High risk conditions patient in dental treatment include:

• Prosthetic valves
• Bacterial endocarditis history
• Single Ventricel states
• Great arteries' transposition
• Tetralogy of fallot

• High risk of bacterial endocarditis secondary to dental treatment that resulting in significant bleeding. Patient that have had surgical repair to their heart could also have this risk.
• Patients that have been using long term anticoagulant therapy are at high risk of excessive bleeding.
• Patient with cyanosis may be prone to infection and have excessive bleeding.

• No oral manifestation for prosthetic valves or history of previous bacterial endocarditis patient.
• Possible cyanotic appearance of oral mucosa for complex cyanotic congenital heart disease.
• Patient with heart problem also have possibility to get hematologic abnormalities. This condition could manifest as petechiae or ecchymosis in oral mucosa.

• Administration of prophylactic antibiotics before doing dental procedure that result in significant bleeding.
• Standard: oral amoxicillin
• Unable to take oral medications: IV or IM ampicillin
• allergic to penicillin: oral clindamycin
• Allergic to penicillin and unable to take oral medication: IV clindamycin

• Administration of prophylactic antibiotics 1-3 hours before procedures likely to result in significant bleeding.
• Administration of second antibiotics if dental procedure take more than 4-6 hours or if multiple appointments occur on the same day.
• Patients that using anticoagulants medication may need to alter it doses depending on the level of anticoagulation and the extent of planned dental procedure.
• Take a break at least 9 days between dental treatment sessions so that penicillin-resistant organisms disapear from the oral flora. If treatment session must be done sooner than 9 days, select one of the alternative antibiotics for prophylaxis.

New study estimates that if Americans were to cut their salt intake to recommended levels, they would have far fewer cases of high blood pressure, and save billions of dollars in health care costs.

High sodium intake can contribute to high blood pressure and its complications, including heart and kidney disease. The Institute of Medicine recommends that adults consume no more than 2,300 milligrams (mg) of sodium per day. However, the average American gets about 1,000 mg more than that.

The researchers estimate that if the average sodium intake fell to the recommended level of 2,300 mg per day, there would be 11 million fewer cases of high blood pressure each year and the costs of treating high blood pressure and related heart disease and strokes would fall by $18 billion.

Sound simple but not too easy. That's because so much of the sodium Americans consume comes not from their own salt shakers, but from packaged foods and meals eaten out. Given this, it makes sense to explore how cutting sodium from processed foods and restaurant menus would affect widespread sodium consumption.

A new study suggest that social stress may cause the body to deposit more fat in the abdomen. This condition could also increase the risk of heart disease.

According to principal investigator Carol A. Shively, a professor of pathology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, this findings could lead to new ways to combat rising rates of obesity.

In a Wake Forest news release she said that fat which is located in the abdomen behaves differently than fat in other location in your body. Too much fat in abdomen can have far more harmful effects on health.

This study was designed to see how social status affects the development of heart disease. And they found that social subordination causes the release of stress hormones that promote fat accumulation in the abdomen which could promotes the build-up of plaque in blood vessels that leads to heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide.

Shively said the findings reinforce the wisdom of healthy eating, regular exercise and handling stress well.

Getting older but want to keep your memory sharp? There are 8 simple ways you have to do to get your brain in it's optimum condition when you get old.

1. Test your hearing every 3 years after you get your 50th birthday. Reasearch showed that people with hearing loss sometimes spend so much effort trying to understand what's being said that they can't remember it afterward.
2. Keep BMI (body mass index) below 25. Stay in shape! Get routine worked out and cut your daily callories. Click bmi calculator to check your body mass index.
3. Do not forget to eat vegetables everyday.
4. Get better attention to one thing, do not let other things distract you.
5. Eat fish and seafood at least one to two times a week.
6. Check your blood sugar once a year.
7. Be conscientious. Spend 20 minutes a day tidying the house can help you improve your conscientiousness.
8. Avoid hypertension. Consume at least three portion of hi-calcium food everyday to reduce the risk of hypertension.