<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Heart Conditions</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/health/conditioncenter/heart?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><description>Heart Conditions</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Levels of Medical Evidence: How Much Confidence Exists in the Data?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64054-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64054-2005Apr18.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Well-designed clinical trials constitute the most scientifically rigorous tests of medical theories and treatments. But medical evidence comes in more than one form.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearts in the Right Place]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26420-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26420-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["You're in the penalty box," Pat Osment says. "Just sit awhile."]]></description><author> Mike Edwards</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[QUICK STUDY   : A weekly digest of new research on major health topics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26548-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26548-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     stroke  Aspirin seems better than warfarin to prevent recurrences. <br>    THE QUESTION  For decades, people who have had a stroke caused by constricted arteries in the brain have been prescribed either warfarin (Coumadin) or aspirin to...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Weekly Shot of News and Notes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26539-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26539-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    LOW-CARB BEATS NO-CARB  Unsold crates of Atkins low-carb energy bars, shakes and breakfast mixes have been pouring into charities serving the poor of Appalachia.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Can You Rehab a Broken Heart? Exercise, Diet, Stress Reduction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26421-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26421-2005Apr4.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  A substantial body of evidence holds that cardiac rehabilitation programs can benefit people who have had a heart attack or undergone heart surgery, improving their physical fitness and reducing the risk of another cardiac event.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold the Nitro?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8259-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8259-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Poor Diagnostics  More people rush to emergency rooms for chest problems than for any other symptom except abdominal pain. Often, a doctor's first response is to place a nitroglycerin pill under a patient's tongue. The drug relaxes blood vessels, speeding blood flow to the heart. Patients whose pain quickly subsides are usually thought to have coronary artery disease. But new research is questioning that assumption. A study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine shows that while nitroglycerin may relieve chest pain, a positive response isn't necessarily an indicator of heart disease.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[THIS WEEK IN HEALTH]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8261-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8261-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   My Time <br>   Terry Schiavo and the reality gap  "It is through the lens of my father's death that I have watched the Terri Schiavo case in horror." See Abigail Trafford's column. F6]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life Saved With Help Of Portable Defibrillator]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40973-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40973-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Gary Glennon's heart stopped at a police station in western Anne Arundel County. He lost consciousness and collapsed in the booking area, the bridge of his nose striking a countertop as he fell to the floor.]]></description><author> Eric Rich</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heart Device Keeps Hopes Alive]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35421-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35421-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Do you want to listen to your heart?" the intensive care nurse asked 14-month-old Akilah Austin as she handed her a stethoscope.]]></description><author> Avis Thomas-Lester</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[QUICK STUDY   : A weekly digest of new research on major health topics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35324-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35324-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     HEART DISEASE  In middle-aged women, aspirin blocks stroke, not heart attack. <br>    THE QUESTION  What works for men does not always work for women. Does that hold true for small, daily doses of aspirin, which have been shown to help prevent...]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week In Health]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35322-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35322-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Moving Crew <br>   Measuring Curves  University researchers explore the fitness question of the 21st century: Just how much good does a Curves circuit workout do, anyhow? F3]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valve Surgery: Sooner Is Better]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35063-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35063-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A preventative heart operation to correct a condition affecting tens of thousands would increase survival odds even for symptom-free patients, a new study says.]]></description><author> January W. Payne</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter's Link to Health May Be in the Blood]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31927-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31927-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Researchers say laughter may boost the immune system and reduce the amount of inflammation in the body, which has been linked to an increased risk of health problems.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anti-Cholesterol Drugs Can Protect the Heart]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17050-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17050-2005Mar8.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A large study has produced the strongest evidence yet that driving cholesterol down to very low levels offers additional protection against heart attacks and strokes.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week In Health]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15504-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15504-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Heart Matters <br>   Arterial Procedure: A Clearer View  A device used to clean arteries during a heart attack doesn't improve patient outcomes. F2]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aspirin's Benefits Differ For Women]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13618-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13618-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Aspirin doesn't protect women against heart attacks in the same way it does men, but the venerable painkiller cuts women's chances of suffering a stroke, researchers say.]]></description><author> Rob Stein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plaque Attack]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15506-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15506-2005Mar7.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Too Little, Too Late  Patients rushed to a hospital during a heart attack often undergo an invasive procedure called distal microcirculatory protection to clear clogged arteries. But a study in the March 2 Journal of the American Medical Association finds the procedure does not improve long-term patient outcomes.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stents Make Big Strides]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12390-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12390-2005Mar6.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A new generation of tiny, drug-coated metal scaffolds that prop open arteries is helping a growing number of persons with heart disease avoid bypass surgery.]]></description><author> Marilynn Marchione</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helen Williams, 81; Assistant to Lyndon Johnson]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5732-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5732-2005Mar3.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Helen White Williams, 81, a longtime personal assistant in the Lyndon B. Johnson household whose multitudinous duties included cook, maid, scheduler, travel aide, wardrobe coordinator, family confidante and surrogate mother to the Johnson daughters, died Feb. 25 of a heart attack at Washington Hospital Center. She had had knee replacement surgery the day before at Sibley Memorial Hospital.]]></description><author> Joe Holley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Weekly Shot of News and Notes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61625-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61625-2005Feb28.html?nav=rss_health/conditioncenter/heart</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:04:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    BUGGED BY LARIAM  A study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry shows that people on the anti-malaria drug mefloquine (Lariam) seem prone to psychiatric events.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>
