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Category Archives: Cardiovascular disease
Nutraceutical combo shows promise in lowering lipid level
A new study showed that a nutraceutical containing berberine, red yeast rice and policosanol was able to lower total and LDL cholesterol and improved endothelial-dependent flow-mediated coronary dilation. Berberine (黃連素) has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine to lower … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, High cholesterol
Tagged berberine, Cholesterol lowering, coronary dilation, Diabetes, Herbal Medicine, Nutriceutical, policosanol, Red yeast rice, Statin
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How to Prevent Stroke in Women?…Walking
If you are a woman and will like to reduce your risk of stroke, you might like to walk at least 2 hours a week, especially at a brisk pace. According the long-term follow-up of the Women’s Health Study (WHS) … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiovascular disease, Stroke
Tagged Prevention, Stroke, Walking
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Pradaxa eliminates the need to monitor INR in Atrial Fibrillation patients
Good news for atrial fibrillation (AF) patients who require taking warfarin to prevent stroke. It is well known that routine blood monitor and food interaction represent major hassles for patients taking warfrin. However, a new drug, Pradaxa (dabigatran), might be … Continue reading
Posted in Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular disease
Tagged Atrial Fibrillation, dabigatran, Pradaxa, RE-LY, Warfarin
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Omega-3 PUFAs prevent arrhythmia after cardioversion
Patients who are at high risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after electrical cardioversion are more likely to stay in sinus rhythm if they take an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty-acid (PUFA) supplement on top of standard antiarrhythmic therapy, according to a randomized, … Continue reading
Posted in Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular disease
Tagged Atrial Fibrillation, omega-3, sinus rhythm
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Uses of Herbs and Drug Interactions in Cardiovascular Patients
More and more consumers are taking herbal supplements as an alternative treatment for their diseases. It is estimated that more than 15 million people in the US consume herbal remedies or high-dose vitamins, and the total number of visits to … Continue reading
Normalized level of Vitamin-D cut the Risk of CVD and Death
You cut your risk of cardiovascular events by normalizing your vitamin-D level. A new study has found that people who has low vitamin-D levels but managed to normalize their levels were significantly less likely to develop cardiovascular events after six … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiovascular disease
Tagged Cardiovascular disease, death, optimal level, Prevalence, vitamin D
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Should you continue to take Statin if it Increases the Risk of Diabetes?
In the February issue of Lancet, Sattar and his colleagues presented a meta-analysis of 13 large, placebo-controlled trials, in which they discovered statin users have a higher risk of developing diabetes. The analysis involved 91,000 individuals and the results indicated … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, High cholesterol
Tagged atorvastatin, Cholesterol, Diabetes, fluvastatin, lovastatin, Pravastatin, rosuvastatin, Simvastatin, Statin
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Coffee Lower the Risk of Arrhythmia?
Coffee drinkers who have been drinking coffee for a long time have another reason to continue their drinking habit. A new study presented in the Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention and Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism 2010 Conference indicated that … Continue reading
Posted in Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular disease
Tagged Arrhythmia, caffeine, coffee
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Atrial Fibrillation – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Latest Treatment
If you have heart beat that is quicker than 60-80 beats per minute at rest or 90-115 beats per minutes during exercise, you might have fast and irregular heart beat or arrhythmia. There are different kinds of arrhythmia but atrial … Continue reading
Posted in Arrhythmia, Cardiovascular disease
Tagged Ablation, amiodarone, Anticoagulant, Arrhythmia, Atrial Fibrillation, Betapace, Cordarone, Coumadin, Diagnosis, digoxin, dronedarone, flecainide, Isoptin, Lanoxin, Multaq, propafenone, Rhythmol, sotalol, Tamboco, Tiazac, Treatment, Verapamil, Warfarin
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Lose Weight, regardless of Diet Intervention, can Shrink the Plague in Carotid Artery
A study published in the March issue of the Circulation indicated that people who lost weight by one of the three diets 1) low fat, 2) Mediterranean or 3) low carbohydrate can have the plagues in their carotid artery (the … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiovascular disease, High cholesterol, Hypertension, Weight loss
Tagged Atherosclerosis, Diet, Hypertension, Weight loss
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