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How Is Coffee Linked to Weight Gain? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Coffee is one of the most favorable beverages for people, especially for those staying in the United States. People not only drink coffee in the morning but also consume it in ... Read on »
Can Foods Rich in Magnesium Reduce Stroke Risk? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Being the leading cause of heart disease and cancer, cigarette smoking is also strongly linked to stroke.A study that was published on March 10, 2008 in the Archives of Intern ... Read on »
Couples Sleeping Apart To Prevent Heart Disease and Other Disorders? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Sleep plays an important role in our health. If one could not have a good night sleep, many health hazards might just occur. Evidences have already shown that poor sleep was l ... Read on »
Why Is There a Reduction in Heart Attack Deaths in United States? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health When heart attack victims are admitted into hospitals, the doctors therein might have different alternatives to treat their patients. For example, they could use angioplasty t ... Read on »
Is The Number of Young Diabetics Rising in Asia? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Diabetes mellitus, more often referred to as diabetes, is a condition in which the body does not produce enough or properly respond to insulin. Being a hormone produced in the ... Read on »
The Number of Diabetics Rises In Europe! by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health According to IDF (International Diabetes Federation), diabetes affects 246 million people worldwide and the figure is expected to rise to some 380 million by 2025.People shoul ... Read on »
How Can Recession Obesity Affect The American Children? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In 2008, a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), reported that nearly 32 percent of American children were overweight and 16 percent were ... Read on »
Is Endoscope Really Harmful For Heart-Bypass Patients? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health During heart bypass surgery or what is also known as coronary artery bypass surgery, heart surgeons have to remove a blood vessel from the heart disease patient’s chest ... Read on »
Breastfeeding Can Help Women Prevent Heart Disease! by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health For years, scientists and researchers have known that breastfeeding is important for babies’ health, and now a new study has furnished evidence on the importance for mot ... Read on »
Is Calorie-burning Fat Just a Myth? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Have you ever heard about “calorie-burning fat”? If not, you may wonder does it really exist or just a science fiction.In reality, adults do have small blobs of me ... Read on »
Is There An Easier Way To Test Diabetes? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health American Diabetes Association (ADA) reported that nearly 24 million American have diabetes, which can eventually develop heart disease and kidney disease, and cause blindness ... Read on »
Why Do People Prefer Wine? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health With hot and humid climate in Singapore, people used to have an ice-cold beer in pub, party or in their own home with friends, colleagues, or family members. However, the choi ... Read on »
Why Did Obese Individuals Tend To Eat More? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Modern lifestyle and unhealthy diet have made obesity to fast becoming an epidemic that worries many health professionals. This is because obesity will eventually lead to many ... Read on »
Tobacco Can Be Useful, Are You Sure? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Smoking and tobacco have always been linked to unhealthy news. Smokers not only have the higher chance of getting heart disease, lung cancers, and other ailments, the secondha ... Read on »
What Is Piggyback Transplant for Heart Disease Patients? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Before knowing what piggyback transplant is, perhaps it is best to understand a term called cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy is a serious heart disease in which the heart muscl ... Read on »
Why Should People Walk or Bike to Work? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Exercise forms an integral part in the prevention of heart disease and many other ailments. However, many of the working people are being pressured by heave workload that they ... Read on »
Using Stem Cell To Fix Damaged Heart! by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health If heart disease patients can make use of their own cells to repair their hearts, then people do not need to wait for donated hearts, which is always in short supply. Meanwhil ... Read on »
Can Damage Heart Be Repaired? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health It has long been thought that the heart does not have the ability to repair itself. In other words, when cells turn into fully formed adult heart muscle, they will stop dividi ... Read on »
Can Viagra Really Protect Hearts of People with Muscular Dystrophy? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited wasting disease characterized by weakness and progressive degeneration of the muscles, including the heart muscle. Beginning at the ... Read on »
Are There Any Good Fats in Our Body? by Ng Peng Hock Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Too many fats accumulated in our body are bad for our health. This is because too many fats could lead to overweight or even obesity. More importantly, many medical complicati ... Read on »