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C-Reactive Protein Better Predictor of Heart Attack

For quite awhile now, I've been encouraging you to look at more than just your standard cholesterol panel to assess your risk for heart disease. I'm going to share the findings of an expert panel that supports this need.


In the Journal of Clinical Lipidology a panel of specialists concluded that patients considered at intermediate risk for heart disease be tested for C-reactive protein. It's likely this applies to a majority of the U.S. population since overweight and obesity is rampant. Family...

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By the Time You Notice Symptoms, It May Be Too Late Glaucoma typically results from an increase in the normal fluid pressure inside the eye, damaging the optic nerve.  By the time many people notice clear symptoms of glaucoma, it may be too...