Heart Disease Articles:
Fat Fitness and Cardiovascular Health
On the cover of my book, The Leptin Diet, is the million dollar question, “How fit is your fat?” Scientists are now catching on to this concept and actively studying how a fit leptin system results in a fit metabolism and proper body weight that are likely to provide significant reduction in the development of cardiovascular disease.Read More: cardiovascular disease, heart disease, metabolic fitness, metabolism, statins, The Leptin Diet
Waistline Predicts Heart Disease Risk
Using the fanciest and most sophisticated high tech cardiovascular imaging equipment researchers at the Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have just saved the world a bundle of money in cardiovascular diagnostic testing. As it turns out all you need is a tape measure placed around your waist....Read More: cardiovascular disease, heart disease
Even a Moderate Weight Problem Increases Heart Disease Risk
One-third of Americans are obese, two-thirds are overweight. A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine issues a major wake up call. The risk for developing heart disease in moderately overweight people is 32%, for obese people it is 81%. Even if a person has normal levels of cholesterol and blood pressure, being moderately overweight still increases the risk by 17%, compared to 49% for an obese person.Read More: heart disease
Homocysteine Linked to Vision Loss
Homocysteine is already known to damage cholesterol, plaque arteries, increase heart disease risk, and lead to cognitive decline. Add to this list loss of vision and retinal damage.Read More: B Vitamins, cognitive decline, heart disease, homocysteine, methylcobalamin, Protein, retinal damage, Super B Complex
Common Diabetes Drug Causes Bone Loss – Medical Profession in a Funk
The commonly used and much maligned diabetes drug, Avandia, just took another spill down the stairs. A new mouse study shows that the drug weakens bones and is likely to cause osteoporosis in the millions of users in the United States. The drug was shown to get directly in the way of healthy bone function, causing accelerated bone loss and slowed bone growth.Read More: Avandia, bone function, GlaxoSmithKline, heart disease, osteoporosis
A New Obesity Path to Heart Disease
It has been known for a while that dental bacterial infections and gum disease are linked to an increase in heart disease. Researchers have now shown that obesity suppresses the anti-bacterial defense system leading to bacterial infections in the mouth. This is the first study of this type to show this correlation.Read More: bacterial infections, dental hygiene, gum disease, heart disease
Vytorin Fraud Places all Statin Therapy in Question
Excessively lowering cholesterol has been the mantra of Big Pharma gone wild. Congressional investigation into a fraudulent cover-up of Vytorin study results led Merck and Schering-Plough to reveal what everyone had been suspecting, the main ingredient in their 5-billion-a-year scam failed miserably to do anything useful.Read More: diet, Exercise, heart disease, LDL cholesterol, statins, Vytorin
Pomegranate Shines in Cancer and Heart Health Research
Due to numerous scandals like Vioxx, the public has become very aware that almost all drugs carry serious side effects and using them in the name of prevention requires a mental exam for sanity. Pomegranate, like blueberries, is being thrust into the spotlight as a super-fruit able to ward off heart disease and cancer.Read More: antioxidants, Blueberries, Daily Super E™, drug alternatives, heart disease, LeptiCardio Pack™, Leptinal®, Pantethine, PoliBlue™, Pomegranate, prevention, punicalagins, Q 10, side effects, super-fruit
Inflammation Links Abdominal Fat as Source of Heart Disease
The circumstantial evidence has been in for quite some time, the larger the abdomen the greater the risk for heart disease...Read More: abdominal fat, cardiovascular disease, heart disease, Leptin Control, Leptin Control Pack®, Leptin Diet, Leptinal®
Vytoringate Builds Steam – Folic Acid Ignored
The Wall Street Journal now calls it Vytoringate – one of the biggest drug frauds in history. Merck and Schering-Plough sat on bad drug trial results of their cholesterol drug and raked in close to 10 billion dollars selling snake oil...Meanwhile, nobody seems to be mentioning that folic acid has already been proven to do what Vytorin was supposed to be doing.Read More: FDA, Folic Acid, heart disease, statins, Vytorin
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