How Heart Coronary Disease Tak...

Jun 21, 2011 by

How Heart Coronary Disease Takes Place – Part 1

The traditional risk factors –family history, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and cholesterol- explain less than half the cases of...

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Another Cholesterol in Foods t...

Jun 9, 2011 by

Another Cholesterol in Foods to Worry About

As if we had not enough to worry about when it comes to cholesterol levels, now we learn to our dismay, about oxycholesterol, a new...

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See How Insulin Resistance Int...

May 20, 2011 by

See How Insulin Resistance Interferes With Your Normal Levels of Cholesterol

We have seen in my previous article that since the liver cannot convert fatty acids into energy, it makes triglycerides out of them....

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C-Reactive Protein, a Less Fam...

Apr 29, 2011 by

C-Reactive Protein, a Less Familiar Heart Disease Cause

In addition to the already familiar heart disease causes such as smoking, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, a...

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10 Practices that Can Cut Down...

Mar 24, 2011 by

10 Practices that Can Cut Down Your Heart Disease Risks

If you do not have heart disease at this time, congratulations! You probably have been doing the right thing, eating healthy and being...

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Risks Factors for Heart Diseas...

Feb 24, 2011 by

Risks Factors for Heart Disease – Women Check Your Odds

Many women tend to be more concerned about cancer, especially breast cancer or cervix, than coronary heart disease. Appropriate...

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Risks Factors for Heart Diseas...

Feb 22, 2011 by

Risks Factors for Heart Disease – Men Check Your Odds

There are two disturbing realities about coronary heart disease. One is the enormous number of lives it affects every year. The...

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What Is Cholesterol?

Feb 11, 2011 by

What Is Cholesterol?

About 20 percent of blood cholesterol comes from the food you eat; the rest is produced by your body, primarily by the liver and the...

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What is inflammation?

Jan 29, 2011 by

What is inflammation?

Every living organism has the natural ability to repair its tissues after suffering an injury. In animals and men, this basic process...

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Do Not Wait until You Have Blo...

Jan 20, 2011 by

Do Not Wait until You Have Blood Clots Symptoms

 Health experts know that the way blood flows in our blood vessels and its thickness affects the formation of blood clots and whether...

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Are Your Cholesterol Levels No...

Jan 11, 2011 by

Are Your Cholesterol Levels Normal?

Making sure your cholesterol levels are normal is very important. That is because cholesterol can lead to blood clots that interfere...

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Causes and Consequences of Var...

Jan 7, 2011 by

Causes and Consequences of Varicose Veins in Legs

As with arteries, changes in the veins occur with increasing frequency and severity as we age. One of the most common changes is the...

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Causes and Stages of Congestiv...

Dec 30, 2010 by

Causes and Stages of Congestive Heart Failure

  This far we have seen that aging of the heart does not significantly alter its ability to perform its functions. However, few...

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Does Your Heart Age Affect Its...

Dec 29, 2010 by

Does Your Heart Age Affect Its Normal Functions?

Your heart’s function is to continuously pump blood so all your body cells receive the nutrition needed to maintain life. The good...

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See How Plaque in Arteries Dev...

Dec 28, 2010 by

See How Plaque in Arteries Develop as We Age

Arteries are flexible tubes that carry blood from the heart to every region of the body. They have special properties that ensure they...

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