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Sunday, July, 27, 2008

Dr. William Davis's SharePosts Relating to: "Heart Disease Risk Factors"

Dark Tan? Don't Assume Vitamin D is at a Healthy Level

As the days are getting longer and the days getting sunnier, many of us are enjoying increasing the melanin in our skin, otherwise known as a tan. Melanin is the pigment that provides the brownish coloring that grows in intensity as we tan.   You'd think that by sporting a nice “healthy” tan, having a normal vitamin D blood... Read moreChevron

What if “normal” blood pressure is really high blood pressure?

"Oh, no. I don't have high blood pressure," declared Ron after I informed him that his pressure of 138/78 was on the high side. "Lots of times I take it and it's lower than that, like 120 or 130."Ron admitted that his primary care physician had told him for years that his blood pressure had been "borderline,"... Read moreChevron

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The Detection Gap

You've probably heard about the Generation Gap, the Income Gap, the Technology Gap, the Gender Gap, the Achievement Gap, all meant to spotlight the difference between those in-the-know, those who are not, the difference between the "haves" and the "have nots." How about the Detection Gap? Never heard of it? That's the... Read moreChevron

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