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Imagine if individuals who purchased automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) for personal protection were also able to systematically offer these same units for public use during a cardiac emergency. Here is how it could happen. New Hope for Heart Attack Survivors Recent data from a landmark trial show that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) help prolong the lives of people who have had heart attacks. Acupuncture for High Blood Pressure? A groundbreaking new study is testing whether an age-old therapy might help treat a modern-day ailment. Nine of ten Americans will eventually develop hypertension. And while drug therapies save lives by reducing pressure readings and preventing heart attacks and strokes, some people cannot--or will not--take prescription medicines. The Beat Goes On Heart failure affects three to five million people in the United States, the vast majority over age 65. Up to 50 percent of individuals with advanced heart failure develop abnormalities of the heart's electrical impulses which control the heart's contractions, so cardiac function is severely compromised. Healing from the Heart: Dr. Mehmet Oz In his busy practice at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, heart surgeon Mehmet Oz artfully blends state-of-the-art Western medicine with the best of Eastern therapies. The following excerpts are from his book, Healing from the Heart, published by Dutton. Coated Stents Keep Blood Flowing A tiny wire coil coated with special medicines may keep heart arteries flowing after angioplasty, apparently eliminating restenosis, or return of the arterial blockage, which is a major shortcoming of this common procedure. Peacemakers for Pooches Dogs sometimes suffer the same heart ailments as their owners. Fortunately, the treatments that help humans can benefit the family pet as well.
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