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Swapping table salt for a potassium alternative cuts blood pressure

A study in care homes found that preparing meals with potassium-enriched salt, instead of regular salt, lowered the blood pressure of people aged over 55 and reduced their risk of cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes

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HIIT is safe for people with heart problems and boosts their fitness

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HIIT involves vigorous bursts of exercise interspersed with short rest periods

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Blood substitute repairs damaged organs hours after heart stops

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OrganEx technology reverses certain deleterious effects of prolonged ischemia. Representative images of electrocardiogram tracings in the heart(top), immunostainings for albumin in the liver(middle),and actin in the kidney(bottom).The images on the left side represent the organs subjected to a control perfusion, while the images on the right represents the organs subjected to perfusion with theOrganEx technology. Tissue integrity and certain cellular functions have been restored by theOrganEx technology one hour after circulatory arrest.
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Solar storms may cause up to 5500 heart-related deaths in a given year

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (10973262m) A customer being assisted by an Apple employee as the American technology brand has launched its new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro smartphones in Hong Kong. Brands and logos in Hong Kong, China - 24 Oct 2020

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iPhone and Apple Watch magnets are strong enough to disrupt pacemakers

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How-to guide for CPR in space may help treat astronaut cardiac arrest

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Blood pressure drugs may do more harm than good for some older people

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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