Scientists believe that for most people, Alzheimer’s disease results from a combination of genetic, lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time.
There’s no lifestyle factor that’s been conclusively shown to reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease. However, some evidence Continue reading
Coronary, carotid and aorticartery stenosis – specific examples of a condition generally known as narrowed arteries – can block blood flow in your arteries, with serious if not lethal health consequences. The narrower your arteries become, the more blood flow gets Continue reading
Heart Attacks are Not Random
Andreas Moritz: They will have to look at the risk factors for any kind of illness.
Raena Morgan: Okay.
AM: Because if you have heart disease that means you have many other health problems leading up to that, and Continue reading
Do Vegetarians Have Healthier Hearts?
Raena Morgan: There are actually studies that show vegetarians have less heart disease than carnivores.
Andreas Moritz: Absolutely. And that’s not necessarily because of the fats. Initially, many years ago, people were told avoid fats like butter.
RM: Continue reading
By: John Phillip
Source: NaturalNews.com
Heart disease and stroke continue to be the leading cause of death in the US, as vascular deterioration and dysfunction result in hypertension and ultimately, an early demise. Elevated blood pressure results in micro-cracks to the delicate endothelial Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
It has been more than a decade since I stopped recommending aspirin for the prevention of heart disease. The evidence in support of aspirin has always been quite weak, and over the last decade it has become even Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
A little over 100 years ago a German scientist wrote a letter to a company that made soap, and in so doing changed the way the world cooks its food. The soap company, Procter & Gamble, bought the Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
It’s no secret that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. But how many people realize that fluoride—which is still added to many municipal water supplies in the U.S.—is linked to heart disease?
In a new study Continue reading
By: John Phillip
Source: NaturalNews.com
Americans drink more than 216 liters of carbonated soft drinks each year, a number that continues to increase at an alarming rate. Many people use low-calorie diet soda in a futile effort to lose weight, yet find that Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
More than half a million Americans received an angioplasty in 2007 (the most recent year for which data is available).
This invasive procedure involves inflating a thin balloon in a narrowed artery to crush deposits; a stent (a wire Continue reading
By: PF Louis
Source: NaturalNews.com
When the famous master herbalist Dr. John Christopher was bothered by stomach ulcer problems as a student, one of his herbal instructors recommended young John drink a solution of cayenne pepper powder in water daily.
At first, Dr. Christopher Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
In my experience, you can have the best diet in the world, have the best exercise program and be free from emotional stress, but if you aren’t sleeping well, for whatever reason, it is virtually impossible to be Continue reading
By: JB Bardot
Source: NaturalNews.com
The November 2011 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine reports that most emergency hospital visits for the elderly are caused by side effects and overdosing from taking blood thinners to prevent strokes and blood clots. Conventional Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
Did you know that working out just 20 minutes using interval exercise may provide many of the same benefits of much longer workouts done in conventional “long-duration” style?
A growing body of research shows you may not need to Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
For many decades now, U.S. policy makers have been attempting to get Americans to eat less salt. But the drive to do this has little basis in science.
In fact, a recent meta-analysis by the Cochrane Review involving a Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
Salt has long been a treasured staple for humans across the globe.
In ancient times, salt was literally worth its weight in gold, as African and European explorers would trade an ounce of salt for an ounce of gold.
Roman Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
Dr. Stephanie Seneff is a senior scientist at MIT where she’s conducted research for over three decades, and has published hundreds of papers in the peer-reviewed scientific literature.
She also has an undergraduate degree in biology from MIT, and Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
Dying from a broken heart may seem more like a scene from a Shakespearean drama than reality, but extreme grief really can “break” your heart.
In the days after losing someone close to you, your risk of suffering from Continue reading
By: Dr. Mercola
Source: Mercola.com
Spending on cholesterol-lowering drugs like statins increased by $160 million in 2010, for a total spending of nearly $19 billion in the U.S., the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics reported in their Use of Medicines in the United Continue reading
By: Tara Green
Source: NaturalNews.com
Adolescents who consume foods and beverages containing high fructose corn syrup already have, present in their blood, evidence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes according to a recent study. The results of the new study, to Continue reading
By: Tara Green
Source: NaturalNews.com
Bisphenol A overrides the natural heartbeat signal causing female heart cells to misfire, according to a recent study. Given how pervasive BPA is these days, this could mean heart problems, possibly even fatal ones, for millions of women.
By: Elizabeth Walling
Source: NaturalNews.com
For years we’ve been told to lower our salt intake for our health. Individuals at risk for heart attack are especially admonished to drop their salt intake as low as possible. As it turns out, this seemingly harmless Continue reading