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EDTA Chelation Therapy Successfully Treats Heart Disease

Dec 21, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

TACT (Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy) was the first large-scale, multicenter study designed to determine the safety and efficacy of chelation therapy for people who have suffered a heart attack. The chelation treatments worked—chelation therapy was found to reduce heart attacks, strokes, deaths, hospitalizations for chest pain, and artery-opening procedures. … Read More

17 CoQ10 Benefits You Can Enjoy Yourself

Dec 21, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

CoQ10, or Coenzyme Q 10, is a naturally-produced enzyme found in the mitochondria in every cell of your body. CoQ10 is needed to make ATP, the major energy source needed for cell growth, maintenance and to power several of the body’s biological processes. CoQ10 also functions as an antioxidant, which … Read More

6 Health Benefits of Aloe Vera Juice for Your Heart

Dec 21, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

The thick gel found in the leaf of the aloe vera plant has been used for thousands of years to heal a variety of topical conditions. In fact, aloe gel was one of the most frequently prescribed medicines in the 18th and 19th centuries. The gel is composed of 95 to … Read More

What Causes Cardiovascular Disease? Sugar! Could a Low Sugar Diet Help?

Dec 21, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Finally, after decades of obsessing about fat, researchers are focusing on sugar in their quest to understand what causes cardiovascular disease. The latest study to zero in on sugar is the largest yet to link sugar to dying from heart disease, strokes, and other forms of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The … Read More

D-Limonene: Effective for Lowering Cholesterol Naturally and Much More

Dec 21, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

D-limonene, one of the most common terpenes in nature, is a major constituent in several citrus fruits— oranges, lemons, mandarins, limes and grapefruits—and provides these fruits their pleasant scent. In fact, d-limonene is often used in soaps, perfumes, lotions, and environmentally friendly household cleaning products due to its appealing aroma. … Read More

Coenzyme Q10 Benefits on Patients Taking Statin Drugs

Dec 10, 2017 · Jami Cooley, RN, CNWC · Heart Health

Imagine the electrical wiring in your garage suddenly shorts out; now you have no working light in your garage and you can’t see at night. The electrician you hire to solve the problem instructs you to leave your car headlights on overnight so you will be able to see in … Read More

7 Symptoms of Heart Attack

Dec 6, 2017 · Jay Roland · Heart Health

You’ve no doubt seen movies or television shows in which a character clutches his or her chest for a moment and then collapses because of a heart attack. Or maybe you’ve actually seen someone experience such an event—or suffered a heart attack yourself. If so, it’s possible that your symptoms … Read More

Lipid Profile: Key Blood Test for Assessing Your Cardiac Risk

Dec 1, 2017 · Cindy Foley · Heart Health

A lipid profile—also called a lipid panel—is a blood test that gives your doctor a head-up as to abnormalities in your cholesterol level. The lipid profile includes total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, cholesterol-HDL ratio, LDL-HDL ratio, and triglycerides. A fairly routine test, a lipid profile is an indicator of … Read More

Record Prescription Sales in 2011 – Statin Drugs and Antidepressants Top the List

Nov 21, 2017 · UHN Staff · Heart Health

Remember the song from Mary Poppins? “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down…” Apparently Americans are singing that tune! New research published in the journal ACS Chemical Neuroscience reveals that pharmacies in the United States dispensed more prescription drugs in 2011 than ever before; the number increasing from … Read More

Know How Blood Pressure Drugs Differ from Each Other

Nov 20, 2017 · Jay Roland · Heart Health

Are blood pressure drugs inevitable? Chances are that if you don’t take one now, you may need to in the future. And if not you, someone close to you may need an antihypertensive medication. About one out of three American adults has high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease … Read More

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