Lung Cancer Risk
Background: Lung cancer is the leading USA cause of death (more than breast, cancer prostate, colon and pancreas cancer combined) per National Cancer Institute (NCI). Early detection showed could save over 70,000 lives a year in the United States. If you are at high...
Potassium Questions
I have blogged in the past about the correct amount of salt and cholesterol in our diets but never mentioned potassium (K+). Potassium is truly key in our body affecting cellular activity in all muscle esp. heart muscle. So it is critical to know is there enough...
Heart Failure -A Big Problem
You will be hearing allot about 'heart failure' (HF). No that does not mean a heart has a "F" score! New drugs for this condition are everywhere from the financial news to medical journals. This blog aims to 'wise u-up' on this condition. Background: The heart...
Diabetics Beware of Salt
Take time and listen to DocHandal's recent podcast/feed and recent blog on salt dangers. It is known that a salty diet in most people contributes to several medical conditions and complicates others such as Diabetes. This is a well studied area the latest is out of...
Run, Even A Little, for Your Longer Life
Too many of us are sedentary, 40 - 80% of the world population. A recent - Aug. 5th - Journal of the American College of Cardiology showed that running even slowly (6 miles/hour rate) for 5-10 minutes 1- 2 times a week can significantly decrease risk of heart disease,...
Hepatitis C – HCV Facts
Epidemic - Under diagnosed and under treated this viral liver disease occurs in 3.2 million Americans. Half of these people do not know they are 'infected'. Sad is that only 5-6%have been successfully treated (publications in numerous 2013 medical Journals). Get...
Why Stress Can Kill
We knew but not why - till now - why stress, emotional shock, or even overexertion might set sensitive folks up to suffer a MI (heart attack). Background: - Well known is that stress, exertion and high emotions cause our levels of circulating hormones to increase. -...
Salt Dangers
Salt makes anything we eat last longer, taste better or more accurately different. Many use the word 'salt' interchangeably with 'sodium'. Yes most sodium we eat is in the form of salt (sodium chloride) but realize some salts do not contain any 'sodium'. We all know...
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