Heart disease consists of a number of problems affecting blood vessels in the heart and throughout the body. The types of heart disease are: Coronary artery disease, which is also known as CAD, is the most common form of heart disease that leads to heart attacks. CAD is when the arteries become hard and narrow. […]
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In today’s world, a visit to the doctor can be more complicated than a simple checkup. Patients often leave the doctor’s office with a laundry list of information, medications and unanswered questions. It can be confusing to understand how and why to take your medications. Sometimes people do not take their medicine as directed by
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I must admit that I don’t usually write articles with such a chilling headline, so I feel that I should give a little background on a relatively innocent experience which prompted me to write this piece. I would also say quite candidly that there is nothing really new in the main context of it, in
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Statins are a group of medications used to decrease cholesterol in the body. This reduction is shown to prevent heart attacks and strokes. Recent research, however, is shedding a new light on the potential benefits of these drugs. In a study involving more than 50,000 patients, statins showed a benefit in patients with atherosclerotic disease,
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It could strike at any time. Debilitating pain that takes away the enjoyment of participating in your favorite activities. It can happen while bending, twisting or simply picking up your kids or grandkids. It’s a hardship that afflicts far too many people… chronic lower back pain. Each year, approximately 6 million Americans make new visits
Oral hygiene is very important, as we have been told since we were young. In fact, brushing our teeth and gargling were among the first practices we were taught when we were kids. Most of us would have probably learned how to brush our teeth well even before they could utter words clearly or speak
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Since their introduction to North America in the 1930s, soybeans have slowly but surely made their way into our lives and our stomachs. However, scientists still work to uncover the mysteries of this king of legumes. The recent months have been marked by many new studies about soy, so many that it can be difficult
As doctors and scientists learn more about the aging process, they are finding that many things in the body are interconnected. Doctors used to treat a problem individually, but now research shows that it may be better to take a holistic approach with preventative medicine. For example, almost everyone knows that calcium is needed for
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Nutrition used to be something like: “eat fresh food and stay away from potato chips” now we are told beware of ‘free radicals’ in the body. Antioxidants are supposed to be good for you, but how do we encourage one and fight the other? “If I’d known I was going to live so long, I’d
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High blood pressure or what is medically known as hypertension affect millions of Americans. In fact, about 80 million people in the US have high blood pressure and what is more terrifying is the fact that some of these people are not even aware that they have high blood pressures. This is why hypertension has
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