Don't count on fish oil to protect your heart
Study raises doubt in the use of supplements for heart health, but don't cross salmon and mackerel off the menu.
Heart Health
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Symptoms
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Pandemic poses long-term risks to heart health: Canadian survey
Nine in 10 experts worry that the health of people living with heart disease or stroke has worsened because of limited access to care during the pandemic.
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The flu shot is good for your heart, studies say
Getting inoculated against influenza has been shown to reduce the risk of suffering a serious or fatal cardiac event.
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How can we improve the lives of Canadians? Movement
Opinion: Worsening epidemics of cardiovascular disease and mental illness could be reversed by a collective effort to get Canadians moving.
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World Thrombosis Day: 'A blood clot can be scary'
According to Thrombosis Canada, 79 per cent of Canadians don't know the symptoms of deep vein thrombosis.
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Cannabis could be risk factor for cardiac events
Investigators looked at electrocardiograph changes among cannabis users, tobacco consumers and non-smokers.
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Heart MRI
Alternative names: Magnetic resonance imaging – cardiac; Magnetic resonance imaging – heart; Nuclear magnetic resonance – cardiac; NMR – cardiac; MRI of the heart; Cardiomyopathy – MRI; Heart failure – MRI; Congenital heart disease – MRIDefinition: Heart magnetic resonance imaging is an imaging method that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create pictures of the heart.
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Electrocardiogram
ECG; EKGAn electrocardiogram (ECG) is a test that records the electrical activity of the heart. How the Test is PerformedYou will be asked to lie down.
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Coronary angiography
Cardiac angiography; Angiography – heart; Angiogram – coronary; Coronary artery disease – angiography; CAD – angiography; Angina – angiography; Heart disease – angiographyCoronary angiography is a procedure that uses a special dye (contrast material) and x-rays to see how blood flows through the arteries in your heart.
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MRI
Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imagingA magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan is an imaging test that uses powerful magnets and radio waves to create pictures of the body.
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