Heart & Vascular Health: Prevention
Natural Cures vs. Medications
04/21/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityAside from weight control and exercise, few if any natural cures have been discovered for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the heart and…
Air Pollution and Heart Disease
04/01/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityWe all know that air pollution can damage the lungs. More and more, evidence shows that chronic exposure to microscopic particles in the air we…
Should You Get an EBCT to Learn Your Heart Attack Risk?
03/27/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityControversy about the value of EBCT continues. In a recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, a Harvard physician advocates…
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Should You Take Aspirin?
03/13/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityAspirin protects against vascular disease mainly by interfering with the ability of platelets to form blood clots. But aspirin also blocks production…
CRP: A Marker of Problems or a Damaging Molecule?
03/09/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityC-reactive protein has become a topic of great medical interest ever since a 1997 report showed that high levels of CRP can predict the development of…
Is Wine Better Than Beer for a Healthy Heart?
02/14/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityMany studies have shown that a moderate intake of wine or beer raises protective HDL cholesterol, lowers harmful LDL cholesterol, and reduces the…
Too Few Americans Are Fit
02/10/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityOver and over again we've all heard about the epidemic of obesity. Less often mentioned is an epidemic of "unfitness" among adolescents. A report…
Don't Replace All Saturated Fat with Carbohydrates
02/04/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityThere's no question that saturated fats in the diet increase your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. But if you reduce dietary fat intake,…
Does a Patent Foramen Ovale Increase Stroke Risk?
01/18/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityThe topic is particularly timely now with the news that the small stroke suffered in December by Israel's prime minister, Ariel Sharon, was attributed…
Do You Know Your Calcium Score?
01/08/06, Johns Hopkins UniversityCoronary calcium scanning, also known as electron beam CT scanning (EBCT), measures the amount of calcium in the coronary arteries. Many, but not all,…
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