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Genetics and Heart Disease

Is Heart Disease Genetic? Genetics plays a role in heart disease. For example, specific genetic conditions, such as familial hypercholesterolemia, result in very high counts of LDL, the “bad” cholesterol. Two scientists, Michael Brown an...

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Depression and Anger Linked to Heart Disease

New studies show that anger and/or depression may cause heart damage: Anger Linked to Heart Attacks Research has shown that people are nine times more likely to suffer a heart attack right after a bout of anger. A more recent study, whi...

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Learn How To Prevent and Control Diabetes

Prevent or Control Diabetes Most people think of diabetes as a hormone condition caused by the body’s inability to make insulin, the hormone that converts glucose, or blood sugar, into energy. But diabetes is really a cardiovascular di...

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Happy Thoughts Are Good For The Heart

A recent study showing people with positive outlooks have better cardiovascular health does not surprise renowned cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall, who has found this to be true in his nearly three decades of practicing medicine. “Pe...

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Want Healthy Food Don’t Eat Out

Want Healthy Food? Don’t Eat Out

Want Healthy Food? Don’t Eat Out. It’s as old as fast food joints. Eating out will eventually catch up to you and your waist line. Eating Out Will Add Weight To Your Waist Line If you plan to chow down tonight at a big chain restaur...

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Walk Heart Disease Away And Live A Healthy Lifestyle

My goal each week is to walk a full hour per day for 5 days. I know that might sound simple to some, but don’t fool yourself: Walking for 60 minutes each day requires commitment. But the benefits you reap will change your life. Walking is ...

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Hot Weather Can Give You a Heart Attack

Hot weather can give you a Heart Attack. With the heat wave that has been hitting most of the country continues to rise consequences of hot weather can kill, especially because it can result in heart-related problems, says top cardiologist Dr....

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Why Are Heart Symptoms Missed?

Although heart attacks are thought to occur suddenly, heart disease does not. Coronary artery disease, which is also called atherosclerosis, refers to the gradual buildup of fatty material (plaque) within the walls of the heart’s trio of c...

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Statin Drugs

Top Ways To Get Off Statin Drugs

Top Ways to Get Off Statin Drugs Statin drugs are a class of prescription drugs used to prevent heart attacks and strokes by lowering cholesterol levels. Even though healthy people use them for prevention, they’re mainly recommended for peop...

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