Philip GoldbergYou may have read that a major study concluded that prayer has no effect on the health of the person being prayed for. Many scientists greeted the findings with cheers. They hope findings will finally put to rest all this ooga booga about the...
John WhitcombWe have done articles before about LDLs and HDLs. By and large, HDLs are protective and function as your body’s garbage trucks. They scour your arteries for left-over cholesterol and take it back to your liver for reprocessing. You want a high HDL...
f you stick with a “healthy diet” you can lower your risk of heart disease. We know that. What’s a healthy diet? The Harvard Nurses’ Study followed 1922 women starting in 1980. Every four years these nurses were given questionnaires about their...
As a Naturopathic Doctor I have been taught to think about health and healing in a very comprehensive, holistic manner. In fact, the science that drives my thought process is that of Vitalism. Vitalism states that our bodies have an inherent self...
American Institute for Preventive MedicineHeart Disease
What Doctors Don't Tell YouDigoxin, the heart drug derived from digitalis, has now been comprehensively shown to be ineffective in heart failure, according to a study of nearly 7000 patients.
Whether or not your homocysteine levels are elevated depends upon the total methionine content of dietary protein and the amount of vitamin B6, B12 and folic acid in your diet. .. ...
Coronary atherosclerosis when arteries become clogged and hardened may not have the direct link to heart disease that everyone supposes, say doctors from the prestigious Mayo Clinic. ...
Despite being the most widely researched procedures in surgical history, coronary arterial-bypass grafting (CABG) and balloon angioplasty (PTCA) do not increase a stable angina patient’s chance of survival
Doctors who claim that alcohol can be heart protective may need to rethink their views. ...
