Specializing in Internal Medicine & Infectious
Disease
WebMD.com - A Great Resource for Health Related Info
5/12/2005
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Heart Failure
5/11/2005
A recent article in the American Journal of Medicine demonstrates that exercise training for patients with congestive heart failure is both safe and effective. In this article, aerobic excercise improves peak oxygen consuption and quality of life. Patients with congestive heart failure had significant improvement in exercise tolernace, and the ability to manage routine activities of daily living if they participated in excercise conditioning. Thus if you have the diagnosis of CHF, congestive heart failure and have difficulty performing activities you want, consider a monitored excercise program
Flexible Sigmoidosopy after MI
5/10/2005
Sigmoidoscopy is safer than colonoscopy and may be the preferred test for patients with coronary artery disease. In a recent study, flexible sigmoidoscopy was safe for patients who had a recent heart attack. In this group of patients, this form of screening for colon cancer may be preferable.
