Can one or two drinks a day actually be beneficial? In "Here's to Your Heart" David S. Sobel, M.D. outlines the apparent correlation of moderate drinking and a reduction of mortality from heart disease by about a third. Though even moderate alcohol...
In "Reducing Stress Reduces Heart Disease" David S. Sobel, M.D. reports on a study of patients with heart disease where it was found that relaxation, taming hostility, and helping people change the way they look at life's challenges can reduce their...
Patients and their partners who avoid sexual activity for fear of triggering a recurrent heart attack may needlessly deprive themselves of a rich source of pleasure and satisfaction that contributes greatly to their quality of life. In "Sexual...
There is an accumulation of evidence that chronic hostility and chronic depression are major risk factors in heart disease. For many patients, it may be as important to learn and practice skills for managing these emotional states as it is to quit...
How does humor lead to success? In "Laugh in the face of adversity: I’m not kidding" Barry Bittman, M.D. reminds us the answer lies in one of the greatest, time-tested applications of humor known for thousands of years and practiced in just about...
Forget the excuses and put on your sneakers. In "Diabetes and Heart Disease: reducing the risk" Barry Bittman, M.D. reports new research showing that not drugs but exercise may enable diabetics to lower their risk of heart disease by helping to...
In 1995, 256,844 American women died of all types of cancer combined. Yet there were twice as many deaths attributable to heart disease! Compare the level of media coverage that breast cancer receives compared to heart disease in women. In "Heart...
A fascinating university research study is helping us to understand the important relationship between stress and fat. In "The Stress-Fat Connection: the thick and thin of your figure" Barry Bittman, M.D. explains how scientists tracked women’s...
Herbs for Psychological Imbalances ;Herbs and other natural remedies are increasingly called
Vanadium was classified as an essential trace mineral fairly recently, and it is still a little-known element. Our body contains about 20-25 mg., distributed in
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