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Friday, October, 30, 2009

How Do You Prevent Heart Disease

One pill might prevent heart disease

March 31, 2009
Create a single pill that contains a statin, three blood pressure drugs, and aspirin, and you have an inexpensive medication that can reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular problems--or so researchers hope. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Fat Kids Can Have The Arteries of A 45 Year Old - 5 Ways To Solve It
By Kenn Kihiu , Health Expert

If you want to know how bad the childhood obesity epidemic is then digest this.  For the first... Read more »

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Motivating Myself Again After a Setback
By Pat Shannon , Health Expert

I want to first thank each of you who took the time to write me and to encourage me. I am not... Read more »

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What You Can Do to Prevent Heart Disease
By Heather Reese , Health Expert

According to the American Heart Association, nearly every woman is in danger of heart disease... Read more »

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Changes in Recommendations for Avoiding Heart Disease
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

Why are there so many changes in the recommendations for avoiding heart disease? I get confused,... Read more »

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February 22: Eat a Diet High in Fiber
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert

A diet high in dietary fiber plays an important in preventing heart disease and lowering... Read more »

Health Guide

Prevent Heart Attack, Follow these Guidelines
In 2002 the American Heart Association revised its guidelines for preventing heart disease. They include the following: Improve Cholesterol. People with at least two risk factors, and a 10-year risk... Read more »
Prevent Heart Disease: 6 Steps to Better Heart Health
Did you know that following a healthy diet and keeping physically active could help to reduce your risk of developing heart disease? Making healthy changes to your lifestyle can also increase your... Read more »
Hormone Therapy's Effects on Brain
...than planned when researchers found that the hormone therapy increased health risks and failed to prevent heart disease. Researchers took MRI brain scans of 1,400 women ages 71 to 89 one to... Read more »
Coronary Artery Disease and Angina: Managing Heart Disease
...medications, surgery, or both.Healthy diet, regular exercise and quitting smoking if you are a smoker may prevent heart disease. Follow your health care provider's recommendations for treatment... Read more »
Shock
Prevention Learn ways to prevent heart disease, falls, injuries, dehydration, and other causes of shock. If you have a known allergy (for example, to insect bites or stings), carry an... Read more »

Medications

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...in children. This medication should not be used to prevent heart disease. How To Use Read the... Read more »

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...pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes help to prevent heart disease and strokes. Keep your... Read more »

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...Products that contain estrogen should not be used to prevent heart disease or dementia. If you... Read more »

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...Products that contain estrogen should not be used to prevent heart disease or dementia. If you... Read more »

Related News

Experts Take Step Toward National Heart Disease Surveillance
April 06, 2009

By Kirsten Houmann, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has started... Read summary »

Why Exercise is Good for Your Heart
December 04, 2007

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Oct. 23, 2007 -- New research lays out the science behind the effect exercise has on a person's cardiovascular risk. Researchers... Read summary »

Cholesterol and Children
August 13, 2008

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Steps to lower cholesterol should begin as early as infancy, according to a new study. Researchers say the goal of Americans... Read summary »

Could Lowering Your Cholesterol Cause Caner?
July 30, 2007

By Lindsay Braun, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could low cholesterol levels mean a higher risk of cancer? A... Read summary »

Lowering blood sugar may not help hearts
October 03, 2008

Lowering blood sugar levels helps protect diabetics from kidney disease and blindness, but researchers say it may not prevent heart disease. At the... Read summary »