May 15, 2013
When you have gum disease, it s easy for some of the bacteria to escape from your mouth and get into the bloodstream, where it travels to the coronary arteries. The bacteria then sets off your body s immune response, which sends cells to the site to try to heal the...
May 9, 2013
One of the problems with buying vitamins and supplements is that the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate them the way they regulate prescription drugs. As a result, you may not be getting the potency you expect.
Researchers analyzed 55 different bottles of...
May 1, 2013
One of the questions I get most often is if there are alternatives to using the class of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. In truth, many people who take statins probably shouldn't, because their cholesterol problems are not serious enough to warrant such a strong...
Apr 24, 2013
A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is an important warning sign of an impending stroke. With a TIA, the symptoms are the same as a stroke, but they disappear often within an hour so many people ignore the problem and don t seek treatment. That is the wrong thing to...
Apr 17, 2013
Although stroke can be a frightening prospect, it doesn t have to be. The same plan that you use to beat heart disease can help prevent stroke as well.
The central focus of the plan is to reach your goal weight, add exercise to your schedule (at least a one-hour walk a day;...
Apr 10, 2013
When it comes to fats in your blood, you ve heard of bad, or LDL cholesterol, and good, or HDL cholesterol.
Now it s time to add a third blood fat to the list: Ugly cholesterol, which researchers say may be the deadliest blood fat of all.
This ugly cholesterol is...
Apr 3, 2013
Costochondritis (known also as chest wall pain) is an inflammation of the cartilage that joins the upper ribs to the sternum.
This is a condition that can be caused by injuries, such as a car accident, heavy lifting, or can even come from drinking too much coffee.
Although...
Mar 27, 2013
When a stroke hits, blood flow to the brain is cut off, and the cells in the immediate area are the first to die. But that process also gives off toxic chemicals that proceed to kill cells in the area surrounding the stroke.
Medication can be administered to restore blood...