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Can Green Tea Protect Against Atherosclerosis?

Posted April 11th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Heart disease and high cholesterol are some of the most prevalent health concerns in our country today. One of the things that all of us should be concerned with in our quest to live long and healthy lives is our cholesterol levels. Out of control cholesterol is a leading contributor to heart disease, blood clots [...]

Enteric Coating On Aspirin May Interfere With Heart Protection

Posted April 9th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

We now know that daily aspirin therapy helps lower the risk of heart attack and clot-related strokes. Aspirin interferes with the blood’s clotting action. If blood vessels are already narrowed from accumulation of fatty deposits and/or and scar tissue, a blood clot can quickly block the artery. This prevents blood flow to the heart or [...]

Ischemic And Hemorrhagic Stroke

Posted April 3rd, 2010 by admin | 3 Comments

Hopefully you never had to endure a situation of someone close to you to suffer from transient ischemic attach (TIA), also known as mini stoke, or from a stroke. In any case, you should be familiar with both kinds of stroke as they both destroy brain tissue and can produce similar long-term effects. But there [...]

How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally Without Drugs

Posted April 1st, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Bad dietary choices are a leading cause of many health problems, including high cholesterol levels. The primary reason for this is the consumption of to much fat in our daily diet. This is concerning because high cholesterol is one of the biggest risk factors for high blood pressure, heart disease, and strokes. In other words [...]

Managing Your Cholesterol Naturally

Posted March 30th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

Because of organizations like the American Heart Association (AHA), we’ve learned a lot about cholesterol and how it affects our health. Thanks to these educational organizations, we know that high cholesterol levels can increase our risk for heart attacks and strokes and, by lowering these levels; we reduce these risks as well as keep our [...]

Health Risks of Obesity

Posted March 18th, 2010 by admin | 9 Comments

There are by no means any benefits to obesity but to the contrary all the negative consequences to overweight and obese person’s health and daily quality of life. An overweight and obese person becomes literally a magnet to all sorts of deadly diseases and affects all aspects of the enjoyment of life. I have been [...]

Endometriosis Part 79 - Understand Potential Risks and Complications of Endometrial Hysterectomy

Posted March 16th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

As we mentioned in other articles, endometriosis grow somewhere else other than the endometrium also reacts to hormonal signals of the monthly menstrual cycle, building up tissue, breaking it, and eliminating it through the menstrual period. Hysterectomy always is the last resource in treating endometriosis for woman who has exhausted all the treatments without success, [...]

Resveratrol as Anti-aging Antioxidant

Posted March 14th, 2010 by admin | 4 Comments

Resveratrol supplements are the latest antiaging fad. Aging is breakdown, but broken things can be fixed. Aging is characterized by a progressive deterioration of physiological functions and metabolic processes. The healthy reputation of dietary antioxidants just got more support, with one type turning in a spectacular anti-aging performance.
Research studies continue to find more interesting [...]

Endometriosis Part 36 - Symptoms and Risks of the Oral Contraceptive Pills

Posted March 12th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

As we mentioned in previous articles during the last stage of the menstrual cycle normally a layer of endometriosis lining in the inside of the uterus is expelled, known as menstruation blood but instead some of the endometriosis tissues grow somewhere in the body causing endometriosis. Endometriosis also reacts to hormonal signals of the monthly [...]

Endometriosis Part 36 -symptoms and Risks of the Oral Contraceptive Pills

Posted March 10th, 2010 by admin | No Comments

As we mentioned in previous articles during the last stage of the menstrual cycle normally a layer of endometriosis lining in the inside of the uterus is expelled, known as menstruation blood but instead some of the endometriosis tissues grow somewhere in the body causing endometriosis. Endometriosis also reacts to hormonal signals of the monthly [...]