Topic: American Heart Association

Atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries is the main cause of coronary heart disease, the number one cause of death of adults in the United States. Both atherosclerosis and atherosclerotic vascular calcifications show how the body responds to both the genetic and ...
The science linking high cholesterol and heart disease began in the middle nineteenth century with the publication of a study conducted by Rudolph Virchow. The Framingham Study results along with Ancel Keys's recommendations led the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart ...

Heart Attack Risk

About one in every five deaths is the result of a heart attack, according to the American Heart Association. About 1.3 million people have heart attacks each year in the United States alone.You may think you are safe from heart attacks, but ...

What Is Intravenous Chelation?

The word chelate comes from a Greek word that means to grab onto something with a claw. Chelation therapy uses the man-made amino acid ethylenediaminetetraacetic (EDTA) to attract and remove unwanted metals and substances from the bloodstream.During an intravenous chelation therapy treatment ...

A List of the Top 10 Heart Diseases

This list of heart diseases will explain the causes and symptoms of some of the most common heart diseases. No list of heart diseases would be complete without the mention of coronary artery disease. Some cases of rheumatic fever damage the heart ...
Research shows that some people can reverse atherosclerosis by diet, especially when combined with other healthy lifestyle choices.. Risk factors, such as family members with heart disease, being overweight, sedentary lifestyle and a diet high in trans fatty acids and saturated fats, ...
Tobacco and smoking are risk factors for many chronic disorders. Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death according to the American Heart Association. Millions of people die each year because of smoking. It is a major cause of ...
Severe peripheral vascular disease may be much more common in younger American adults and women than previously suspected, according to a new study.. Researchers analyzed data on 994 men and women, age 55 and younger, treated in the Wake Forest University School ...
In contradiction of professional guidelines, the absence of coronary calcification in blood vessels does not rule out the potential existence of stenosis, and should not be used to decide if revascularization is needed, according to a study in the Feb. 16 issue ...

The Mummies' Curse: Heart Disease

Hardening of the arteries may have more of a family history -- the human family tree -- than was once thought.. "We can't say that atherosclerosis was the cause of death, but the simple fact that they had it was a great ...
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