THE END OF HEART ATTACKS? We hope it's true, we fear it's not
Vitamin C maintains healthy blood vessels and prevents fat accumulation (Am J Clin Nutr, 1974; 27: 866-76).
Vitamin E protects blood vessels and prevents blood clots (Int J Vit Nutr Res, 1976; 46: 18-91).
Six years ago, Mr C.B., a 45-year-old industrial worker, came to see me with an undefined cardiovascular condition. He had intermittent high blood pressure, tremor, headaches, chest pain, insomnia, excessive sweating, flushing, a fast pulse...
PREVENTION * Take large doses of vitamin C. Linus Pauling believed what he called ‘chronic scurvy’ can be prevented with 3 g/day of vitamin C. Subsequent research has shown that dosage is important. Tests demonstrate that 3 g/day of vitamin C as a...
Heart disease is already the leading cause of death in the USA and the UK, and forecasters reckon it will soon be the major killer in every developed country around the world. Despite this epidemic caused by modern living, doctors continue to...
You’ve asked your readers what causes heart disease. It was reported in 1960 by Briggs et al. that patients put on high milk diets for ulcers developed much higher rates of heart disease. -
Blood levels of homocystine - a metabolic waste product involved in coronary heart disease (CHD) - can be inexpensively and effectively lowered with vitamin supplementation, according to new data.
Talking about heart disease, it seems that you're much more likely to develop it if you also have chronic kidney disease. In fact kidney health and functioning could be a useful indicator for future heart disease. Researchers made the association...
* Larium under investigation
The US army has launched a study into the side-effects of antimalarial drug mofloquine (Lariam) following allegations that the drug might be linked to suicides
It appears that bypass surgery interrupts a self-healing process that the body will start when it detects that oxygen is not reaching the heart. Extraordinarily, 75 per cent of heart patients experience a relief of pain within three to six months...
