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Most of the major risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease, such as high cholesterol, obesity, and high blood pressure, are well-known, but one factor that

A key component to a healthy lifestyle and to get off all sorts of prescription medications including Statin Drugs is to Eat a Plant Based Diet.

Forget about dieting. Forget about weight loss fads. To Maintain Ideal Body Weightrequires an ongoing commitment to a healthy lifestyle. Sure you can lose weight by

Poor sleep is common in patients who undergo successful heart procedures, and a new study finds that it is a significant risk factor for poor cardiac

How To Get Off Statin Drugs Statin medications are highly controversial and I am going to show you How To Get Off Statin Drugs. Statin

Chest Pain: A Heart Attack Or Something Else? The body is always in a state of change due to exercise, lack of exercise, nutrition, sleep,

Over 600,000 people die of heart disease each year in the United States, that’s 1 in every 4 deaths. Knowing the 4 Signs You Are Having A Heart

Coffee is Good For you, Coffee is BAD for you… A growing body of research indicates people who drink coffee regularly are at a lower

Computerized tomography (CT) coronary angiography is proving useful for the difficult problem of determining whether a patient with chest pain is at risk for a

Testosterone supplements helped heart failure patients breathe better and exercise more, according to studies included in a meta-analysis. Researchers analyzed four randomized clinical trials of

Your doctor needs to know what medications you’re on in order to make any prescription changes or check for interactions between drugs. The best thing

Summer months can be really difficult on people who don’t adjust well to heat and are not prepared. I put together some common sense hot

Dick Clark By Charlotte Libov Back in 2012, millions around the world were saddened to learn of Dick Clark’s death, but Dr. Chauncey Crandall believes

For many years, the conventional wisdom was that if you had a serious health problem, you should go to a major medical center instead of

Breaking Down Sugars Many Names Fructose Found naturally in fruit, fructose is about 70-72% sweeter than glucose, the simple sugar that is our body’s main

Henry Kissinger’s heart valve replacement surgery at age 91 in 2014 illustrated surgical advances that allow cardiologists to perform heart procedures in the frail and

The death of media giant Roger Ailes spotlights the life-threatening dangers of falls to seniors that might first appear to be insignificant, a top expert

Lower Cholesterol Naturally My patients are always asking me how they can lower cholesterol naturally, without taking statins. Finally, there is something that can help:

What’s good for your heart is also good for your brain. That’s because people with high cholesterol are not only at higher risk for coronary

Yes, it’s true. Stress kills… Being under long-term stress – such as financial or marital problems – causes certain hormones to form plaque in your

Does Your Thyroid effect Heart Disease? Today’s tip concerns your thyroid – and its relationship to heart disease.Your thyroid gland is a small, butterfly-shaped gland

Why Abdominal Fat Is Dangerous Some doctors will offer a lot of fancy explanations for what causes metabolic syndrome. But there’s no need for all that.

There is an epidemic of obesity in America, and I see the signs in my office every day. But what many people don’t understand is that excess

The electrocardiogram, or EKG, is one of the most common tests performed during routine physicals. The doctor places electrodes on your chest and receives a ribbon of