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Atherosclerosis Top Related Articles
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1). Atherosclerosis – Symptoms, Causes, prevention and Treatment By : Knut Holt
By atherosclerosis the inside of the arteries are thickened, hardened and stiffened, causing the space for blood flow to be narrowed or closed. This will decrease the oxygen supply to local or distant tissues.
The primary symptom of this is pain, poor organ function and bad general condition. The further consequences are tissue damage, sometimes acute damage because by stop of blood flow caused by a sudden blood clot formed in the narrowed areas.
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2). Our Genes are Not Our Fate By : Richard Helfant, MD
While genes are undeniably important factors in causing disease, their role has been vastly overemphasized. For most common diseases, such as cancer and atherosclerosis, genes are predispositions, not inevitabilities.
Article Related to: genes, health, disease, longevity, genome, genetics, cancer, atherosclerosis, genetic, cholesterol
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3). How Does High Blood Pressure Cause Heart Attack By : Armughan
Heart attack is called as Myocardial Infarction in medical terminology. Heart is supplied by right and left coronary arteries. Whenever these arteries are blocked, blood supply to heart stops and wall of heart damages, result is Heart Attack with symptoms of severe constricting chest pain radiating to left arm jaw or shoulder, profuse sweating, vomiting, and feeling of anxiety.
Article Related to: heart attack, high blood pressure, myocardial infarction, plaque, atheroma, atherosclerosis, hypertension
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4). Genes and the Mind By : Richard Helfant, MD
People with a strong will to live understand that when they take life-enhancing measures, their health and longevity will be favorable affected, regardless of their genes. They take responsibility for their lives instead of being victims of events. Each and every one of us has the resources within to affect our health and longevity.
Article Related to: genes, health, disease, longevity, genome, medical genetics, health care, cancer, atherosclerosis
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5). How to Prevent Coronary Heart Disease and Heart Attack By : Knut Holt
Coronary heart disease and heart attack like heart infarction can in great extend be prevented by lifestyle measures.
THE DIRECT CAUSES OF HEART DISEASE
The direct causes of coronary heart disease and heart attack are factors like these:
- Narrowing of blood vessels in the heart and the rest of the body by arteriosclerosis.
- High blood cholesterol level.
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6). Keep Your Pumper Pumping By : illich
Clots cause 80% of all Heart Attacks and 83% of Strokes. Heart Disease is on the rise in this country as well as in places where the diet has been westernized like Japan and the Mediterranean. More than anything else it is due to lack of proper diet and exercise.
Atherosclerosis is the hardening of the arteries and this is how it happens; flowing through your arteries you have plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets (needed for clotting) as well as some other essential cells for your health.
Article Related to: heart disease, heart attack, stroke, atherosclerosis, hardening of the arteries, blockage, platelets, circulation, mangosteen, ldl, cholesterol, pain
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7). What are we Feeding our Kids? By : Simon Evans
Copyright 2006 Simon Evans
There is a war raging within our bodies every day. One the one side are environmental toxins that we breathe, drink and eat and on the other side are our bodies defense mechanisms that fight to keep us healthy. This is not new. There are ‘natural toxins’ all over our environment. Things like disease causing germs, radon gas and other natural contaminants that get into our food, water and the air we breathe.
Article Related to: oxidative stress, kids foods, kids meals, chronic disease, diabetes, atherosclerosis, antioxidants, vitamins
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