, reported that they experienced these symptoms.

European Study Confirms That Eating Peanuts Protects Your Heart

The largest study ever conducted on the relationship between nut intake and heart health, based on European data, has confirmed that regularly eating nuts, including peanuts can help reduce risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).

BBC NEWS | Health | Solo living 'doubles heart risk'

Living alone doubles the risk of severe heart disease compared to living with a partner, Danish research suggests.

Enron Founder Ken Lay Dead of Heart Attack

"Lay, 64, faced the prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after a Houston jury in May found him guilty of conspiring to inflate the energy company's stock price and misleading investors and employees who lost billions of dollars in its 2001 bankruptcy. Friends...

Lifestyle trumps drugs for a healthy heart: study

"Reuters - Even men who take medication for high blood pressure or cholesterol can dramatically cut their risk of heart disease by adopting a healthy lifestyle, U.S. researchers reported on Monday."

India offers surgery in a hurry - Toronto Star

"When his doctor in Nova Scotia treated his chest pain with cholesterol pills and a wait-and-see attitude, Richard Johnson decided to get a second opinion — and ended up fast-tracked into surgery to open his blocked arteries. To get it he came halfway around the world, to...

You Can Grow a New Heart

"The protein-based drug molecules penetrate heart-muscle cells and suppress production of an enzyme called p38 that ordinarily limits tissue growth. With p38 turned off, mature heart-muscle cells de-differentiate, which allows them to multiply rapidly and mature into new...

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