HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES

see arteriosclerosis.

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books on: Hardening of the Arteries  - 1304 results

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Over 55: A Handbook on Health
Book by Theodore G. Duncan, Joyce Richman; Franklin Institute Press, 1982
Subjects: Aging, Geriatrics, Gerontology
...infection, and various manifestations of atherosclerosis fatty deposits on arterial walls commonly known as hardening of the arteries .Diagnosis of heart disease aims to answer three questions: What is causing heart damage? How much is the heart...
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The Eye Care Sourcebook
Book by Jay B. Lavine; Contemporary Books, 2001
Subjects: Eye--Care And Hygiene--Popular Works
...in people who have had transient loss of vision in an eye. This transient blindness can sometimes indicate hardening of the arteries and high risk of a stroke. This technique can give us some idea whether any major arteries (including the...
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Chambers's Technical Dictionary
Book by C. F. Tweney, L. E. C. Hughes; Macmillan, 1958
Subjects: Technology--Dictionaries
...mixed with cement concrete for the purpose of hastening hardening.-- Photog. A chemical used...antiquity in evolution. age-hardening Met. . See ageing. ageing Acous. . The diminution of effectiveness of a carbon microphone...
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Readings in Biological Science
Book by Irving William Knobloch; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1948
Subjects: Biology
...The embryo itself at a very early period can hardly be distinguished from that of other members of the vertebrate kingdom. At this period the arteries run in arch-like branches, as if to carry the blood to branchiae which are not present in the...
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Sexual Health for Men: The Complete Guide
Book by Richard F. Spark; Perseus Publishing, 2000
Subjects: Hygiene, Sexual, Men--Health And Hygiene, Men--Sexual Behavior, Physical Fitness For Men, Sex (Psychology)--Health Aspects, Sexual Disorders
...discovered that when severe atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries partially blocked some branches of the abdominal...heart are narrowed because of atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries , they cannot provide a sufficient supply of...
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journal articles on: Hardening of the Arteries  - 56 results

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Introduction
Journal article by Michael Ruse; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 99, 2009
Subjects: Books, Scholars, Studies
...one of "hardening," with the intended unfortunate implications of a move made in a wrong direction - as in the hardening of the arteries or the hardening of Hiders resolve after the weakness of Chamberlain at Munich. Again history will no doubt judge...
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Sociodemographic and Clinical Predictors of Mortality in Geriatric Depression
Journal article by David C. Steffens, Robert M. Levy, Ryan Wagner, Douglas R. McQuoid; The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. 10, 2002
...cardiovascular" were similarly summed. These included asthma, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, pulmonary diseases, ulcers, "hardening of the arteries," neurological disorders, anemia, and other conditions, for a possible maximum score of 30. For some analyses...
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Vascular Nutritional Correlates of Late-life Depression
Journal article by Martha E. Payne, Celia F. Hybels, Connie W. Bales, David C. Steffens; The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. 14, 2006
Subjects: Antidepressive Agents, Cholesterol, Fatty Acids, Fatty Acids, Unsaturated, Sodium
...subjects. Four self-reported conditions were included in the comorbidity score: diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hardening of the arteries, and heart trouble. Each condition was assigned a score of one if the condition was not reported and two to four...
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Tobacco Abuse in Pregnancy
Journal article by Robert J. Oliver Phd Md; Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health, Vol. 17, 2002
...gums and teeth, 50 times higher mouth, throat and esophagus cancer; coronary heart disease, increases in angina, hardening of the arteries and increased cerebral vascular accidents (strokes). There is also a marked decrease in sense of taste and smell...
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MRI Lesion Severity and Mortality in Geriatric Depression
Journal article by Robert M. Levy, David C. Steffens, Douglas R. McQuoid, James M. Provenzale; The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Vol. 11, 2003
...questions: "Do you have heart trouble?", "Do you have high blood pressure or hypertension?", and "Do you have hardening of the arteries?" Each item has a score that ranges from 0 to 3, where O indicates that the condition does not exist; 1 indicates...
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Hard Truths about Hardening of the Arteries
Magazine article by Peter Libby; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 136, September 2007
Subjects: Arteries--Health aspects, Arteries--Physiological aspects, Atherosclerosis--Care and treatment, Atherosclerosis--Risk factors, Heart attack--Causes of, Hypertension--Causes of
Hard Truths about Hardening of the Arteries. by Peter Libby...ATHEROSCLEROSIS, commonly called hardening of the arteries, causes heart attacks and...When perturbed, though, arteries can be the sites of development of fatty buildups...
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How "Good" Cholesterol Protects Arteries
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, February 2002
Subjects: Arteries--Protection and preservation, Blood cholesterol--Physiological aspects, Cholesterol, HDL--Physiological aspects, HDL cholesterol lipoproteins--Physiological aspects, High density lipoproteins--Physiological aspects, University of Texas (Dallas) Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, Texas)--Research
...could lead to new strategies to prevent or treat vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, commonly known as hardening of the arteries. "What we have found is that HDL is a robust stimulator of nitric oxide production in endothelial cells, which...
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Leg Pain May Signal Clogged Arteries
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 123, October 1994
Subjects: Leg--Diseases, Pain--Causes of, Peripheral vascular diseases--Care and treatment
...supply to the legs caused by hardening or clogging of the arteries in the lower body, warns John...improve circulation in the arteries. Those without serious complications...not to give up exercise at the first sign of discomfort, but people should...
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Study Links Availability of Supermarkets to Disparities in Diet, Illness
Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, December 5, 2002
Subjects: African Americans, Black culture, Blacks, Culture, Diet, Fruits, Health, Minority & ethnic groups, Neighborhoods, Nutrition, Preventive medicine, Supermarkets, Vegetables
...the UNC-based Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, a large, long-term population-based investigation of hardening of the arteries with extensive information on subjects dietary intakes, among other characteristics, Morland said. Detailed...
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"Sleeve" Keeps Blockages at Bay
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, February 1998
Subjects: Atherosclerosis--Prevention
...Stanford University Medical Center. Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries. is arguably the most serious health problem in...This study shows that the mechanical functions of the arteries and the physical forces on them are just as important...
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Vital: Choc a Block with Benefits; ONE OF THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE 'NAUGHTY' SNACKS COULD ACTUALLY BE GOOD FOR YOU
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 24, 2007
...quit chocolate. But researchers found a few squares of dark chocolate a day could stave off the narrowing and hardening of the arteries experienced by smokers. Ultrasound scans on smokers taken two hours after they ate dark chocolate found the smoothness...
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The Fat in My Arteries Was as Thick as Cottage Cheese - So the Surgeon Scraped Them Clean; ME AND MY OPERATION CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 6, 2007
Subjects: Anticholesteremic agents
...hypercholesterolaemia, tends to run in families - my grandmother had a stroke when she was just 42 and my dad died of hardening of the arteries when he was 65. I was a smoker for years, which put me more at risk. Two years ago, I started to notice shooting...
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My Cure for Blocked Arteries - a Pounds 300 Wire
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), February 21, 1999
...which affects the leg arteries of male smokers. Diabetics are particularly vulnerable to narrowing, hardening and blockage of the arteries and patients with advanced peripheral vascular disease can develop gangrene. Michael Rees, professor...
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Yes, You Can Catch Heart Disease; A Common Infection That Is Spread between Adults Could Increase the Risk of Heart Attack
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), May 24, 2009
Subjects: Adults--Diseases, Atherosclerosis--Risk factors, Diseases--Risk factors, Heart attack--Risk factors, Hypertension--Risk factors, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental
...in high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries - leading causes of heart...Beth Israel Medical Centre in the US, it may be unknowingly raising blood pressure and hardening arteries in 30 per cent of those infected with it. You...
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Delivery on the Cutting Edge? Erring on the Side of Caution: Giving Birth to Twins Can Be Risky, Which Is Probably Why Angelina Jolie Had an Elective Caesarean
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 15, 2008
Subjects: Childbirth, Delivery (Childbirth)
...should behigher in the ankle than in the arm if the circulation is healthy, but its theother way round if there is hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)a process that is as likely to narrow arteries supplying the heart and brain asit is the lower...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hardening of the Arteries  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Hardening of the Arteries
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES see arteriosclerosis . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Senility
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...muscle strength, changes in the lens and muscles of the eye, brittleness of bone and stiffness of the joints, and hardening of the arteries ( arteriosclerosis ) are among the physical changes associated with old age. The mental changes associated with...
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Saturated Fat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...makes it a solid, the process is also called hardening. A correlation has been found between the consumption of solid fats in food and cholesterol levels...plaques that may lead to blockage of the arteries, i.e., atherosclerosis. Dietary guidelines...
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Fats and Oils
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...chemical industry. This process, sometimes called hardening, involves hydrogenation of the unsaturated fatty-acid portion of the oil molecule...level of cholesterol, which is deposited in the arteries. See oils ; petroleum...
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Arteriosclerosis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...accumulates calcium and produces hard plaques, thus hardening the walls of the vessels. As the vessel walls thicken, the passageways...to the affected region. Constriction of the coronary arteries may affect the heart (see coronary artery disease...


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