What Doctors Don't Tell YouQ I’ve just had what my doctors call a ‘transient ischaemic attack, or TIA. For about 20 minutes, my sight blurred and dimmed, and I lost my hearing and ability to speak.
A new study has confirmed that vigorous exercise can improve heart function in patients with atherosclerosis. ...
Atherosclerosis where fats narrow the main arteries, sometimes leading to a heart attack can be helped by taking beta-carotene, new research has discovered. ...
Although vasectomies do not increase your risk of dying from heart disease, another study shows an increased risk of cancer, mainly of the lung, among those who'd had their vasectomies done 20 yea ...
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DON’T TELL THE EU: High-dose vitamins are good for you
For more than 50 years, medicine has claimed that a diet high in cholesterol and fat is responsible for coronary artery disease. However, growing evidence shows that heart disease may simply be a marked case of scurvy. Repairing blood vessels could...
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...
The principal surgical treatment for atherosclerosis is similar to what a plumber does with a blocked drain - it aims to widen the narrowed arteries by angioplasty. Although the process is technically sophisticated, the end result is crude. A thin...
Q I am worried about the dangers of plastics. I’ve heard that cling film may be carcinogenic, and my daughter has been given a plastic dental brace to wear at night;
