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Vitamin C Levels and Heart Disease
Heart failure patients with low vitamin C intake are more likely to have higher levels of high sensitivity C-Reactive protein (hsCRP), shows study. hsCRP protein acts as a marker for inflammation and a risk factor for heart disease.
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New Stent Design May Put Patients At Risk
Some stents that keep blood vessels open to treat heart disease are poorly designed to resist shortening, according to publications in the Journal of Interventional Cardiology.
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Eating certain foods alters expression of heart disease genes
Did your mother or father have a heart attack? Did your grandfather and a couple of aunts and uncles or maybe a brother or cousin die from heart disease? Do you feel doomed that having a bad ticker "runs" in your family?
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REALLY?; Grape juice has the same benefits as red wine.
Grape juice may not provide much buzz, but you can still toast to good health when it comes to its ability to avert heart disease.
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Cardiologists Debate Expensive Heart Scans
Cardiologists have opened another front in the debate over expensive medical technologies, questioning the conclusions of a new study finding that high-resolution computer scans of the heart are almost as effective as conventional angiograms.
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The Obesity Gene Do You Have It?
Is it possible that you've inherited an obesity gene? Could this be the reason why you can't control your weight gain? Find out more now!
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What are Glyconutrients?
If you had to pick a cornerstone that underpins all your daily nutritional choices, what would that be? Have you considered the part Glyconutrients play? Why are they so important?
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Glyconutrient Health Stories
Share your experiences of improved health and wellness at Glyconutrient Health Stories.
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What is the Glycemic Index?
Help control cardiovascular disease risk factors, manage weight gain and enhance fat loss by understanding the glycemic index.
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Natural Foods that Lower Cholesterol
Are you worried about your cholesterol level? Would you like to lower your cholesterol naturally? Foods that lower cholesterol are plentiful. You just need to know which ones to choose.
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Essential Fitness Tips
Try including essential key fitness tips into your daily routine to help keep you in shape through out your lifetime.
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Exercise and High Blood Pressure
Should you exercise with high blood pressure? Can exercise help to lower your high blood pressure or help to keep your normal BP that way? Exercise and high blood pressure discussed.
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Diet and Blood Pressure
High blood pressure can be aggravated by poor daily dietary habits. Your diet and blood pressure have a close association. Learn about foods that can help or hinder your blood pressure.
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Coronary Angiography Made Simple
What is Coronary Angiography? Get a simple and straight forward definition, some background and history along with additional easy to understand information right here.
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Does CoQ10 Benefit Heart Health?
What is CoQ10 or Coenzyme Q10? Much has been made of its health benefits. Could it help you?
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Understanding Your Cholesterol Results
Confused by your cholesterol lab results? Not sure what all the numbers mean? Being able to understand your cholesterol results can help you better manage your cholesterol level.
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Your Cholesterol Level. How important is it?
Do you know what your ideal cholesterol level is? Do you have a safe level or is it out of control? Are you unsure whether it really matters? Find out about your safe cholesterol range.
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Causes of Coronary Heart Disease
What is fueling this modern society epidemic that can affect young and old alike? Learn about common causes of coronary heart disease along with some you may not have considered.
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Cardiac Catheterization
If you've been told you require a Cardiac Catheterization, also known as a Coronary Angiogram what can you expect? Find out what the procedure entails with clear and simple patient focused info.
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Cardiac Catheterization Stories
Have you had a Cardiac Catheterization? Why not share your experiences about the procedure. This is the place for you to tell your story.
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Boosting Your Immune System
Boosting your immune system is vitally important as modern lifestyle factors expose you to dangerous levels of toxicity and disease.
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The Blue Zones
Living a long healthy life is not all about the genes you inherit from your parents and grandparents. Learn from the Blue Zones.
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Understanding Your Blood Pressure Results
Do you know what your average healthy blood pressure should be for your age? How about those numbers? Can you understand your blood pressure results?
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The Benefits of Omega 3
Have you heard that you should be getting more Omega 3 in your diet? There are many benefits of omega 3, particularly in the area of heart health
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Beating Heart Bypass Surgery
Beating heart bypass...heart surgery performed on a moving heart is an innovative procedure. How is it possible to operate effectively on a beating heart?
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Atherosclerosis and Heart Disease
Atherosclerosis plays a significant role in the development of coronary heart disease but there is more going on than the accumulation of fatty deposits that leads to blocked arteries
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Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease
Can someone with apparently normal heart arteries suffer a heart attack? What causes Atherosclerosis to develop regardless of age?
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Aspirin: Origins Benefits Dangers
Have you ever suffered from a headache or back pain? What about your risk of developing Coronary Heart Disease? Chances are you have used or are using Aspirin. Learn more, including alternatives
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Arteriosclerosis
Arteriosclerosis is characterized by a loss of flexibility and hardening in the wall of an arterial blood vessel
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What is Antiplatelet Therapy?
Antiplatelet Therapy can be as simple as taking Aspirin. In more complex situations advanced drugs can be used to interfere with the Blood clotting process. This could save your life. Find out more.
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What are Antioxidants?
Not sure about antioxidants? You've heard the term but you're not 100% certain what antioxidants are all about or even if you need them? Follow this simple to understand explanation.
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Anticoagulants for Your Protection
Anticoagulants help to protect you against blood clotting and may have been prescribed to you because you have had an operation or you are at risk of developing a dangerous blood clot. Learn more
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Angina Drugs
What are some common Angina Drugs and how can they help you manage your angina symptoms?
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ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin II Receptor Blockers
Has your Doctor prescribed ACE Inhibitors or an alternative drug called an ARB to you? Quickly understand what they do plus a few side affects you should watch out for.
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Coronary Heart Health, Risks Symptoms Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease
Don't leave Your Heart Health to chance. learn what you should be doing to avoid or improve Your management of this modern day lifestyle plague Coronary Heart Disease.
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Dangerous Abdominal Fat
All accumulated excess body fat is unhealthy but abdominal fat is particulary dangerous
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Heart Health Store
Visit the Heart Health Store and get the best deals on blood pressure, pulse, ecg and cholesterol monitoring devices along with the best health books to help you stay in the best physical condition.
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Healthy Heart Special Offers
Having a healthy heart and a healthy body is possible if you take action with these four key steps...
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Controlling Hunger and Desiring Food
Is it a struggle for you to make it to the next meal with out eating several times on the way? Controlling hunger will help you achieve your weight and fat loss goals and help to keep you healthy.
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What is High Blood Pressure?
Thirty percent of adults have high blood pressure! Left unchecked, high blood pressure is dangerous. Invest in your future simply by understanding hypertension then acting on that knowledge.
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Fat Loss for Optimal Health
Being overweight or obese puts you at greatly increased risk of developing Heart Disease. Understanding the issues relating to weight gain and fat loss are essential for you to claim Optimal Health.
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Eskimo study supports omega-3 for heart health
New findings from a study with Alaskan Eskimos relates high intakes of omega-3 fatty acids from fish with reduction in obesity related chronic disease such as diabetes and heart disease.
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Japanese Sweet Potato may Cure Diabetes
Recent research with the sweet potato extract from the Ipomoea batatas plant has shown promise in stabilizing blood sugar in type 2 diabetes.
Study participants who consumed 4 grams a day of extract showed at least a 13 percent reduction in fasting blood sugar, as well as a 30 percent drop in cholesterol and a 13 percent drop in LDL cholesterol.
It is thought the extract has an effect on decreasing insulin resistance, an important physiological marker who's end point is type 2 Diabetes.
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Tai Chi is Good for Your Heart
In the April 2011 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, which is associated with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the results of a clinical study was published concerning the Chinese practice of Tai Chi. The findings have been summarised as "may improve quality of life, mood, and exercise self-efficacy" in patients with systolic heart disease.
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Do's and Don'ts for Heart Health
Is heart disease a largely preventable condition? Yes it is! If you'd like to know what you should and shouldn't do to improve your heart health then find out here what some medical experts have to say about important lifestyle choices...then go do it!
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Help Avoid Heart Disease With Fiber
A recent study has found adults between the ages of 20 and 59 years old who have the highest fiber intake also have a significantly lower estimated lifetime risk for the development of cardiovascular disease compared to those with the lowest fiber intake.
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CoQ10 may benefit cholesterol via gene expression: Study
Potential benefits of co-enzyme Q10 or CoQ10 on your LDL cholesterol level could be linked to changes in the expression of certain genes, suggests a new study from Germany.
A growing body of scientific data shows substantial health benefits of CoQ10 supplementation for people suffering from particular heart disease conditions; angina, heart attack and hypertension.
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26 million Americans now have diabetes
More Americans than ever have type 2 diabetes, according to recently released statistics by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC. A staggering twenty-six million Americans now have the disease, an increase of 10% from 2008. Also very concerning is the 79 million other US citizens that have a condition called pre-diabetes, which is marked by elevated blood sugar levels, indicating pending insulin-production failure.
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Vitamin D Levels Linked With Health of Blood Vessels
A lack of vitamin D regardless whether you are healthy or not is linked with stiffer, less flexible arteries and an inability of blood vessels to relax according to Ibhar Al Mheid, MD, a cardiovascular researcher at Emory University School of Medicine. The data was presented at the annual American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans 2011.
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