2003 May

If your doctor told you that, “you could have a heart attack tomorrow,” and recommended that as soon as possible you should have an angiogram (an invasive test that examines the interior of blood vessels), what would you do?

This time the medical mainstream was expecting good news about HRT and Alzheimer’s disease. They were in for a shock.

Absorption of vitaminsvitamin C and stressthe key element in the “medicine of the future”the effect of vitamin C on your body’s enzyme systems

The other day I received a newsletter from my health insurance company with a featured article about risk factors for heart disease. So I gave it a look, and as you might suspect it ran along pretty conventional lines: stop smoking, lower your cholesterol, etc. Then, in a sidebar about blood pressure, they listed a web site to access a "Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating 10-year Risk of Developing Hard CHD (Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Death)."

Not all decafs are created equal.

This good point was brought up by an HSI member named Don who sent an e-mail last week in response to an e-Alert that pointed out the drawbacks of drinking decaffeinated coffee ("Lowering The High Bar" 5/19/03).