Coronary Artery Disease Diet Plan
Heart Disease & Mortality Higher in Major Mental Illness
People with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder have a significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and other vascular diseases compared with the general population.
In schizophrenia the figures suggest a 50% higher risk of CHD in women and a 34% higher risk in men. The prevalence of a number of modifiable risk factors is the key to understanding the problem. It is estimated that over 90% of the risk can be attributed to factors that could be modified. For example, the estima...
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Expert & Community Posts
Donating Blood to Help Rebuild New Orleans
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...not better than medications for stable patterns of coronary artery disease. Read more »
Keeping Your Heart Beating Healthily
By Heather Reese , Health Expert...heart defects can cause congestive heart failure – coronary artery disease is another major... Read more »
Triglycerides and Healthy Hearts
By Heather Reese , Health Expert...an elevated triglyceride level, which is linked to coronary artery disease. Triglycerides are... Read more »
Ask the Expert: Methotrexate Side Effects
By Mark Borigini, M.D. , Health Expert...severe inflammation are those most likely to have coronary artery disease. Methotrexate may... Read more »
Heart disease on the rise among the young
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...high-grade disease, and 83% had the beginnings of coronary artery disease.They noted that the... Read more »
Health Guide
What is Cholesterol?: A Patient Guide
...What You Need to Know. Accessed January 17, 2002. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Coronary heart disease explained. Accessed January 17, 2002. What you should know... Read more »Atherosclerosis
...condition can cause complications such as a heart attack or stroke. Complications Coronary artery disease Heart attack Transient ischemic... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease and Angina: Managing Heart Disease
Managing Heart DiseaseThe approach for managing any degree of coronary artery disease involves lifestyle changes. Depending on severity and individual conditions, patients may need one or more... Read more »Genetics
...Homozygous individuals (about 1 out of 1,000,000 births) have extremely high levels of LDL and develop coronary heart disease in childhood. Huntington's disease is a neurodegenerative... Read more »lifestyle changes for a heart healthy, low fat diet
Inactivity is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease, on par with smoking, unhealthy cholesterol, and high blood pressure. In fact, studies suggest that people who change... Read more »Related News
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 »
Does Weight Loss Drug Slow Heart Disease?
April 08, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A fatty mid-section can be a red flag for metabolic syndrome -- a group of metabolic risk factors that puts a person at... Read summary »
What Links Coronary Artery Disease and Depression?
August 18, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) A new study examines how major depression and coronary artery disease interact over time. "While an association between major... Read summary »
B Vitamins Dont Help Heart Patients
August 21, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Taking B vitamins and folic acid may not do much to help patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Previous research has... Read summary »
Depression and Artery Disease
February 12, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- When someone has the blues, missing out on the enjoyment of life isn't the only negative. Depression can also harden arteries.... Read summary »
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