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Cholesterol · February 3, 2013
Hormone therapy shouldn’t be used for the heart – (11-02-00)
HRT Shouldn’t Be Used as Secondary Prevention of Heart Disease This is always a very sensitive issue with many women. I am ardently opposed to the use of synthetic drugs to “treat” a natural process in women. We have…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Homocysteine higher in thyroid problems – (03-15-01)
Changes in homocysteine in hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism has been linked with an increased risk of heart disease, and this study demonstrates that patients with decreased thyroid function have higher…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Genetics, homocysteine and risk of heart disease – (10-24-02)
MTHFR 677CtoT Polymorphism and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Chalk up another 16% risk for another modifiable risk factor (actually not modifiable but rather compensatable). Here we see that genetic variants with a…
Diet Choices for Your Best Health · February 3, 2013
Garlic Blocks Very Earliest Stages of Arteriosclerosis – (05-02-02)
Garlic Blocks Very Earliest Stages of Arteriosclerosis. Garlic is one of those natural compounds that has a seemingly wide area of effects on human physiology; all of them good (except for the breath…). This article…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Exercise and inflammation – (07-25-02)
Cardiorespiratory Fitness and C-Reactive Protein CRP is a marker of inflammation that has been shown to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. I have had success lowering CRP levels with avoidance of…
Gastroenterology · February 3, 2013
Coating Doesn’t Reduce Risk of Upper GI Bleeds – (11-02-00)
Coating Doesn’t Reduce Risk of Upper GI Bleed From Low-Dose Aspirin The whole “aspirin a day” for health is becoming more and more controversial. First, there is no evidence that aspirin prevents a FIRST heart attack…
Heart Disease · February 3, 2013
Black Tea and Coronary Heart Disease – (07-12-01)
Black Tea Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction in Coronary Artery Disease I don’t remember seeing tea on Dr. Dean Ornish’s program to reverse heart disease, but maybe it should be added! Remember that the flavonoids present…
NSAIDs Dangerous · February 3, 2013
Anti inflammatories can damage the heart – (11-16-00)
NSAIDs, Intestinal Integrity & Bacterial Translocation in Chronic Heart Failure This is truly a wonderful editorial illustrating how the systems of the body do not work alone, but rather as an intricate web. It…
Migraine · January 31, 2013
Migraine Headaches and Seizures Linked
I have stated for years that the causes of chronic migraine headaches and epilepsy are the same. While not generally accepted, it is consistent with current research. The finding of a genetic link between migraines and…
Childhood Obesity · January 30, 2013
Enlightening Findings: Causes of Rising Obesity Rate in America
Big shocker: There is a growing obesity rate in America. And it’s starting in childhood. Some factors are obvious, some not so. This one came as a surprise to me. The list of things that have been shown to contribute to…
Stress · January 29, 2013
Work stress increases risk – (10-24-02)
Work stress and risk of cardiovascular mortality It is well known that chronic states of stress lead to increased cortisol levels, and this increase in cortisol wreaks havoc on most body systems. One way it does this is…
Heart Disease · January 29, 2013
Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment and Your Heart: 4 Points to Know
Your body was designed to produce high levels of vitamin D, but you’re depriving it. But is vitamin D deficiency treatment really a good and safe idea for your heart? Coming from a natural standpoint, I would never…
Heart Disease · January 29, 2013
Urinary tract infection in patients with acute coronary syndrome – (07-18-05)
Urinary tract infection in patients with acute coronary syndrome The association of infection with heart disease continues to grow. Whether the infection is urinary, periodontal or respiratory, the association continues…
Heart Disease · January 29, 2013
Other Markers Outside of Cholesterol – (11-12-00)
VLDL, Apolipoproteins B, CIII, and E, and Risk of Coronary Events More evidence pointing to the fact that just measuring lipid levels in patients is rather archaic, and other markers in the blood are much more specific…
Heart Disease · January 29, 2013
Homocysteine ups risk of heart attack and stroke – (10-24-02)
Homocysteine and Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke This meta analysis finds an 11% increase in ischemic heart disease and 19% increase in stroke. While the authors were not jumping up and down about these…
Obesity and Weight Loss · January 28, 2013
Can Antibiotics Make You Fat?
There are all kinds of concerns running around with antibiotic resistant bugs. Headlines lately are claiming that the era of antibiotics is coming to an end and soon we will have nothing left to combat our infectious…
Heart Disease · January 27, 2013
Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease – (07-25-02)
Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease This is a wonderful review on this topic. Geez…even if it was an awful review, it’s still a review!! The negative effects of sugar on health have been virtually ignored by the medical…
Healthy Pregnancy and Women's Health · January 27, 2013
Overweight Before Pregnancy Linked to Heart Defects in Infants – (08-06-01)
Increased BMI Before Pregnancy Linked w/ Heart Defects in Infants We have had a major push in obstetrics for folic acid and yet there are many factors that contribute to a healthy pregnancy. Folic acid is important, but…
Diabetes and Obesity Tips · January 27, 2013
Normal blood glucose and coronary risk – (01-13-01)
“Normal” blood glucose and coronary risk This is another nice editorial outlining current concepts in diabetes, heart disease and aging. When blood glucose levels are high enough, they attach themselves to proteins (a…
Healthy Pregnancy · January 27, 2013
Malnutrition in Pregnancy and later heart disease risk – (01-08-01)
CVD in Offspring Linked to Maternal Malnutrition in Early Gestation I often say that it’s never too early and never too late to make changes towards a healthy lifestyle. This mantra of mine really seems to be coming…
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