Cardiovascular Disorders and Diseases Articles

We need a lot of blood. There are never enough donors, and both advanced surgeries and emergency care rely heavily on large quantities of blood being available. Now, scientists think they may have synthesized blood that can replace the realthing.

Heart disease kills more people worldwide than anything else. This article will discuss risk factors and facts about the heart disease and the lifestyle changes that significantly reduce the chances of getting heart disease

Thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder which is characterized by a lack of normal red blood cells. It presents in early childhood and the patient is usually left with a lifelong struggle for receiving blood transfusions.

Open-heart surgery is one of the most extreme surgical procedures you can experience. The emphasis is always on the lead-up to the procedure. What happens immediately afterwards and in the weeks to come is a surprise to many.

Many alternative healers have built their practices around "bypassing bypass," opening coronary blockages without surgical intervention. Some of these methods work, and some do not. ECP is a doctor-approved method that opens arteries naturally.

We are going to explore how height in men can influence the development of coronary artery disease.

Sickle cell anemia is an inherited genetic disorder affecting the red blood cells. The disease is, in most cases, not curable, and required life-long medical attention. New treatments are being developed to manage the symptoms of the disease.

Hemochromatosis Type 1 is a hereditary form of this disease, and it causes an excessive absorption of iron from the diet to be stored in the body. Once there is too much iron in the blood, the body is unable to remove it, so it continually builds up.

Some studies suggest that obesity can protect heart disease patients from dying during a heart attack. This is known as the obesity paradox, but there is not enough evidence to show that it is a real phenomenon, nor that being "fat but fit" is lasting.

You may not die from a broken heart, but you can become every sick. Broken heart syndrome is an actual cardiac condition, which mimics symptoms of a heart attack.