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Preventing heart disease

March 23, 2005 Want to help prevent heart disease? Then just take your dentist's advice: brush and floss... Read More >

Categories: brush floss heart disease periodontal disease prevent heart disease Preventing

Aspirin or fruit?

March 21, 2005 I looked at a variety of studies that question the wisdom of using aspirin therapy to lower the risk of heart disease and cardiovascular events... Read More >

Categories: aspirin cardiovascular flavonoids fruit heart disease heart protective benefits vegetables

Aspirin provide little cardiovascular protection for middle-aged women

March 16, 2005 You may have heard about a recent New England Journal of Medicine study concluding that aspirin "therapy" may prompt serious digestive problems but very little cardiovascular protection for middle-aged women... Read More >

Categories: aspirin and digestive problems aspirin and heart health aspirin and women cardiovascualar protection and women

Preventing esophageal cancer

March 15, 2005 Those who are coping with heartburn need to be aware that they may be in danger of developing esophageal cancer if their symptoms are chronic... Read More >

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Laugh your way to better health

March 11, 2005 Doinkdoink obviously believes that adults don't laugh enough, and a member named Naturalway notes that research backs up the idea that a good laugh may be closely linked with good health... Read More >

Categories: adults and laughter laughter and your health psychoneuroimmunology

The importance of CRP

February 17, 2005 A new era dawned recently when the medical mainstream finally gave its official stamp of approval to a cardiovascular risk factor that HSI members have known about for years: C-reactive protein (CRP... Read More >

Categories: atherosclerosis c-reactive protein crp dangers of c-reactive protein dangers of crp importance of c-reactive protein importance of crp statin drugs may lower crp

Air freshners may be doing more harm than good

February 14, 2005 Many household products contain solvents called volatile organic compounds (VOCs). And in this case the word "organic" doesn't imply a health benefit. Far from it... Read More >

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Folate reduces the risk of high blood pressure

February 7, 2005 High blood pressure isn't a disease, in the same way that a high fever isn't a disease - it's a sign that something else is wrong. If you and your doctor discover and address the root problem of hypertension, you're more likely to successfully treat it... Read More >

Categories: decrease risk of high blood pressure folate decreases risk high blood pressure high blood pressure and heart health hypertension hypertension risk and intake of folate lowering high blood pressure

The new USDA food guide pyramid

January 25, 2005 It will soon become part of turn-of-the-century nostalgia. In 2055, oldtimers will ask, "Remember that old USDA Food Guide Pyramid... Read More >

Categories: dietary misconceptions eating guidelines faults in the food pyramid healthy eating guide new USDA guidelines USDA food pyramid changes USDA guidelines

Antioxidant intake provides health benefit

December 27, 2004 "Low-dose supplements ward off cancer in men." That promising claim is the headline of a recent article from Reuters Health. But as I was reading it over, I thought I was having a dj vu because the details seemed very familiar... Read More >

Categories: antioxidant benefits antioxidant intake is beneficial to health antioxidant report cancer prevention French Institute of Health and Medical Research ISERM large antioxidant study

Are you getting enough vitamin D?

December 10, 2004 A member concerned about her daughter's dry skin, wonders if her vitamin d intake could be the cause. Another member offers good insight about vitamin d... Read More >

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Mediterranean diet

November 30, 2004 On the final day of Diabetes Awareness Month, we examine a new study from Italy that demonstrates how a famous diet may help overcome insulin resistance and lower heart disease risk while addressing other health problems associated with type 2 diabetes... Read More >

Categories: benefits of Mediterranean diet fish fruits low in dairy and meat Mediterranean Diet metabolic syndrome x msx nuts olive oil vegetables whole grains
Allan Spreen, M.D.
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