Heart disease - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/heart_disease/?source=rss&aim=heart_disease en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT Healthcare, American style By Gabriel Winant Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/08/healthcare_data/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/08/healthcare_data/index.html?source=rss We spend far more per person than other wealthy nations, but we're less healthy. What's wrong with this picture? Holiday heart attack By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/14/heart_disease/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/14/heart_disease/index.html?source=rss The No. 1 killer of women goes into overdrive this time of the year. My girlfriend's stepfather is a real a-hole ... and a dying man By Cary Tennis Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/29/dying_stepfather/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/05/29/dying_stepfather/index.html?source=rss This guy does not respect me or notice me! What can I do? Better dead than fat By Janelle Brown Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2001/05/16/fen_phen_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2001/05/16/fen_phen_review/index.html?source=rss The pharmaceutical industry hooked millions on the dangerous diet drug fen-phen by manufacturing demand and ignoring warnings, says a new book. A hard Pill to swallow By Carol Lloyd Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/08/contraceptive_risk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/11/08/contraceptive_risk/index.html?source=rss Are oral contraceptives a risky proposition for some women? Women's heart-risky habits? By Lynn Harris Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/12/heart_disease/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/12/heart_disease/index.html?source=rss Study: We are more likely than men to die of heart attacks, yet less likely to take care of our tickers. Dude, that's my treadmill By Catherine Price Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/21/male_female_mouse_hearts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/08/21/male_female_mouse_hearts/index.html?source=rss A new study suggests that when it comes to heart disease, exercise may do more for women than it does for men. Taking research to heart, finally By Carol Lloyd Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/15/health/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/15/health/index.html?source=rss A new model for assessing women's risk of heart attacks. When heart attack and stroke strike women By Carol Lloyd Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/heart_disease/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/heart_disease/index.html?source=rss Women are now more likely to die from heart attacks or strokes than men -- but has the medical establishment caught up? Hot-tempered women and heart trouble By Catherine Price Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/16/broadsheet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/16/broadsheet/index.html?source=rss A new study draws a line between "outwardly expressed anger" and coronary artery disease in women. What else we're reading By Carol Lloyd Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/09/28/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/09/28/what_else/index.html?source=rss Warning signs for heart disease and diabetes, the role of palmistry in female athletic prowess and more. Undetected heart disease By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/02/heart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/02/heart/index.html?source=rss Basic tests fail to recognize a sneakier form of heart disease. Dick Cheney's suicide mission By Arianna Huffington Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/08/cheney_health/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2001/03/08/cheney_health/index.html?source=rss It's time for the vice president to resign. The heart of the matter By Leah Kohlenberg Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/07/27/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/07/27/cheney/index.html?source=rss Is Dick Cheney healthy enough to endure the rigors of a vice presidential campaign? Getting mad By Amy Standen Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/22/anger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/03/22/anger/index.html?source=rss A new study shows women can keep anger in and still be OK. Smoke 'em if you've got 'em? By David McGuire Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/07/casual_smoker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/07/casual_smoker/index.html?source=rss No one has studied casual smokers, but their risk level might be lower than expected. Living the paradox By Valerie Frankel Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/03/french_eating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/02/03/french_eating/index.html?source=rss How do the French eat all that cheese and still lose weight? I had to find out.