Plaque, Plaque, and... More Plaque Reversal
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Dr. B G
... an immaculate white and tidy bowl, I thought is this what my nazi-Dental Hygienist thinks every time she sees me as she sharpens her metal instruments for scraping tartar and plaque off the teeth? A few years ago I was diagnosed with gum disease with pockets of '4' and '5' and told that implants and antibiotic treatment et cetera might be required ...
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How to get rid of plaque naturally
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Peter C.
I have found a simple but effective way to get rid of plaque naturally. I use facial cotton. What I do is to wet the facial cotton, wrap it around the forefinger, then with the facial cotton brush all the accessible area of the t ...
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Turning plaque into profit
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Dr. William D.
... evelopment strategy: Predict(TM) Optical Catheter System --A catheter introduced into the coronary artery during a catheterization procedure to determine whether a specific plaque or vessel area is "vulnerable," i.e., prone to rupture in future. Protect(TM) Luminal Shield --A stent-like metal device deployed into the coronary artery at the regi ...
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Plaque is the new cholesterol
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Dr. William D.
Which is more important: cholesterol or coronary plaque?Ask whatDr. Michael Eades'calls "statinators," and you will likely receive a befuddled look. Or, you might receive comments like "Measuring plaque has never been shown ...
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Explosive plaque growth
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Dr. William D.
Every once in a while, we will see someone experience more-than-expected rate of coronary plaque growth, a sudden jump in heart scan scores. I'm talking about increases in score of 50%, even 100%, sometimes despite favorable lipid and lipoprotein patterns. It's no ...
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Roto Rooter for plaque
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Dr. William D.
... f preventive efforts weren't instituted right away, his risk for heart attack was a high as 25% per year. Joe had "passed" a stress test, thus suggesting that, while coronary plaque was present--oodles of it, in fact--coronary blood flow was normal. Thus, there would be no benefit to inserting three stents, say, or a bypass operation. (Illustrati ...
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It's the Plaque - Stupid!
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Chris K.
I remember when I first met Dr. William Davis and we discussed the book he was writing titled "Track Your Plaque." My first thought was, "What a goofy name!" In retrospect, focusing on plaque and methods to track and reverse it was brilliant. The latest debate about relative risk ...
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GREEN TEA REDUCES PLAQUE FORMATI...
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Rev. Dr. Richard B.
GREEN TEA REDUCES PLAQUE FORMATION IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASEGreen tea, reported to have many health benefits, is rich in powerful antioxidants that make it a possible remedy for many medical cond ...
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Low Thyroid and Plaque
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Dr. William D.
... extreme: the earliest, subtle, and often asymptomatic degrees of thyroid dysfunction that raises LDL cholesterol, lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a), a huge effect!), and adds to coronary plaque growth. Correcting the subtle levels of low thyroid: 1) Makes LDL reduction much easier 2) Facilitates weight loss 3) Reduces Lp(a)--best with a inclusion of the T3 ...
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Plaque is like money
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Dr. William D.
In case anyone missed this in the June, 2007 Track Your Plaque Newsletter, I'm again posting how we calculate the annual rate of score increase, should it occur. For instance, say your score in January, 2005, is 100. In November, ...
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