What Doctors Don't Tell YouFish oils
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Q I have always had irregular heartbeats, but they have not caused any problems. I take digoxin [digitalis, a heart drug] and phenindione [an anticoagulant] daily, but I don’t like taking drugs and I am also allergic to aspirin, antihistamines...
If you go to your doctor with high blood pressure, it’s very likely he’ll give you a drug called a beta-blocker. For the past 10 years, it’s been considered the ‘gold-standard treatment’ for high blood pressure, or hypertension - in other words...
About 6 per cent of patients who have coronary bypass surgery could suffer a stroke directly afterwards. Of these, 5 per cent die, and nearly half suffer deterioration in their intellectual functi ...
People who suffer a stroke have very high levels of the amino acid salt glutamate in their blood, researchers have found. ...
A diet rich in fruit and vegetables may help protect middle-aged men from stroke, still the third leading cause of death in the US. For every extra three servings a day of fruit and vegetables, yo ...
FISH OILS: Can they really cause a stroke
LET THEM EAT FISH: How much is enough to stop a stroke?
We all have it fixed in our minds that we should eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. It’s a maxim from our health guardians that has become part of the national psyche - and it’s wrong.
