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Just How Fast Is Your Heart Beating? by Alvin B. Lin Medical Doctor

Posted Fri 03 May 2013 3:00am Just under 2 months ago, I looked at a study attempting to predict cardiorespiratory fitness via non-exercise means . Of note, the authors linked body mass index and resting heart rate to CRF. But do we really care as much about CRF as we do our mortality? In fact, in a prospective cohort study published last month in Heart , the author ... Read on »

Hearing the Fetal Heartbeat by Sharon LaMothe Healthy Living Professional

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Posted Tue 12 Aug 2008 4:22pm IP's have asked me questions regarding the fetal heart beat and what is 'normal' and if the heart rate can indicate to us if the baby is a boy or a girl. I came a crossed this very informative article by Marjorie Greenfield, MD and thought I would let HER explain the ins and outs of heartbeat monitoring. Sharon www ... Read on »

Pregnancy journal: 2/20 Heart beat at 8.5 weeks!!! by Coco .. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 27 Mar 2012 12:00am Last week I went to ob/gy for a sonogram to see if we see the baby and the heart beat. And we did!!!! It’s so magical that the sac has increased more than double its size from 2 weeks ago and the white thing inside the sac, maybe 1-2 cm is the baby and the heartbeat was fast! All the blood test came back normal and the doctor ... Read on »

Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure) by Noman Khan Posted Tue 23 Jun 2009 6:54pm What Is Hypotension? Hypotension (HI-po-TEN-shun) is low blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps out blood. Blood pressure is measured as systolic (sis-TOL-ik) and diastolic (di-a-STOL-ik) pressures. Systolic blood pressure is the pressure when the heart beats wh ... Read on »

We Have a Heartbeat by Jennifer Patient Expert

Posted Wed 22 Oct 2008 4:51pm The ultrasound yesterday showed a 8w5d baby (I was 8w2d) with a heart rate of 169. Just one baby, with no hemorrhages or anything else unpleasant. Todays appointment was boring. The doctor went over my blood work - everything good and did a pap smear. I had forgotten how much pap smears suck. I swore I was bleeding the whole way home. ... Read on »

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (Arrhythmia) by Noman Khan Posted Tue 23 Jun 2009 6:54pm Arrhythmia An arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah) is a problem with the speed or rhythm of the heartbeat. During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm. A heartbeat that is too fast is called tachycardia. A heartbeat that is too slow is called bradycardia.Most arrhythmias are harmless, but some can be serious or ... Read on »

Max Planck scientists succeed in filming organs and joints in real time using magnetic resonance imaging by Brian Ahier Posted Tue 31 Aug 2010 9:30pm "Please hold absolutely still": This instruction is crucial for patients being examined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It is the only way to obtain clear images for diagnosis. Up to now, it was therefore almost impossible to image moving organs using MRI. Max Planck researchers from Göttingen have now succeeded in significantly reducing t ... Read on »

Then Days Went By by j3nn.net Posted Thu 11 Mar 2010 5:40pm I have that 50 Cent song in my head and it seemed appropriate for a title being it has been DAYS since my last update. hehe I’ll try to catch up right now though! Thankfully, Dustin is all better now, so we have been on the go since the weekend. On Saturday we decided to order a variety of Asian takeout from our local restaurant. W ... Read on »

ElectroCardiographic Imaging (ECGI) by Adam Chee Posted Tue 01 Nov 2011 12:00am Just to share an interesting development in Medical Imaging that I read earlier at ImagingEconomics.com A new technique in development may provide more accurate details than conventional methods about how the heart beats, and what goes wrong when it’s off beat. ### In a healthy adult at rest, the heart beats 60 to 100 times ... Read on »

The Begining...... by Pamela B. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 11:48am I remember it just like it was yesterday. We had been trying to get pregnant for a while, I had an ectopic pregnancy just a few months earlier, and I knew that there was someone special just waiting to come. I was managing a local video store, and I had been feeling so exhausted. On my days off I would sleep until noon, and ... Read on »