Monday, January 31, 2011

what are the recommended vitamins and herbs for Ischemic heart disease

what are the recommended vitamins and herbs for Ischemic heart disease?

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Co-enzyme Q10, 100-300mg/day Fish oil with 480mg of EPA and 360mg DHA/day Hawthorn, 500-900mg/day Magnesium 500mg/day Vitamin C, ascorbic acid 6,000mg/day According to a study by Dr. Sydney Bush, blocked coronary arteries can be opened by taking 10,000 mg of ascorbic acid/vitamin C a day (divided doses) and 3,000 mg of lysine twice a day. Conventional medicine hates these studies: they'd rather sell you angioplasty or something else that really doesn't work. But they'll experiment on you anyway.
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I have no wish to blow my own trumpet, but I have studied cardiology extensively, thenosekows, hasn't and does not know what he is talking about. Best advice is a healthy diet, eat at least 3 portions of oily fish per week, exercise, limit alcohol consumption and stop smoking if you smoke. There is no good evidence to support the rubbish that thenoseknows mentioned. 10,000 mg of ascorbic acid/vitamin C a day (divided doses) and 3,000 mg of lysine twice a day will not open up blocked arteries, there is no reason why it should. If you have arteriosclerosis, you cannot remove the atheroma in your arteries, all you can do is limit further build up. Arteriosclerosis is part of the ageing process, however an unhealthy lifestyle and diet will of course accelerate this process. "Conventional medicine hates these studies: they'd rather sell you angioplasty or something else that really doesn't work. But they'll experiment on you anyway" Angioplasty opens up the blocked artery, improving blood flow to the heart. Please show me an equivalent in Altmed. I would also be interested to know how you actually evaluate this too. What diagnostic testing do you use? MPI? What? I think you are full of BS.

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Friday, January 28, 2011

What European country has the highest death rate from heart disease

What European country has the highest death rate from heart disease?
radio trivia
Heart Diseases - 6 Answers
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Scotchland
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Recently documented in all our papers, it is supposed to be the UK, which wouldn't surprise me in the least.
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if you consider that heart disease might has a connection to poor eating habits i'd say uk
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IT is France due to the extreme high quantity of smokers there. Coach
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Finland (radio trivia answer)
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Finland

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Monday, January 24, 2011

is high blood pressure a cause for coronary heart disease

is high blood pressure a cause for coronary heart disease?
if so how?
Heart Diseases - 6 Answers
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heart disease due to an abnormality of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart Well, i forgot my biology notebook at school, so my answer will be vauge but our liver makes cholesterol which, if we eat to many fatty foods, can increas in the arteries and this causes blood pressure if i'm not mistaken and what this does is make the heart work harder to pump the blood around which in turn, can lead to the lack of oxygen provided by the heamaglobin so to sum up: heart has to work hard to get blood around, and high cholesterol is what makes that difficult, and that makes it harder for the boold to carry oxygen around hope this helps
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Definitely. I can't remember why, but high-blood pressure, smoking, obesity, inactivity..they're all causes of it.
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High blood pressure does not CAUSE coronary artery disease, that we know of, however having CAD is often associated with also having hypertension. Because the heart is not getting all the blood it wants various pathways are activated that tell the body that the blood pressure must be low.
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Yes, high blood pressure is one of the causes for the coronary artery disease (CAD), say coronary thrombosis that causes an acute myocardial infarction (MI). At this stage it has to be remembered that the heart is supplied with its oxygen and nutrition through the coronary arteries only; and these arteries are all end arteries; and the heart is the only organ in our body that works continuously without an absolute rest throughout our life, right from birth to death; and thus it is at the low diastolic blood pressure that is when the heart is in diastole (relaxing) only that it can be supplied blood through the coronary arteries that is necessary for proper oxygen supply and nutrition of the heart muscle failing which the heart muscle dies. In this way a sustained high blood pressure, especially the diastoloc, impeades / slows down the required blood flow / supply to the heart through the coronary arteries causing its anoxemia resulting finally into an infarction ( death of the heart muscle). And such high blood pressure causing a slowing down of the blood flow in the coronary arteries causes the blood in these arteries to get clotted and thrombosed in due course resulting in a blockage to the blood supply to the heart causing death. Thus in short when the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure is constantly high sufficient blood cannot flow through the coronary arteries to the myocardium resulting in the death of the heart muscle, which may be mild, moderate, severe, partial, or complete......
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Several factors predispose the coronary arteries to the development and progression of the atherosclerotic process . Cigarette smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension can induce changes in endothelial structure and function and promote smooth-muscle-cell proliferation. Diabetes mellitus, genetic factors (family history of premature CAD, ethnic characteristics), male gender, advancing age, and menopause are other strong risk factors that contribute to the progression of coronary atherosclerosis. Additional factors implicated in an increased risk of CAD are physical inactivity, obesity, and psychological factors. Studies indicate that elevated plasma homocysteine levels may also predispose to atherosclerosis, because homocysteine impairs nitric oxide production, stimulates smooth-muscle proliferation, and increases thrombogenicity. Myocardial Oxygen Demand: Most episodes of angina arise from increases in oxygen demand during physical or emotional stress. Myocardial oxygen demand is determined by heart rate, myocardial contractility, and myocardial wall tension. Wall tension, in turn, is related to chamber pressure and volume. An increase in any or all of these variables may develop during exercise or emotional stress and may precipitate myocardial ischemia in patients with compromised oxygen supply. Myocardial Oxygen Supply: Myocardial oxygen supply is determined by coronary blood flow and the arteriovenous oxygen difference across the coronary bed. Because the arteriovenous oxygen difference is near maximal at rest in most patients, changes in oxygen supply are almost entirely mediated by alterations in blood flow. *hypertension increases myocardial oxygen demand and decreases myocardial oxygen supply.*
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If untreated say like for 20 years and you have an enlarged heart then be expecting a triple bypass surgery, if your not taking medication

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

What is Pulmonary heart and lung disease

What is Pulmonary heart and lung disease?
My mother age, 46. Was told by her doctor that she has this disease. I'm concerned as to what it is and how serious it may be.. Is it curable? What can she do to help treat this disease?
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Pulmonary means lung-related, so it's more likely that they said cardio and/or pulmonary disease (heart/lung). That being said, there are SO many cardio and pulmonary diseases that without specifics it's impossible to answer your questions. It's definitely something to be concerned about, but how concerned depends on the actual problem.

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

if i have high cholesterol and now i start to watch my diet, do i still have a chance of getting heart disease

if i have high cholesterol and now i start to watch my diet, do i still have a chance of getting heart disease?

Heart Diseases - 3 Answers
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Depends on how successful you will be, and the presence of other risks for heart disease. The more risks are present the lower you would want your cholesterol (LDL and TG's) Risks: smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, family history of heart disease or stroke, obesity. Good Luck, you can beat it if you try.
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It's good to start your dietary changes, but I also recommend you to be strong and always with good willing even though you'll pass some moments when you'd like to say "stop" . Never surrender and be strong. With the right strategies, your chances of getting heart disease will be diminished. It's not sure if the risk could be zero, since zero risk of getting heart disease is hardly to get. Once again good luck!
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I will offer you three different stories regarding cholesterol and heart attack; 1) The well known version: American Heart Association's Scientific Position : Cholesterol is a soft, waxy substance found among the lipids (fats) in the bloodstream and in all your body's cells. It's an important part of a healthy body because it's used to form cell membranes, some hormones and is needed for other functions. But a high level of cholesterol in the blood â€” hypercholesterolemia â€” is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, which leads to heart attack. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4488 2) The other version: A new national study has shown that nearly 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event, based on current national cholesterol guidelines. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090112130653.htm 3) This pertains to your question: CONCLUSIONS--Lowering serum cholesterol concentrations does not reduce mortality and is unlikely to prevent coronary heart disease. Claims of the opposite are based on preferential citation of supportive trials. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1882525/ I rest my case

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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Is heart disease still the #1 cause of death in America

Is heart disease still the #1 cause of death in America?
My health teacher told me it was cancer but when I looked it up it was not.
Heart Diseases - 6 Answers
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heat disease is number one, you are right.. but for men.. number one that kill men is heart attack..
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Heart disease is still the #1 cause. They are projecting cancer will be the #1 cause by 2012.
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Go Mcdonalds!
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It is difficult to estimate exactly how common heart attacks are because as many as 200,000 to 300,000 people in the United States die each year before medical help is sought. It is estimated that approximately 1 million patients visit the hospital each year with a heart attack. About 1 out of every 5 deaths are due to a heart attack. (MedlinePlus) In the United States, diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death, causing a higher mortality than cancer (malignant neoplasms). Coronary heart disease is responsible for 1 in 5 deaths in the U.S.. Some 7,200,000 men and 6,000,000 women are living with some form of coronary heart disease. 1,200,000 people suffer a (new or recurrent) coronary attack every year, and about 40% of them die as a result of the attack. This means that roughly every 65 seconds, an American dies of a coronary event. (Wikipedia) In the US, about 1.5 million Myocardial Infarctions (MI) occur annually; MI results in death for 400,000 to 500,000 people, with about half dying before they reach the hospital. (Merck) Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and is a major cause of disability. Almost 700,000 people die of heart disease in the U.S. each year. That is about 29% of all U.S. deaths. Heart disease is a term that includes several more specific heart conditions. The most common heart disease in the United States is coronary heart disease, which can lead to heart attack.(CDC)
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heart diesease will always be #1 the government are puttin prices up of cigarettes so more people will stop and never will smoke because of all the prices
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The simple answer is "yes

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

i am thinking of moving to Spain, i take about nine prescribed tablets a day for coronary heart disease

i am thinking of moving to Spain, i take about nine prescribed tablets a day for coronary heart disease,?
how much are prescription drugs in spain if your living and working out there? do they have a prepayed scheeme like in the uk?
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You'll have to take that up with the appropriate officials. It'd be a lot easier and cheaper to speak to the proper officer at the Spanish consulate before you depart the UK

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Dead At 42 From Ischaemic Heart Disease

Dead At 42 From Ischaemic Heart Disease?
A friend of the family recently died from Ischaemic Heart Disease, at the age of 42 just got up one morning, fell to the floor and was dead. Heart disease was not diagnoised before death. Can anyone give any information on this condition and should heart disease been diagnoised before death. Apparantly the artarys where totally blocked, how could this not have been picked up before ??? WHATS BB ??
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Sadly this is an all too common picture, and I feel sorry for your loss. There is a small but signficant number of people who have artery damage from too much fat/cholesterol in their blood beore the age of 40. Many autopsies have shown the early effects in 17 and 18 year olds. Most people do not get their first cholesterol test until they are in their 40s. This would have been the first help, but it often happens this way. Pity because the new medicines are very very good at keeping cholesterol at safe levels. Second, a simple test called a Treadmill Stress Test could also have picked up your friends condition, and again most people do not get these young, rather it is usually in the late 40s at best. Once blockages are found, they can oftne be addressed with a catheterization, sometimes an artery bypass.
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Could be that the person ignored the symptoms of a heart attack, thought it was indigestion or simply didn't have any symptoms as diabetics often don't.
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Sorry, it happens, that's why people should get regular check ups or go to their doctor at the slightest hint of chest pains, shortness of breath or irregular heart beats or a history of the disease, some people are either afraid of the diagnosis or think its nothing or just old age setting in and never bothered getting it checked, especially if their lifestyle was largely sedentary in the first place. bb usually refers to a class of medications used to lower blood pressure and stands for beta blockers.
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Without knowing this person's lifestyle, some people simply have a high genetic tendency to develop heart disease and high cholesterol. Fortunately, there are medications that can be taken that help in many cases, but not all. And the person needs to be aware they have these issues in the first place. While some people never notice any symptoms (this is common in diabetics due to nerve damage), sadly, others ignore their symptoms. They shrug chest pain off as "heartburn" or shortness of breath as "allergies" or "being out of shape". That said, there are some common risk factors that lead to early heart disease: -Being overweight/obese. -Having insulin resistance or diabetes (both Types 1 and 2). Note: Type 1 diabetes is NOT related to obesity or lifestyle, but high blood sugars increase your risk of heart disease. -Having high blood pressure. -Smoking or using street drugs like cocaine or meth -Chronic alcohol abuse -Eating a high animal fat diet, or lots of junk foods (trans fats). -Eating a high glyecemic carb diet, which can lead to insulin resistance and abdominal obesity. -Physically inactive -Certain medications, like steroids for arthritis. -Inflammatory diseases like autoimmune diseases, and high levels of c-reactive protein. There is still much we don't know about heart disease. There is some evidence to suggest that certain viruses and infections may cause heart disease and damage to the arteries in some people. Then blockages start to form in these damaged arteries. I would check to see if there is ANY record of this person complaining about heart related symptoms to their doctor. If so, and nothing was done, you may be able to take this further. If not, all you can do is have their family members screened for heart disease, and get them living a healthy lifestyle to reduce their risk. Everyone should be doing this. Perhaps their family might like to make a donation to the local heart association in their name? I'm sorry for your loss

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

is high blood pressure a cause for coronary heart disease