HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES

see arteriosclerosis.

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books on: Hardening of the Arteries  - 548 results

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Where the Words Are Valid: T.S. Eliot's Communities of Drama
Book by Randy Malamud; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Drama, Eliot, T. S--(Thomas Stearns)--1888-1965--Dramatic Works, Verse Drama--History And Criticism
...We know about sudden thrombosis And the slowly hardening artery. . . . We only ask to be reassured About the noises...momentous and the ubiquitous the railway accident and hardening arteries , lampooning our unwillingness to distinguish between...
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The Foreground of American Fiction
Book by Harry Hartwick; American Book Company, 1934
Subjects: American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism, Authors, American
...he was a skeptic. But Lewis thought otherwise. Wasnt it just possible, he insisted, that Burbank had died of hardening arteries? In 1927 a loud Bang! resounded over the nation. That was Lewis blasting the ministry, as he had previously...
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Calvin Coolidge, the Man Who Is President
Book by William Allen White; The Macmillan Company, 1925
Subjects: Coolidge, Calvin--1872-1933
...of his normal bodily vigor, a series of repetitions. Only as his body fails does the equation change which is represented by his judgment upon the passing circumstances. Even then, even when cooling blood or hardening arteries alters
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The Collected Poems of Weldon Kees
Book by Donald Justice; University of Nebraska Press, 1975
...She says, "I answered. There was no one there; There was no one there at all!" Her past is rearranged by hardening arteries, The neighbors dogs, ruining her flower bed, Nieces abortions, failing profits, and the dead, of course...
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Coercion and Conciliation in Ireland, 1880-1892: A Study in Conservative Unionism
Book by L. P. Curtis; Princeton Book Co., 1963
Subjects: Conservative Party (Great Britain), Ireland--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Irish Question
...popularity in the constituencies, Churchill was already preparing to inject a large dose of Tory democracy into the hardening arteries of the party when the Liberal ministry collapsed. 13 ____________________ 13 A partisan account...
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journal articles on: Hardening of the Arteries  - 62 results

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A "Pretty Damn Able Commander" Lewis Hyde Brereton: Part II
Journal article by Roger G. Miller; Air Power History, Vol. 48, 2001
Subjects: Air warfare, Brereton, Lewis Hyde--Biography, Generals--Biography, United States. Air Force--Personalities, World War II, 1939-1945
...September, Arnold also moved to replace Clagett, a heavy-drinking old timer who suffered from high blood pressure, hardening arteries, and tertiary malaria. On September 30, Marshall asked MacArthur to select a new air commander from among Maj...
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Beyond "Enough!"
Journal article by William W. Streeter; ABA Banking Journal, Vol. 99, 2007
Subjects: Banking industry--Laws, regulations and rules
...in other words. Wed argue that there is always subjectivity anyway. Meanwhile the rules cumulatively end up hardening the arteries of a vibrant industry. But really, you may ask, what can be done? Here are a few suggestions. * Help to elect...
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"I Guess I Forgot to Duck": On-Field Player Fatalities in the Minor Leagues
Journal article by Bob Gorman; Nine, Vol. 11, 2003
Subjects: Baseball players--Accidents, Baseball--Accidents, Sports--Accidents
...he had been ill recently with the flu and had left an earlier team because of illness. (c) "Gorman Died of Hardening of Arteries," Charlotte Observer, April 8, 1953, p. 7B. Gorman is no relation to the author. (d) "Player Collapses...
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The Consequences of Childhood Overweight and Obesity
Journal article by Stephen R. Daniels; The Future of Children, Vol. 16, 2006
Subjects: Childhood obesity--Research, Childhood obesity--Risk factors, Children--Food and nutrition, Children--Health aspects, Obesity in children--Research, Obesity in children--Risk factors
...processes, such as hardening of the arteries, once...cardiovascular disease is hardening of the arteries, or...presence in the coronary arteries of young adults...increased risk of coronary artery calcium deposits in...that predisposes to hardening of the arteries). (23.) "Third...
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Hypertension in African Americans and Its Related Chronic Diseases
Journal article by Sandra A. Moulton; Journal of Cultural Diversity, Vol. 16, 2009
...The narrowing of the larger arteries can block blood flow, either...has formed in the narrowed artery. This causes an atherothrombotic...occur when the pressure in the artery becomes so great that it bursts...increasing the resistance in small arteries of the kidneys. However...can occur as a result of the hardening of the arteries caused by...
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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...ATHEROSCLEROSIS, commonly called hardening of the arteries, causes...When perturbed, though, arteries can be the sites of development...information about the risk for artery disease is obtained. The...in risk factor-sensitive arteries. These visitors to the artery wall lead to metabolic mayhem...
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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
...Good" Cholesterol Protects Arteries. Scientists at The University...triggers a process that keeps arteries clean and flexible. This...atherosclerosis, commonly known as hardening of the arteries. "What we have found is that...
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"High Blood Pressure Lowered Naturally--your Arteries Can Clean Themselves"
Magazine article by Frank K. Wood; Human Events, Vol. 55, September 17, 1999
...blood pressure and hardening of the arteries...helps keep the arteries clean. >A recent...drugs used to treat artery disease and heart...yourself to healthy arteries -- without the...heart attacks and hardening of the arteries...that may cause hardening of the arteries. >Helping lower...blood pressure and artery disease? Yes...
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Oats and Arteries
Magazine article; The Saturday Evening Post, Vol. 277, January 2005
Subjects: Blood vessels, Oats
Oats and Arteries A breakfast of oatmeal...It wont stick to your artery walls. Researchers have...make blood cells stick to artery wall cells. Scientists...vessels, which leads to hardening of the arteries. Oats already have been...
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Vitamin C Linked to Clogged Arteries
Magazine article; Drug Topics, Vol. 144, March 20, 2000
Vitamin C Linked to Clogged Arteries Vitamin C pills may speed up hardening of the arteries, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California. While cautioning that more experiments are needed to know...
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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
...just 42 and my dad died of hardening of the arteries when he was...that one of the two main arteries to my brain, the carotid artery, was blocked by cholesterol...Next, I clamped the carotid artery and its two branches. This...flow of blood through the artery so I The fat in my arteries was as thick as cottage cheese...
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My Main Artery Had Exploded. My Only Hope Was a Stainless Steel Tube Threaded through My Leg My Main Artery Had Exploded. My Only Hope Was a Stainless Steel Tube Threaded through My Leg
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 26, 2006
...the heart, or the artery feeding the brain...get aneurysms have hardening of the arteries and high blood pressure...blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. These stents, which...access the main leg artery, which is near the...
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Hospital Is First with Pioneering Op on Artery to Treat Erectile Dysfunction; MALEPROBLEMMAYBEEARLY SIGNOFFUTUREHEARTATTACK
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 18, 2010
Subjects: Cardiovascular diseases--Care and treatment, Hospitals, Impotence--Care and treatment
...a blockage in the penile artery - which is much thinner than arteries around the heart - and can...stents in their coronary artery and in that particular group...have ED. "This is because hardening of the arteries, known as vascular disease...
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How a Welsh Hospital Is Working to Raise People's Killer in Their Arteries Awareness of the Hidden; as Part of National Cholesterol Week, Heart UK Is Fighting to Bring Familial Hypercholesterolaemia - an Under-Diagnosed but Deadly Condition - into the Spotlight. Clare Hutchinson Spoke to One Patient Who Is Getting Treatment at the Only Unit in Wales Dedicated to Caring for Patients with the Condition
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 13, 2010
Subjects: Cholesterol
...which can often lead to hardening of the arteries and vascular disease. After...arterial wall, narrowing the arteries and increasing the risk of...takes lipids away from the arteries. Patients with FH have too...mini-stroke or you have leg artery disease. You are over 40...
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My Cure for Blocked Arteries - a Pounds 300 Wire
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), February 21, 1999
...blocked for too long. An artery blocked for three months...through the blocked artery is providing hope for...which affects the leg arteries of male smokers. Diabetics...vulnerable to narrowing, hardening and blockage of the...quite a lot of blocked arteries that we could not otherwise...suffering from coronary artery disease. "We have...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hardening of the Arteries  - 5 results

 
 
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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
...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...
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Arteriosclerosis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...characterized by thickening, hardening, and loss of elasticity of...produces hard plaques, thus hardening the walls of the vessels...Constriction of the coronary arteries may affect the heart (see coronary artery disease , heart disease...it occurs in the coronary arteries) or stroke (if in cerebral...
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Fats and Oils
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...important chemical industry. This process, sometimes called hardening, involves hydrogenation of the unsaturated fatty-acid portion...the bloods level of cholesterol, which is deposited in the arteries. See oils ; petroleum...
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Saturated Fat
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the fat and makes it a solid, the process is also called hardening. A correlation has been found between the consumption of...Cholesterol forms arterial plaques that may lead to blockage of the arteries, i.e., atherosclerosis. Dietary guidelines in the United...


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