A National Center for Health Statistics study release earlier this year points a very grim picture when it comes to the prevalence of heart disease among the population of the U.S.
The study concluded that nearly half of the U.S. population has at least one of three diagnosed or undiagnosed chronic conditions -- high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Additionally, the study showed that nearly 15% of adults had two of these conditions. All three of the conditions increase the...
In the past five decades, the country overall has seen an upward trend in people living longer. But it seems that for all the advances in... Read more »
You have just been handed a diagnosis of heart disease. For some it may mean an immediate heart procedure and the fears provoked by any... Read more »
Every day, it seems, there's another gloomy news story saying that "diabetics" are more apt to acquire other medical problems, or drugs... Read more »
November is American Diabetes Month, and this month the American Diabetes Association are asking... how will you stop... Read more »
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 »
Omega-3 fatty acid is often misnamed an “alternative” or “natural” medication. Penicillin was, of course, derived from a living organism... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called heart disease or ischemic heart disease, results from a complex process known as atherosclerosis (commonly... Read more »
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