How Can Heart Disease Be Prevented?
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.
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Heart Disease Prevention and Reversal: Heart Plaque
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... Read more »
Women Should Pay Extra Attention to Heart Disease Prevention
It's Mother's Day weekend and I'm pretty much doing what I normally do. My son had a field trip to Cincinnati on Saturday, so instead of... Read more »
Alcohol Consumption and Heart Disease Prevention: How Much is Enough?
The newspapers these days seem to be full of studies that tell us that alcohol may be good for certain things (like preventing heart... Read more »
The High Cost of Prescriptions Deter Heart Disease Prevention
In one of my last blogs, I discussed how so people, like my dad, have decided to go off their medications. It’s an attempt, in most... Read more »
What Obama's Health Care Reform Means for Heart Disease Prevention
Though the war in Iraq and the downturn in the economy continue to dominate political conversation among the presidential hopefuls, health... Read more »
From Our Sources
Meet Cardiologist Dr. Steven Kang
Steven Kang, MD, is a general cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist residing in Oakland, CA. He is a member of Cardiovascular Consultants... Read more »
Heart disease prevention tips save lives, experts say
Prevention efforts such as losing weight, quitting smoking, lowering cholesterol, and taking an aspirin a day could cut heart attacks in the United... 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... Read more »
Toothbrushing May Help Prevent Heart Disease
Results from a new study at University College London have found a link between having clean teeth and a lowered risk of cardiovascular disease.... Read more »
Daily aspirin does not prevent heart disease: study
Researchers are recommending that doctors stop advising people to take daily, low-dose aspirin as a way to prevent cardiovascular events after a... Read more »
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