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Cardiovascular

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)

What Is High Blood Pressure?

High blood pressure (hypertension) increases the risk of dangerous health problems, such as heart attacks and strokes. Doctors measure blood pressure using two numbers, such as 120/80. The first number shows the surge of pressure in the arteries with every...
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Cardiovascular

Coronary Heart Disease: Overview and Risk Factors

Coronary heart disease, also called "coronary artery disease" or "heart disease," is the most common cause of death in the United States. It usually occurs due to atherosclerosis, a process in which fat, cholesterol, and other materials form small "bumps," called...
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Cardiovascular

Cholesterol and Heart Disease

Every day, nearly 2,600 Americans die of some type of cardiovascular disease, an average of one death every 34 seconds, and 7.1 million Americans have had a heart attack during their lifetimes.1 Those who survive often go on to have another heart attack later on. But this need not...
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Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular

Abolishing Heart Disease

The truth be told, coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease which is responsible for heart attacks need never exist and if it does exist, it need never progress.  How can one make that statement when coronary disease is the leading killer of women and men in western...
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Cardiovascular

High Blood Pressure: Overview and Risk Factors

High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a major risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and other serious disorders. The World Health Organization has identified hypertension as the most important preventable cause of premature death in developed countries. About 65 million people...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Cardiovascular

Zetia Safety Issues

Zetia is a popular drug (close to $5 billion in sales for 2007) prescribed for people with elevated cholesterol.  It is often prescribed along with other cholesterol-lowering medications, and is an ingredient, along with Zocor, in Vytorin, another best-selling cholesterol-lowering drug....
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Cardiovascular

Heart Failure: Overview and Risk Factors

Heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump enough blood and oxygen to the body's organs. Although it is primarily a disease of elderly persons, it can develop in anyone with a history of hypertension, heart disease, or diabetes, among other disorders, and affects more than 5 million...
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Drugs, Treatments, & Supplements, Cardiovascular, Men's Health, Women's Health

Statin Drugs Side Effects

One of my major complaints about medicine and health is that consumers are not making informed choices.  I'm convinced and my experience has shown that many people will choose to adopt a program of dietary excellence and optimal habits if they are shown both efficacy of that plan, as well as...
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by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.