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Are You A Night Owl? You May Be Doubling Your Risk of Heart Disease

Improving Deep Sleep May Help To Prevent Dementia

Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care.  I take a sleep history from all patients cared for at the Kahn Center …

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You Feel Fine? What Are The Odds You Are Missing Clogged Heart Arteries?

New Discovery: Reversing Tissue Damage Caused by Heart Attacks

Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. Many people without any known heart disease or heart symptoms may still have blocked arteries …

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Test May Help To Prevent Heart Attack

If You Have One Of These 5 Symptoms, You Might Have Early Heart Disease

When it comes to financial tests typically having a high score is the aim, but when it comes to your heart lower numbers are the goal as in general the lower your blood pressure, pulse rate, and cholesterol the better you heart health is.  Your coronary artery calcium score is no exception, you want a …

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Cocoa Flavanols Help Improve Blood Vessel Function

Cocoa Flavanols Help Improve Blood Vessel Function

Cocoa flavanols may boost circulating angiogenic cells (CACs) in the blood, thereby exerting beneficial effects on blood vessel function. In that poor blood vessel function is often an early marker of cardiovascular diseases, and most notably coronary artery disease (CAD), Christian Heiss, from University of California/San Francisco (California, USA) enrolled 16 CAD patients, ages 61 …

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