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San Diego Psychologist: Good News for Cardiac Care

A recent article summarizes a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology indicating that overall picture of cardiac care has improved overtime in the U.S.  This included factors ranging from people becoming more aware of heart attack symptoms, quicker visits to the ER/Hospital, better pharmaceutical care, hospital procedure outcomes, less mortality.

According to the article, Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, a cardiology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, noted, “These findings show the substantial efforts to provide physicians and hospitals with detailed feedback on performance coupled with targeted quality improvement efforts are producing measurable and meaningful benefits to cardiovascular disease patients.”

Article available at: http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=641040

Original study located at: http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/short/56/4/254 (Journal Access Needed)

Dr. Schwartz

San Diego Psychologist

www.integrative-health.net

13.01.2010 Headaches: A Big Pain in the Neck No Comments

Headaches: A Big Pain in the Neck

Headaches generally include discomfort and pain around the neck, shoulder, skull, eyes, scalp, jaws, and/or forehead.  Types of headaches include migraines (vascular), tension headaches (muscle contraction), cluster headaches, sinus headaches, and what we call “Atypical Migraines” or “Painless Migraines”

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The War with Cancer

Cancer begins when cells in a part of the body start to grow out of control.  There are many kinds of cancer, but they all start because of out-of-control growth of abnormal cells.

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Headaches: A Big Pain in the Neck

Headaches generally include discomfort and pain around the neck, shoulder, skull, eyes, scalp, jaws, and/or forehead.  Types of headaches include migraines (vascular), tension headaches (muscle contraction), cluster headaches, sinus headaches, and what we call “Atypical Migraines” or “Painless Migraines”

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The Wounded Heart: Heart Disease and You

Heart disease is a general term that describes a wide variety of diseases that affect you heart and you blood vessels. These conditions include coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects you’re born with (congenital heart defects). The most common cause of heart disease is cardiovascular disease — a condition involving the narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries (blood vessels that supply the heart) that can lead to chest pain (angina), heart attack, or stroke. Other forms of heart disease may include infections and conditions that affect your heart’s muscle, valves, or rhythm.

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