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Section One: Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
What is Heart Disease Risk Factors Different Types of Cholesterol |
Cholesterol and Heart Disease
Cholesterol and Heart Disease Every day, nearly 2,600 Americans die of some type of cardiovascular disease, an average of one death every 34 seconds, and 7.1 million Americans have had a heart attack during their lifetimes.1 Those who survive often go on to have another heart |
Cancer Project: The News You Need
Flax Seeds Shrink Tumors A Canadian study put flax seeds to the test for shrinking breast cancer tumors. Two groups of postmenopausal women were assigned to eat a muffin made with 25 grams of flax seed oil or a muffin without, every morning. The majority of women consuming flax seed muffins had |
Organic Meats Are Not Health Foods
Organic Meats Are Not Health Foods So-called organic meats are sold as a means for people to reduce their exposure to hormones and chemical toxins. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) states that animals raised on an organic operation must be fed organic feed and given access to the outdoors. They a |
The Five Most Unhealthful Fast-Food Kids Meals
The Five Most Unhealthful Fast-Food Kids Meals A Report by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine August 2010 As Burger King and other fast-food companies unveil new menu items marketed to children, there is growing controversy over the link between high-fat fast food and childhood obesity. One |
Anything But Routine
By Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D. When King Kong grasped Fay Wray in his enormous hand in the 1933 science fiction classic, the victim screamed and struggled in terror. If one could have measured the writhing heroine’s heart rate, blood pressure, and blood levels of cort |
Preventing and Reversing Heart Disease
Are there aspects of your health you would like to change? Perhaps you might like to lose a few pounds, bring your cholesterol down, or get away from medicines. I am here today to talk about some surprising ways to keep a healthy heart—not through prescriptions or bypass surgery, but through simple changes t |
Florida Man Sues Atkins for Heart Disease Developed During Diet
May 26 , 2004 By Neal Barnard, M.D. On May 26, 2004, Jody Gorran, a 53-year-old Florida businessman, filed suit against Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., and the Estate of Robert Atkins in a Florida court because of heart disease he developed while following th |
Foods for Prostate Cancer Survival
By Neal D. Barnard, M.D. Many research studies have shown how foods affect the risk of developing prostate cancer. Vegetables and fruits reduce the risk, while dairy products and fatty foods appear to increase it. But what about after cancer has been diagnosed? Will a change in eating habits help a man beat the |
Nutrition and Renal Disease
Nutrition and Renal Disease The kidneys’ job is to keep the body’s fluids, electrolytes, and organic solutes in a healthy balance. Their functional units are the million or so nephrons in the renal cortex which filter most constituents of the blood other |
Cancer Project: The News You Need
Women who live in neighborhoods with lots of nighttime illumination are at increased risk for developing breast cancer, according to a study published in the journal Chronobiology International. Based on satellite images of night lights in 147 communities in Israel, researchers determined that the areas with the |
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HEART HEALTH Is the Source of Back Pain on Your Plate? We all know that blocked arteries can lead to high blood pressure, chest pain, heart attack, and stroke. Now, thanks to a recent study in the journal Spine, we're awar |
Section Six: Nutrition and Renal Disease
Nephrotic Syndrome Diet for Nephrotic Syndrome Acute Renal Failure Diet in Acute |
Analysis of the HPV Challenge: Industry Violations and EPA Negligence
By Nicole Cardello, M.H.S. Executive Summary The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge encourages chemical companies to volunteer to conduct screening-level animal toxicity tests on 2,800 industrial chemicals. Pursuant to this program, companies have committed to |
Ten Delicious Dishes to Help Defeat Diabetes
Ten Delicious Dishes to Help Defeat Diabetes | | 
