A band-aid that monitors your heart
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010We are used to seeing band aids on scrapes and cuts, but this is an entirely different kind of band aid. The Piix Smart Band-Aid monitors your heart and reports your cardiac activity to you. Qualcomm is working with CARDIONET on the device. It can give you info on beat-to-beat, real time analysis, automatic arrhythmia [...]
Chocolate may reduce heart risk
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010Chocolate may lower your chances of having heart problems. According to a new study, small doses of chocolate every day could decrease your risk of having a heart attack or stroke by nearly 40%. That’s big. German researchers followed almost 20,000 people over eight years, sending them several questionnaires about their diet and exercise habits. [...]
Fresh Garlic Protects Your Heart
Friday, October 16th, 2009Aside from fending off Vampires, fresh garlic can protect your heart. A team of researchers from the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine have learned how freshly crushed garlic(Not dried or cooked garlic) protects the heart. Freshly crushed garlic generates hydrogen sulfide, a gas that is also generated from rotten [...]
The Spleen May Help Your Heart
Monday, August 3rd, 2009The spleen has always seemed pretty useless. You can live without it. Many people do. But some new research suggests that the spleen plays a bigger role in the immune system than we thought. In mice, scientists found that the spleen serves as a home for a type of white blood cell that scavenges dead [...]
