Archive for 'Cardiology'

Back To School Wellness

August 19th, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by Lisa Stauber

Kids are going back to school this week, and that means the germs will be spreading. You don’t have to spend the first few weeks nursing summer colds, however. Prevention is the key!

Wash your hands. You’ve heard it before, and you’ll hear it again. The single most effective way to prevent the spread of germs [...]

Benefits of Flax Oil

October 12th, 2007 – 3:33 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan

There are many forms of natural cancer treatment. Flax oil (which does not have the same aromatic appeal of lavender oil) happens to be one of them.
Canada is the country where an ancient blue-flowering crop is exclusively cultivated. The flax plant produces a fiber. From this fiber linen is woven. There is an edible seed [...]

Heart Repair Using Stem Cells

September 17th, 2007 – 4:48 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan
Tagged as: Cardiology

One of the hot topics in health news is Stem Cells being used in research.
It has been believed that the human heart is unable to repair itself after a heart attack or injury, causing one to need life cover. New research refutes that belief. Because stem cells can be rejected as a foreign body by [...]

Heart Disease Risk Factors

September 13th, 2007 – 4:46 pm Posted by Della Davis
Tagged as: Cardiology, Diseases

Many of the risk factors in heart disease can be eliminated or changed by making lifestyle changes. Some risk factors such as family history or age cannot be changed. However reducing or changing certain behaviors can affect cardiovascular disease. Smoking (even a hookah) is the number one cause of cardiovascular disease. Smoking lowers the good [...]

Benefits of Statins

September 12th, 2007 – 3:37 pm Posted by Bill Tuscan

One of the companies that makes a statin says in their television add “sometimes eating right and exercising is not enough to lower your cholesterol” Eating right and proper exercise (including the use of weight sets) will always be the corner stone to stave off many diseases but for many it is not enough. Many [...]