Those with aching leg pain should be very careful because it can signal a more serious health problem. When there is pain or tired legs it is a sign of often more serious health problems. The condition of the legs is a direct indication of the health of the heart. Often leg problems may be the only sign of a more serious problem. Aching leg pain has mean a coming heart failure in millions of people

It is critical to reverse leg heaviness and tired legs; this is because they are linked to the circulation of the heart. An EKG will often not reveal the true problems of circulation. The best warning sign is the legs themselves they are better that any heart test. Studies show that leg pain was the number one sign of arteries blockage in the heart and 25% of those with heavy legs had a heart attack within 5 years. This should scare you if you have leg pain. Continue reading ‘Aching leg pain: Why this is a silent killer’ »

Congestive heart disease affects about five million Americans, and several medical professionals believe that within five years time about half of those people will unfortunately die from their state. Congestive heart disease is marked by the heart’s inability to pump efficiently enough to supply the body with freshly oxygenated blood. It is the leading cause of hospitalization among senior citizens and accounted for nearly 20% of the hospitalization of this age group in 2003.
Since congestive heart disease is a state that warrants consideration, a brief conversation of several of the risk factors might be in order. While several of these factors cannot be helped, there are many things a person can adjust about their lives to decrease the risk.
Risk Factors That Cannot be Helped
Continue reading ‘A Conversation of the Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Disease’ »

It has been recognized for many years that women, generally, suffer much less heart disease than men – especially younger women. The difference is normally about 300 per cent. This is despite the fact that women have higher average cholesterol levels. The widest gap I found was in New Zealand in the 1970s.

Here, women aged 45-55 had onetenth the mortality rate of men. Now that is what I call a gap. Women, therefore, present a problem for the cholesterol hypothesis. Higher cholesterol levels than men, but much lower rates of heart disease. Many findings for women were discrepant from those for men. Of particular importance in women was considered to be the essentially flat relation of total cholesterol to total mortality, total cardiovascular, and total cancer mortality. Continue reading ‘Do women suffer much less heart disease than men?’ »

Is it time to take a break from drinking alcohol? Have you been going over the top with the alcohol consumption lately? You should be able to tell by listening to your body. How do you feel? Do you have aches and pains beyond the normal? Do you feel tired and listless? Maybe a detox from alcohol is for you.

Life is like that sometimes. The parties all seem to come at once. First the Jane’s wedding, then Tom’s christening, then your best mates big birthday bash. It is very easy to lose track of yourself and drink way too much over a few weeks. But it can have negative consequences in the long run.

The facts about long term alcohol abuse are everywhere. Liver damage, heart disease, etc, etc… It is very easy to go from one night a week, to two nights. From a couple of really good sessions to a few beers in front of the TV. A couple of beers for the game to hide and go seek with the whiskey bottle. Once you are there, the risks to every part of your life are massive.

Continue reading ‘Alcohol Detox For the Social Drinker’ »

Ever wondered about how many more health risks there are nowadays than there were in the past? Well, the plain and simple truth is, there are. Today, particularly people from across the world grapple with various heath afflictions. From heart disease, Cancer, to fatal STDs; it just seems like there is no end to the dismal list. One of the greatest health issues these days concerns what we consume. Yeah that’s right, it’s our diet, folks! What are you shoveling into your temple? While it depends on your nutritional habits, you could be doing some major damage to your body. Now, tell me who doesn’t know that fats, and sugars are bad for us, however we continue to gulp them down like there’s no tomorrow. And it definitely shows in our current society. A huge portion of America is overweight. Wake up folks; it’s time to make some changes. It’s definitely time to get informed. The Internet is your ally. Explore into cyberspace right now and get information on cholesterol and fat. Find out more information about one of the prime killers of Americans. Continue reading ‘Information On Cholesterol – An In-Dept Health’ »

Natural and Alternative medicine has been getting notoriety in the treatment and prevention of cancer. Tea is the most well-known as a potential remedy. Continuing research shows the effectiveness of green tea in the prevention of heart disease as well as other forms of cancer.

The first indication of tea effectiveness is in the markedly low incidence of major diseases in the Asian regions. Those who are living in Asia typically imbibe large quantities of green tea and statistics show that they have a significantly lower risk or heart ailments as well as cancer. Particularly Japanese men, as opposed to American men have statistically lower risk of lung cancer and heart ailments though as much as 75 percent of them smoke cigarettes. Continue reading ‘Effective Against Ovarian Cancer – Green Tea’ »

Despite the fact that hardly anyone else agrees with me, I believe firmly that the cholesterol hypothesis is wrong. By the time you have finished this chapter, I hope to have convinced you of this fact too. Before starting on the demolition job I must admit that, for many years, I too believed that a raised cholesterol level caused heart disease. On the face of it the evidence seemed overwhelming, and it also seemed to make sense.

The most powerful facts, at least to me, were the following:

Fact One: Atherosclerotic plaques contain a lot of cholesterol, which must have come from the blood. So heart disease had to have something to do with cholesterol-containing lipoproteins. Continue reading ‘Do High Cholesterol Levels Provoke Heart Disease?’ »

You can cure diabetes naturally and without medication say science. It is possible to stop this disease before it takes over the body. Diabetes is a horrible disease that slowly defeats the cells of the body. What this means to you is a lot of pain in the body. There is a poison in the bloodstream of the diabetic. This poison spreads and defeats the body painfully. The poison glucose invades the cells and the body will painfully lose the fight. You can cure diabetes naturally and it must be done fast to save the body.

Time is where the diabetic loses. The diabetic waits and does things like stopping sugar but this cannot stop the powerful blood glucose poison that is spreading. As the diabetic waits and follows a typical no sugar diet the illness continues to spread. This is why millions will have to have their legs cut off. Diabetes will bring death the legs so that they are of no use. Millions have had to have their dead legs removed. There is a cure diabetes naturally diet that science has shown is working. Continue reading ‘Cure diabetes naturally: Science shows new diet to cure diabetes naturally’ »

Happened to catch the very last few minutes of a Discovery Health program this morning about monitoring anticoagulation. It is part of a CME series for physicians and other health-care providers. They can register, watch the clips, then take an online test and get credit.

Could not access the site at home because we have dial-up. Kept getting booted off. We are in Dallas today visiting my parents who have DSL, so I brought my laptop.

The program is wonderful! I highly recommend that each person here who is on warfarin watch it. The program is extremely supportive of home testing (FYI: Roche, which makes CoaguChek, is involved in this program, if my memory serves me right.). In fact, there are 2 home-testers interviewed for the program. Continue reading ‘Health Anticoagulation Program’ »

Aim

The purpose of this report is to analyse the role of fruits and vegetables in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Introduction

Recent studies have indicated strong relationship between fruit and vegetable consumptions and reduced risk of certain cancers and cardiovascular disease.

A diet high in vegetables and fruits is believed to be associated with reducing the risk of cancer of the mouth, oesophagus, stomach, lung, colon, rectum and some other cancers.
However there is no specific reason or evidence to clarify the mechanism and also the results of various researches in the roles of fruit and vegetables do not all agree.

Nutritionists recommend the consumption of a minimum of 400g of fruit and vegetables per day (except for potatoes and other starchy tubers) for the prevention of chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity, in addition to the prevention and reduction of several micronutrient deficiencies, especially in less developed countries.

A number of scientific evidences have implied low fruit and vegetable intake is a major risk factor for several non-communicable diseases.
Increasing fruit and vegetable intake by as little as one serving per day can have a great influence on heart disease risk. Continue reading ‘Inhibiting effects of fruits and vegetables on cancer and heart disease’ »