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Dr. William Davis

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posted 01/21/2009, comment (1)

What’s Coming for Heart Health in 2009

While we've begun to witness a transformation of thinking about heart disease in 2008, I believe that this trend will continue in 2009. Sadly, it won't be a deluge of change. Much of the heart disease world clings to the notion that hospital heart procedures and drugs are the answers to heart health. Nonetheless, in 2009 I... Read more Chevron

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posted 01/14/2009, comments (41)

Would You Like to Ask Dr. Cynthia Shelby-Lane a Question?

Are you ready to get answers to your most pressing heart health questions from a nationally known emergency room physician, heart health expert, and anti-aging specialist? Well, now's your chance! I will be interviewing Dr. Cynthia Shelby-Lane later this month. I want to ask the questions you want answers to. To ask your... Read more Chevron

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Dr. William Davis

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posted 01/13/2009, comment (1)

A Heart Healthy Review of 2008

From a heart health perspective, 2008 will prove to have been a turning point. It was a year in which we witnessed the beginnings of a major transition in thinking about heart disease. Let me explain. I look back at 2008 and sense that, as a nation, we are starting to embrace the notion that heart procedures are not the... Read more Chevron

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posted 12/12/2008, comments (2)

Link Between Arthritis and Heart Disease Established

Researchers at the University of British Columbia and Arthritis Research Center of Canada, Vancouver, recently completed a study that has determined that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) sufferers have a 50% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease including a 59% increased risk of death due to heart attack and a 52% increase in stroke deaths."... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/19/2008, comments (2)

"Your heart disease is 'genetic'"

At 53, Sam had been through the wringer with heart disease. He suffered his first heart attack at age 50. Since then, he's undergone four heart catheterizations, received 5 stents, and, most recently, a bypass operation. He wanted to know whether there was a better way. After hearing Sam's story, I asked him, "Did your doctors suggest to... Read more Chevron

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