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Mental Illness In The Workplace
Sep 2nd 2010: Every month I send employees in my credit union a quiz about different wellness topics. The quizzes serve to both educate them about timely health matters and to gauge their interest levels in conditions ranging from heat stroke to frostbite. When the topic one month focused on depression, I was surprised to receive twice as many responses as usual... More

Alcohol and Stroke
Aug 30th 2010: Video on effects of Alcohol on stroke patients... More

Clues to Heart Attack, Stroke Risk From Fat-Filled Artery
Aug 30th 2010: MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A number of factors put patients with abnormal fatty deposits in an artery at high risk for heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular death, a new study shows... More

Low-Dose Omega-3 Fatty Acids Don't Protect Heart Patients
Aug 29th 2010: SUNDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Most heart patients who take low-dose omega-3 fatty acid supplements don't appear to gain any additional protection against further cardiac trouble, new Dutch research cautions... More

Are allergies associated with heart disease?
Aug 26th 2010: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Common allergies that bring on wheezing, sneezing and watery eyes could be next to join the list of factors linked to heart disease, suggests a large new study... More

Quitting smoking helps after serious heart attack damage
Aug 26th 2010: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It's never too late for smokers to do their hearts good by kicking the habit -- even after a heart attack has left them with significant damage to the organ's main pumping chamber, a new study suggests... More

Link Between Diabetes, Alzheimer's Disease Strengthened
Aug 25th 2010: WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Two of the most common and dreaded illnesses in America may share a connection, with new research suggesting that having insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes raises your risk of developing the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease... More

In Some Patients, Hypertension Meds Raise Blood Pressure
Aug 25th 2010: WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Popular prescription medications taken to control hypertension may actually boost blood pressure in a "statistically significant" percentage of patients, researchers report... More

Statin use after stroke rising slowly
Aug 25th 2010: NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most stroke patients leave the hospital with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, a nationwide US study shows, in keeping with medical guidelines... More

Study Links Gene to Serious Eye Disease
Aug 25th 2010: WEDNESDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have identified a gene linked to an inheritable eye disease that affects 5 percent of U.S. residents over 40 and is the most common cause for transplants of the cornea... More

Study compares risk with two diabetes drugs
Aug 24th 2010: DALLAS, Aug. 24, 2010 In contrast to previous reports, the risks of the composite endpoint of heart attack, heart failure, both, or death were the same about 4 percent for patients taking the diabetes drugs rosiglitazone or pioglitazone, according to a study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes... More

Health Tip: Diabetics Should Eat on Schedule
Aug 24th 2010: (HealthDay News) -- If you've got diabetes, staying on a regular eating schedule will help you maintain better glucose control... More

Slowed Reflexes in Aging Could Be Due to Brain Changes
Aug 24th 2010: TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Breakdowns in brain connections may be the reason why your physical response times slow as you age, a new study has found... More

Gene variants put diabetics at risk of kidney disease
Aug 24th 2010: HONG KONG (Reuters) - Some diabetics are at risk of developing chronic kidney disease if they have mutations of a certain gene, a long-term study in Hong Kong has found... More

A Little Drinking Cuts Death Risk for Older Adults
Aug 24th 2010: TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- While the debate over the possible health benefits of drinking continues to bubble, a new study finds that abstainers and heavy drinkers have a higher mortality risk than moderate drinkers.. More

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