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A migraine prodrome is a premonition or advance warning that a migraine is coming on.  Prodromes can occur anywhere from a few minutes before the onset of a headache to days prior.  While no one knows the specific cause of migraine prodromes, the prevailing theory is that they are part of neurochemical change in the brain that occurs before an attack.  Approximately 60% of all migraineurs (people who have chronic migraines) experience some type of prodrome. Migraine Auras Migraine auras are a Read more [...]

The AMA is an association of doctors that strives to further medical education and promote advancement of medical care for all persons. Ever since its foundation in 1847 at the University of Pennsylvania, the American Medical Association has had its hand in many of the major issues pertaining to medicine and medical research. Perhaps the most widely known of the American Medical Association's accomplishments is the publication of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Published forty Read more [...]

A number of studies have already been undertaken to prove the ability of propoxyphene to cause serious disturbances to the heart’s rhythm. These research studies were accomplished after consumer groups such as Public Citizen have pleaded for the drug’s immediate ban, and after the Food and Drug Administration called for its withdrawal. Propoxyphene, most popularly known as Darvon or Darvocet, is a medication classified as an analgesic and narcotic. The low efficiency rate and high probability Read more [...]

The term Cardiovascular Disease covers a large number of diseases that directly affect the heart and the blood vessel system. It especially affects the veins and arteries that lead to and from the heart. Research has suggested that women who suffer with cardiovascular disease usually suffer from forms that affect the blood vessels. While men usually suffer from forms that affect the heart muscle itself. Other known or associated causes of cardiovascular disease include diabetes mellitus, hypertension Read more [...]

Diseases of the heart valves are grouped according to which valve or valves are involved plus the amount of blood flow that is disrupted by the problem. The most common and serious valve problems happen in the mitral and aortic valves. Diseases of the tricuspid and pulmonary valves are fairly rare.   The mitral valve regulates the flow of blood from the upper-left chamber (the left atrium) to the lower-left chamber (the left ventricle).   Mitral Valve Prolapse   The mitral valve regulates the Read more [...]

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is among the most common heart conditions; however it remains something of a puzzle. Although MVP affects about two percent of the population, the cause is unknown. MVP often occurs in people who have no other heart problems, and the condition may be inherited.   The mitral valve is located in the heart between the upper-left chamber (the left atrium) and the lower-left chamber (the left ventricle). The mitral valve consists of two flaps called leaflets.   In normal Read more [...]

  Swelling (inflammation) is the body's natural reaction to an injury. Inflammation can happen anywhere on the skin, within the body, and even inside the arteries. Scientists are now learning inflammation may play a part in many of the diseases that come with aging, including coronary artery disease.   For many years, doctors have thought that the main cause of a heart attack or stroke or was the buildup of fatty plaque within an artery, leading to the heart or brain. In time, the plaque buildup Read more [...]

A Congenital heart is when a heart develops a problem from before birth. Often this is such things as a hole in the heart. These problems usually develop before anyone is aware that they exist. Heart defects can have a wide degree of severity. There are simple problems such as holes between the chambers of the heart to extreme malformations such as the complete absence of one or more chambers or valves within the heart.   Anyone can have a child with a congenital heart defect. Statistics have shown Read more [...]