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Vanderbilt.edu – A new blood test – Corus™ CAD – can predict if a patient is at high risk for heart disease. Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is among the first institutions in the USA, and the only one in Tennessee, to offer...
CSMC.edu – Fat tissue in women with polycystic ovary syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone adiponectin that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance,...
In this week’s issue of THB Undercover, I countered Dr. Shyam Kolvekar’s contention that saturated fat in the diet is to blame for the rising rates of heart disease in young people. He even recommended banning butter! To learn why he is totally...
ACS.org – With scientific evidence linking high levels of copper and iron to Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, and other age-related disorders, a new report in ACS’ Chemical Research in Toxicology: “Risks of Copper and Iron Toxicity during...
JAMA – Patients with coronary heart disease who had higher omega-3 fatty acids blood levels had an associated lower rate of shortening of telomere length, a chromosome marker of biological aging, raising the possibility that these fatty acids may...
British researchers found that among nearly 16,000 middle-aged and older women followed for more than a decade, those who’d started menstruating before age 12 were more likely to die early and more likely to develop cancer, heart diseases, and to...
AFTAU.org – A research group from Tel Aviv University has done the most comprehensive and accurate study of clinical data on Vitamin E supplement use and heart disease to date, and it warns that indiscriminate use of high-dose Vitamin E supplementation...
Most dieticians will disagree with me on this one… the government is certainly not a proponent of it, and it’s possible you will question my methods — but there is much evidence to support what I am about to tell you.
Forget about calorie counting....
Living under a flight path can seriously damage your health. German researchers have discovered that people who are exposed to jet noise have a substantially increased risk of stroke, high blood pressure and heart disease.
Vitamin D deficiency likely increases one’s risk of heart disease, stroke, and death, according to a new study by researchers at the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City. The study suggests that inadequate levels of...