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World heart week: Healthy hearts, healthy families
Nurturing your family's heart health is of paramount importance. After all, home is where the heart is. -NST - New Straits Times
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Heart failure in elderly linked to memory problems
When memory decline is linked to heart failure, it may come on very slowly and not be noticed until it's advanced. 		When your heart skips a beat
Patients with atrial fibrillation face stroke risk, but drugs can control or correct the problem. -ST
Symptoms of cardiac trouble were just ignored
A heart bypass operation saved her life. -ST 		Low cholesterol? You may still get a heart attack
Getting rid of the bad cholesterol is not enough, you need more of the good cholesterol for heart health. -AsiaOne
When the heart is too weak to pump blood
External device is planted to help the heart's blood flow is used to buy time while waiting for a donor's heart. -TNP 		Waiting for a heart: I feel like I'm living with a ticking bomb
24-year-old with an enlarged heart is slipping into depression as time passes. -TNP
Heart connection
Her heart connected to tubes, M'sian patient wants to reconnect with old S'pore friends 		She got her heart reshaped
Housewife Surayah Idris took a leap of faith and tried a new method of remodelling her failing heart. -ST
Blood pressure drug could cut risks for elderly, say UK docs
But age not only factor in therapy for heart attack, stroke: S'pore experts. -ST 		A new test for your heart
Normal blood pressure and low LDL or 'bad cholesterol' levels? You could still be at high risk of a heart attack.
What is a hole in the heart?
Symptoms of this heart defect include shortness of breath and exhaustion. 		Surviving a broken heart
Four-year-old Dana is such an active child, her mother forgets she has a hole in her heart. -ST
Mindful of the heart
Our state of mind matters more to the health of our hearts than we may think. -The Star 		Heed the red flags
Take note of warning signs of heart attacks and strokes as they could mean life or death.
Guard against heart disease
A deficiency in Coenzyme Q-10 in the body may lead to tiredness and muscle fatigue, as well as a weakening of the heart. 		Ticker time bomb
Doctors have dubbed the first three hours after a heart attack the 'golden hours' if the heart muscle is to be saved. -ST
Lack of sleep can mean heart disease
Those who get five to seven hours of sleep nightly, beware of blood vessel damage. 		Helping Malay heart patients live longer
One in 10 Malays and one in eight Indians die within six months of discharge - compared to just one in 16 Chinese.
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