Best known for its weight plates and benches, York Fitness manufactures an entire line of fitness equipment, including weights, multi-gyms, accessories and cardio equipment. Its treadmill line is small. In December 2010, York features six...
True treadmills have been on the market since the early 1980s and are designed to be health club quality cardiovascular equipment, regardless of the setting they are used. As of November 2010, True has eight residential treadmill models. A common...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative condition, or one that worsens with time, caused by damage and destruction to the central nervous system, most specifically the covering of nerves called myelin. Myelin acts much like insulation on wires,...
ProForm is a home fitness equipment company that has its foundations in moderately priced treadmills. As of December 2010, the company manufactures more than 15 different types of treadmills with a variety of features. One common feature across...
A venerable name in American industry, the Schwinn company was founded in 1895 by a German immigrant, Ignaz Schwinn. Focusing first on racing bikes and then bikes for everyone, the company quickly became the industry leader. In 1965, Schwinn...
Electrotherapy can cover a wide range of treatments that involve electricity used as a therapeutic tool to help heal the body. Primarily, it is the use of an electrical current to stimulate nerves and muscles through the skin in order to provide a...
Left side heart failure develops when the left ventricle, the lower chamber of the heart, weakens and pumps less efficiently than it should. The normal amount of blood isn't pumped with each beat and blood backs up, first into the left atria, the...
A normal heartbeat, the electrical impulses that cause the heart muscle to contract in a specific sequence, pushes the blood through the heart with two adjoining pumps, one in the atrium and one in the ventricle. SVT, or supraventricular...
Fire safety is important in any environment. Protecting employees and property from fire damage requires knowledge on fire safety and evacuation procedures for any location. Learning a few tips for encouraging fire safety at work helps protect you...
Heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women, causes about 25 percent of deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. A number of different disease processes can cause heart disease,...
Excess iron, also known as iron overload, can potentially cause life-threatening manifestations if left untreated. The Merck Manual states that chronic iron therapy, numerous blood transfusions, chronic alcoholism, overdose of iron supplements and...
A slow heart rate is a condition known as bradycardia. A normal heart rate falls in the range of 60 to 100 beats per minute. According to the Mayo Clinic, a person with a slow rate, or bradycardia, has a heart that beats fewer than 60 times per...
Electrocardiograms, known as EKGs, can give your doctor a quick clue about life and death situations involving your cardiac health. The EKG is a diagnostic tool that represents the electrical activity that controls your heart. According to Medline...
For patients with depression, finding the right treatment is necessary to manage symptoms. Some patients choose to use medication if their depression is severe enough. One medication, Seroquel, has been used to treat depression in the past, though...
According to Drugs.com, digitek (brand name Lanoxin) belongs to a group of medications known as cardiac glycosides. Digitek is derived from the leaves of the plant digitalis lanata. Digitek is available only as a prescription and is prescribed...
Digoxin is a medication commonly used to treat congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation. Congestive heart failure is an enlargement of the heart that doesn't allow it to pump blood effectively. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular heartbeat...
Atrial fibrillation is a type of heart arrhythmia that causes a fast and irregular pulse. This disorder occurs when the top heart chambers, or atria, pulse in a chaotic way due to abnormal functioning of the heart's electrical system. Atrial...
Digitalis has been used to treat heart problems for centuries. The medication is used to treat congestive heart failure. It slows the heart rate, and increases the force of each contraction. Digitalis is also used to treat irregular heart rate...
Hypocalcemia, or low blood calcium, is caused by a loss of calcium from or insufficient entry of calcium into the blood circulation. According to LabTestsOnline.com, the most common cause of low total calcium is low blood protein levels,...
If you are living with diabetes, you may often wonder if the future holds more than sugar-free desserts and insulin injections. Doctors understand the importance of finding treatment plans that are easy for patients to follow and relatively free...
According to the American Heart Association, digoxin is used to treat arrhythmias, atrial fibrillation and mild to moderate congestive heart failure. Digoxin works directly on the heart muscle; it slows down the heart rate and also increases the...
The heart's pumping action ensures that blood is delivered to all parts of the body; the heart itself needs adequate blood supply to perform its functions effectively. The American College of Cardiology notes that ischemic heart disease can also...
The American Heart Association (AHA) describes heart failure as a condition where the heart does not pump blood to supply the body's cells with the oxygen they need to function. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that, in...
When the arterial blood supply to the heart becomes partially or completely blocked, it affects the amount of oxygen and nutrients available to the muscle. The heart requires a constant supply of oxygen to function. According to Merck Manuals...
Electrolytes are nutrients that provide electrical prompts to muscles, including the heart, to activate their function. Potassium is one of these nutrients. A low potassium level, called hypokalemia, affects the rhythm of the heartbeat. This may...
Potassium is an essential body mineral derived from the diet. All human cells contain potassium, which supports the metabolic functions of the body tissues. Severe diarrhea can cause significant losses of total body potassium, which may lead to a...
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Physicians, atrial fibrillation is the most common form of arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rate, in adults. Furthermore, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
Geodon (ziprasidone) is a medication used to manage such psychiatric illnesses as schizophrenia (condition in which you hallucinate) and the euphoric stage of bipolar disorder, a mental disease characterized by fluctuating depression and extreme...
Lopressor and hydrochlorothiazide are sometimes combined into an oral medication for the treatment of increased blood pressure, or hypertension. HCT is a diuretic of the thiazide class, and lopressor is a beta1-selective blocker, which means it...
