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Community members participate in Go Red BetterU Heart Health Challenge

...cholesterol numbers. Based on the answers, the tool calculates the heart's biological age and risks for heart and vascular disease. Those concerned about their risk for heart disease are advised to see their doctor.To hear from BetterU participants...

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Exercise reduces risk of impotence

...urologist and head of the Center for Sexual Function at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Regular aerobic exercise fights vascular disease, including fat clogs that narrow the arteries, said Montague, who is not connected to the study. Such clogs can...

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Exercise boosts clot-dissolving protein, study contends

...that should encourage people with peripheral arterial disease to be physically active, Womack said. On the Net: Vascular Disease Foundation, information on peripheral arterial disease: http://www.vdf.org American Heart Association peripheral...

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Life-protecting stroke screening available in city

...Church in Brainerd. Life Line Screening, a Cleveland-based health screening company, will test residents for vascular diseases, as well as osteoporosis. Keri Anderson, the Minneapolis Health Service coordinator, said 8 percent to 10 percent...

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Oak wilt is caused by a fungus

...wilts and dies and thus the name oak wilt. What Trees are at Risk? No species of oak is known to be immune to this vascular disease. Infections have been found in 16 native oak species, including most of those of commercial importance. Species...

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Business notes

...patient post angiography, procedures and new technologies in the cath lab, interventional treatment of peripheral vascular disease and cardiac drug therapies for prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. For more information, go online...

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Sulzer Medica to acquire stent maker IntraTherapeutics

...sales in about 30 countries. IntraTherapeutics will remain a stand-alone entity within Sulzer Medica. Peripheral vascular diseases affect about one in every 20 people over the age of 50, the companies said. The peripheral stent market generated...

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Business
Pain in lower legs could indicate a serious problem

...to walk, but your life. It's called peripheral vascular disease, a long name that simply means arteries in your...good news: There are ways to control peripheral vascular disease, or PVD, and the earlier it's diagnosed, the...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/061901/new_0619010012.shtml
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Local briefs

...health screening on Sept. 5. Life Line Screening will be offering health screenings to assess the risk of stroke and vascular disease. All three vascular screening tests are being offered to the community for $99. Also offered for women will be...

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Study finds artery disease underdiagnosed, undertreated

...specialist at the University of Minnesota and the study's lead author. The condition, also known as peripheral vascular disease, is a narrowing of blood vessels and arteries in the legs and sometimes arms. It usually stems from the same type...

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