What Causes Coronary Heart Disease
Vitamin D: the newest coronary risk factor?
Vitamin D: the newest coronary risk factor?
It's probably one of the most exciting health phenomena I've stumbled across in the last 10 years: I am absolutely, 100% convinced that deficiency of vitamin D is an enormously powerful risk for heart disease.
What causes coronary heart disease? You'veheard the list-yawn-before: high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes.
Funny . . . Most of the people I know with heart disease have none of these factors. Clearl...
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Expert & Community Posts
The Untold Story: Heart Disease is a Reversible Process
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...process. For the great majority of people, coronary heart disease is something that you... Read more »
Heart disease and osteoporosis: Same problem, different place?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...absolutely convinced that the connection between coronary heart disease and osteoporosis is... Read more »
The Heart-Bone Health Connection
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...uncovered a curious connection: Women who have coronary heart disease have more osteoporosis... Read more »
The Detection Gap
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...Never heard of it? That's the wide expanse between coronary heart disease detected by... Read more »
Erectile dysfunction—Red flag for heart disease?
By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert...available, low-radiation, low-cost method to detect hidden coronary heart disease). If hidden... Read more »
Health Guide
Your Blood's Amazing Trip through Your Vascular System
...large-and-medium-sized arteries. A narrowing of the arteries from the build-up of plaque can lead to coronary heart disease, and can cause a heart attack when this occurs in the blood vessels... Read more »Fish Oil and Heart Disease
...heart disease. The US Food and Drug Administration also claims that Omega-3s play a role in reducing coronary heart disease. Finally, the FDA has approved Omega-3 to treat high levels of... Read more »Stress Test: When are Stress Tests Necessary?
...you are at an unusually high risk for cardiovascular events. If you have already been diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CAD), a stress test may enable the doctor to estimate the severity of... Read more »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 »Angina Treatment Patient Guide- Enhanced External Counterpulsation
...study published in the April 2000 issue of Clinical Cardiology reported results in 33 patients with coronary heart disease who received EECP. After five years, 64 percent did not need bypass... Read more »Images
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