Calcium Channel Blockers Can Actually Cause Heart Disease - Postmenopausal women taking a certain class of blood pressure medicines known as calcium channel blockers better proceed with caution. Researchers found that the use of such medications may double the risk of dying from heart disease -- especially when given in certain combinations. Calcium channel blockers lower blood pressure by relaxing ...

Food That Protects You From Cancer, Heart Disease and Osteoporosis! - (c) Kim Beardsmore The humble soybean boasts some extraordinary benefits. This nutritional powerhouse has stayed under wraps for too long. Apart from being the only vegetable protein with all 22 amino acids essential for our health and well being, the humble soybean has many other virtues...including an excellent foundation for fast, safe weight lo ...

Family Healthcare: The Dangers Of A Heart Attack & How To Avoid It - A heart attack happens when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself (the myocardium) is severely reduced or even stopped entirely. If you know the symptoms and the risk factors of a heart attack, you can avoid having one and live a safer, healthier, longer and happier life Heart attack has been reported to be the number o ...

Heart Disease: The Dangers Of Coronary Heart Attack And How To Avoid It - What is a coronary heart attack? Are you at the risk of a coronary heart attack? Here are some insights to help you... A heart attack happens when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle itself (the myocardium) is severely reduced or even stopped entirely. The medical term for a heart attack is myocardial infarction. ...

Omega-3 And Sudden Cardiac Arrest - Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is responsible for numerous deaths in the U.S. and other countries around the world. It is not the same as a heart attack. A heart attack normally occurs when advanced atherosclerosis (clogging of the arteries) slowly starves the heart causing irreversible damage. The heart finally cannot function properly and stops. S ...

Increase Your Risk of Heart Disease With Lipitor and Pravachol - Results of a new study comparing the effectiveness of Pfizer Inc.,’s Lipitor with Pravachol, made by Bristol-Myers Squibb, was recently published in the New York Times. The study details the clinical observation that Lipitor was significantly more effective than Pravachol in lowering patient’s LDL cholesterol levels. However, the study did not c ...

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