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Prevent, Halt & Reverse Heart Disease: 109 Things You Can Do
Amazon.com — Author Barry Franklin Ph.D. Author Joseph Piscatella Dewey Decimal Number 616.12305 EAN 9780761160731 Edition Rev Upd ISBN 0761160736 Eligible For Trade In? YES Number Of Pages 450 Publication Date 2011-01-13 SKU 0761160736-11-XBZNMore…
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Children and heart disease (atherosclerosis)
Up To Date — INTRODUCTION - Atherosclerosis is the medical term used to describe the build up of fat and cholesterol-filled plaques inside the arteries of the body. Atherosclerosis increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, such as heart attack and stroke, ...More…
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HEART DISEASE
Mayo Clinic — Jan. 28, 2009 © 1998-2009 Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (MFMER). All rights reserved. A single copy of these materials may be reprinted for noncommercial personal use only. "Mayo," "Mayo Clinic," "MayoClinic ...More…
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The 'geneticisation' of heart disease: a network ...
Amazon.com — Author E. Hall Format HTML Number Of Pages 10 Publication Date 2005-06-01More…
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Heart Disease Risk Factor #11: Fibrinogen
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol Fibrinogen is a protein that helps your blood clot (picture the fibers in a cloth soaking up liquid). That's a good thing unless, as too often happens, you wind up with too much of a good thing. Then fibrinogen plays a ...More…
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Heart Disease Risk Factor #4: Homocysteine
Reader's Digest — When Kilmer S. McCully, M.D., first proposed a link between levels of an amino acid called homocysteine and heart disease in 1969, the medical community largely ignored him. But four decades and hundreds of studies later, that community is ...More…
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Heart Disease Risk Factor #3: Germs
Reader's Digest — Since bacteria, viruses, and other germs are a common cause of inflammation in general (think about the white blood cells the body dispatches to fight an infection), researchers have begun investigating a possible link between germs and heart ...More…
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Dance to Beat Heart Disease
Reader's Digest — By Laura McClure From Reader's Digest Ready to mambo your way to a healthy heart? On February 24, cut a rug at one of 55 hospitals nationwide during the third annual Spirit of Women Hospital Network's Day of Dance. Learn ballroom, salsa or other . ...More…
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Stayin' Alive With Heart Disease
Reader's Digest — At 5 a.m. on Thanksgiving 1983, the ringing phone startled Kathleen Casey awake at her suburban home in Voorhees, New Jersey. She grabbed the receiver on her bedside table and heard her brother-in-law, Jack Reilly, in Virginia on the line. "Your ...More…
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Heart Disease Risk Factor #8: Uric Acid
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol You've probably heard of gout. It's caused by the buildup of uric acid, a by-product of the breakdown of purines (components in many foods we eat). Over time an elevated uric acid level leads to the formation of ...More…
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Heart Disease Risk Factor #6: High Blood Pressure
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol Blood pressure is the force of blood against the walls of your arteries. The more forceful it is -- the higher it is -- the more likely it is that the walls of your arteries will be damaged. An estimated one in four ...More…
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Heart Disease Risk Factor #1: Nitric Oxide
Reader's Digest — From Cut Your Cholesterol The same chemical responsible for men's erections (and, indirectly, for the success of Viagra) also plays a vital role in the health of your arteries, and thus your heart. The chemical is nitric oxide (NO), which is ...More…