Did you know that according to the American Heart Association heart disease is the largest killer of men and women in the United States? Someone dies every minute from a coronary event. Researchers continue to search for the best means to predict, prevent, and treat this killer. Emphasis is often placed on the common risk factors most people are familiar with such as cigarette smoking, high blood cholesterol, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. However, you can’t always rely on these factors as sole predictors. For instance, high cholesterol is a risk factor in heart disease, but not all heart attack patients have high cholesterol levels. Read More
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Wholistic Heart Health
Posted in Heart Health on April 30, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Preventive Medicine Chosen as Site for National Institutes of Health Study on Chelation Therapy Five-Year Study Will Involve 2300 Patients and 100 Research Sites in the US
Posted in Heart Health on February 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Preventive Medicine has been chosen to be a site for the National Institutes of Health sponsored 5-year Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT). Chelation Therapy is a safe and effective way to restore blood flow in persons with “hardening of the arteries without surgical intervention or heavy medication. Chelation is the process of removing certain damaging metals and elements from the body through use of an intravenously administered amino acid called EDTA (Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid). EDTA binds to and eliminates calcium, lead, mercury and other minerals, which can cause ailments such as hardening of the arteries, heart disease, degenerative arthritis, and heavy metal poisoning. Read More
Chelation Therapy & Heart Health
Posted in Heart Health on February 17, 2010| Leave a Comment »
If your blood vessels were laid end-to-end, they would extend approximately 60,000 miles! This is a long way to travel without coming across “bumps” in the road. These “bumps” are plaque build-up, clots that form in the arteries, and chronic damage from smoldering inflammation of the blood vessel wall. Inflammation can result from high insulin (type II Diabetes and pre-Diabetes), dental infections, smoking, stress, and other chronic infections. Read More
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