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		<title>Removing your ovaries may be bad for your heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of hysterectomies are carried out every year. Most of them are done in middle-aged women. Conventional wisdom has always dictated that the ovaries be removed at the same time to remove the risk of ovarian cancer. That is until now.
Recent findings about ovaries and hysterectomies 
Research has shown that women who have their ovaries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/removing-your-ovaries-may-be-bad-for-your-heart/</link>
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		<title>Exercise can help prevent severe strokes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apart from keeping you fit and helping to control excessive weight gain, exercise also reduces your chances of getting a severe stroke. Your level of activity before the stroke is strongly related to how severe the stroke is and how long it takes you to recover.
If  you were physically active before the stroke, recovery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/exercise-can-help-prevent-severe-strokes/</link>
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		<title>Grapefruit, cholesterol and high blood pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people take grapefruit juice every morning at around the same time they take their cholesterol or high blood pressure medicine. Grapefruit juice has been said to contain many substances that can prevent cancer and prevent hardening of the arteries (artherosclerosis) amongst other things.
Unfortunately, grapefruit juice also contains substances that block certain enzymes in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/grapefruit-cholesterol-and-high-blood-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Obese middle-aged women more likely to have stroke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The incidence of stroke has been rising in the US mainly due to an increase in the incidence of stroke in middle aged women. The main culprit is abdominal obesity according to recent research. The incidence of stroke between the ages of 35 and 54 years is twice as high in women as it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/obese-middle-aged-women-more-likely-to-have-stroke/</link>
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		<title>Loud noises and high blood pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Loud noises at night may raise your blood pressure. Noises that we associate with everyday modern life like the sound of aeroplanes, cars and even music and snoring may not be enough to wake you up but they may raise your blood pressure  according to  recent  research.
High blood pressure may lead to complications like stroke [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/loud-noises-and-high-blood-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Cholesterol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High blood cholesterol levels are an important risk factor for developing heart disease and unlike inherited you can do something about it.
You need cholesterol
Cholesterol is not some evil stuff that you have to flush out of your system at all costs. Cholesterol is important for your body to function. It forms part of the walls [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/cholesterol/</link>
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		<title>Post-menopausal? Soy nuts may lower your blood pressure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you post-menopausal? Do you have high blood pressure? Well, help may be at hand. A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showed that blood pressure was reduced by eating soy. 60 healthy post-menopausal women who took part in the study were divided into 2 groups. Both groups had identical healthy diets, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/post-menopausal-soy-nuts-may-lower-your-blood-pressure/</link>
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		<title>Exercise boosts &#8220;good&#8221; cholesterol</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re not exercising already, here&#8217;s another good reason to do so. According to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a review of previously-published studies showed that aerobic exercise (the kind that gets your heart pumping fast) can help increase the levels of &#8220;good&#8221; (HDL) cholesterol in your body. The increase was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/exercise-boosts-good-cholesterol/</link>
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		<title>Heart attack survival better for obese patients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Patients who are obese have a better chance of survival after a heart attack than those who are slim. This was the surprising finding of a recent study carried out in people who had suffered a heart attack. Obesity is a risk factor for developing heart disease in the first place so the results were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/heart-attack-survival-better-for-obese-patients/</link>
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		<title>Risk factors for heart disease - High cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and more</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Risk factors are those things you do or conditions you may be suffering from that increase your chances of getting a particular disease.
What causes heart disease?
High blood cholesterol
Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is produced by the liver and is used for various things in the body.The liver produces cholesterol which is then carried as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://hearthealthforher.com/blog/risk-factors-for-heart-disease-high-cholesterol-high-blood-pressurediabetes-and-more/</link>
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