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Cleo Hutton

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posted 10/23/2008, comments (0)

Stroke: How to Deal With Grief and Blame

For many of us, a great sadness develops and impedes our progress towards recovery when we're in the hospital recovering from stroke. I heard it tonight as I visited two women at the regional rehabilitation center where I visit and speak to stroke peers. "It's not my fault!" cried one lady. "I blame the doctors because they should... Read more Chevron

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Dr. William Davis

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posted 10/10/2008, comment (1)

What Your Doctor Didn’t Tell You About Lipoprotein(a)

Lipoprotein(a), or lp(a), is the number one most aggressive cause for heart disease and coronary plaque known. Lp(a) can account for heart attacks in men in their 40s, women in their 50s. Whenever you hear about families in which heart attacks occur in people in their 40s and 50s, always think Lp(a) until proven otherwise. It can cause... Read more Chevron

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Dr. William Davis

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posted 09/12/2008, comments (2)

Nuts for Heart Health: Will They Make You Fat?

Debra sat in my office, anxious over what I was going to advise about her cholesterol values. This 49-year old woman had been told by two doctors that she had no choice but to take a statin drug to reduce her LDL cholesterol of 164 mg/dl. But I suggested to this peri-menopausal woman that we should first try a number of... Read more Chevron

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HeartHawk

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posted 09/08/2008, comments (2)

Don't Let "Good" Cholesterol Numbers Fool You into Poor Heart Health

It seems that almost every day I read a new article about how to "aggressively" treat people who are considered high-risk for heart attack. These bold new programs profess to attack heart disease from every angle or teach you how to start your own "Manhattan Project" to nuke heart disease. Invariably, these "shock and awe" programs... Read more Chevron

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HeartHawk

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posted 08/24/2008, comments (2)

Heart Disease Prevention + Treatment: Get the Right Tests and Know Your Options

I remember when I was first introduced to the concept of heart plaque. I thought, "Plaque, isn't that the stuff on your teeth?" Since then I have had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with pioneering heart disease prevention and reversal like cardiologists Dr. William Davis and Dr. Bill Blanchet who boast tremendous success at reducing... Read more Chevron

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