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Fasting Triglycerides Test for Heart Attack Risk Unreliable by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm For more than 50 years doctors have used fasting blood triglyceride levels to predict a future heart attack, but now two studies in the Journal of the American Medical... amounts of insulin. Insulin converts sugar to triglycerides. Triglycerides are therefore a marker for a high blood sugar levels that damage arteries to cause heart attacks. More Read on »

Consumer Genetic Testing for heart attack risk? Worthless! by Dr. Steve Murphy Medical Doctor

Posted Wed 10 Nov 2010 5:50pm claims ! 9 . Topol's heart attack gene didn't pan out , why would these? 10. A recent 23 gene panel failed to make the grade as well. Let me be crystal clear. I am glad... Here are the top ten reasons why in its current state, direct to consumer or otherwise, genomic testing for cardiovascular disease risk is dead Read on »

Tests & Diagnostics for Heart Attack by Docs Orders Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 4:41pm

1 Comment Here is a list of some of the common tests and diagnostics for Heart Attack: Angiogram Blood Pressure Monitors Cardiac Catheterization Cardiac enzymes Chest..., these are just some of the common tests and diagnostics for Heart Attack. You can connect with experts and other people who have Heart Attackin the Wellsphere communities. If you're Read on »

Heart Attack Risk: What The Tests Tell You by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm for a heart attack. Another test called homocysteine also predicts heart attacks. When your diet does not provide you with adequate amounts of the vitamins B12, pyridoxine... If you want to learn your chances of suffering a heart attack, ask your doctor to draw blood for C-Reactive Protein (CRP), the good HDL and the bad LDL cholesterol, small Read on »

Researchers Test Dental Health &Gum Disease Link to Heart Attacks by Dr. Thomas Gibbs Doctor of Dentistry

Posted Sun 26 Apr 2009 10:31pm The connection between oral health, periodontal disease, and gum disease to heart disease, heart disease, and stroke is well known. Now studies have emerged... group of 840 heart disease free people. Total bacterial load presented to the body and heart would be correlated to the extent of dental disease, gum irritation, and degree Read on »

Bad sleep? Blame the Geomagnetic Storm! Mac Attack = Heart Attack by Strapples Patient Expert

Posted Sun 28 Nov 2010 12:00am better today! Listening to the Hard Drive... With this disruption came a “Mac Attack” I went off to work on the other computer, came back to my mac 20 minutes later Read on »

Benefits of Turmeric: Important Herb in Preventing Heart Attack & Heart Failure by Melissa G. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 9:16pm and Scientific Director at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Cardiac hypertrophy is a strong predictor of future cardiac problems, including heart attack and heart failure... is for developing heart attacks or heart failure in the future. However, until clinical trials are done, we don’t recommend patients to take curcumin routinely. You are better off to take Read on »

Benefits of Turmeric: Important Herb in Preventing Heart Attack & Heart Failure by Melissa G. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:47pm

1 Comment and Scientific Director at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Cardiac hypertrophy is a strong predictor of future cardiac problems, including heart attack and heart failure... is for developing heart attacks or heart failure in the future. However, until clinical trials are done, we don’t recommend patients to take curcumin routinely. You are better off to take Read on »

Heart Health for Women: To Have a Heart is To Suffer the Attack of the Heart by Melissa G. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 9:16pm

1 Comment and CEOs of our households-do not stop and listen, care for and love our heart each day.... it will attack us. As cited by the American Heart Association: 1 in 3 women have... a baseline for our heart health that comes in handy should irregularities or decreases in health occur as we age. To prevent heart attacks; attack back! Be prepared with Aspirin Read on »

Trying to figure out when my immune system went into overdrive and attacked my heart. I think about it all the time. When? Why? by Lauren Posted Sun 14 Sep 2008 12:00am Trying to figure out when my immune system went into overdrive and attacked my heart. I think about it all the time. When? Why? Was it something I ate? Something I was exposed to? Was it because I painted my nails with White-Out one time in the 3rd grade? Read on »