Personalized Cardiac Prevention – Coronary Calcium Score
Razi Berry Your doctor tells you that you need a statin to lower your cholesterol and reduce your heart attack risk. You don’t like taking medicine and your friend tells you that he had achy muscles after he started a statin. You wonder if you should listen to your doctor or go without the medicine. […]
Heart Disease Found in Ancient Peoples
Razi Berry A new imaging study of the mummified arteries of people who lived thousands of years ago revealed that their arteries were more clogged than originally thought, according to a proof-of-concept study led by a researcher with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). It is in the October 2019 print […]
Coronary Artery Calcium Levels Linked to Future Heart Problems in the Middle-Aged
Razi Berry Higher coronary artery calcium levels in middle-age were associated with structural heart abnormalities linked to future heart failure, particularly among blacks, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal. Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a risk marker for heart health problems Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is the buildup […]
Eat These Foods to Help Strengthen Your Intuition
Razi Berry I was just turning fifteen years old and an eating disorder was killing me. I had gone into heart failure as a complication, and my life was slipping from me while my parents and younger siblings watched. Their hearts were breaking. And so was mine; my heart was literally broken. Heart. Failure. Disordered […]
Gut Biodiversity and Atherosclerosis
Node Smith, ND A recent study has shown that microbiome diversity, or lack thereof, may influence atherosclerosis.1 The research is being conducted at the MRC and British Heart Foundation. Non-diverse gut microbiota may lead to many diseases and disorders There is a growing interest in the gut microbiome’s relationship with various diseases and disorders. Diversity, […]