High cholesterol - High cholesterol, or hypercholesterinaemia, is conventionally treated with a low-fat diet, and a statin or anion-exchange resin drug. The drugs, howev...

Where to find info on insulin resistance - In WDDTY vol 13 no 10 on page 10, you have two notes on people who suffer from low insulin resistance and who therefore transform their blood glucose...

Folic acid link to heart disease - A lack of folic acid has been identified as a major cause of heart disease, along with smoking, diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure) and chole...

High cholesterol: - First up this week is the reader seeking suggestions to bring down her stubbornly high cholesterol level. Lecithin seems to be top of the list of bad-...

Heart disease heart disease: - Less of a killer without the drugs - Heart disease is already the leading cause of death in the USA and the UK, and forecasters reckon it will soon be the major killer in every developed...

Drugs for heart disease - There is a wide range of drugs that are designed either to reduce the risk of heart disease or prevent a reoccurrence.

Causes of heart disease - It’s not too controversial to suggest that one of the chief causes of the epidemic of heart disease in the West is the industrialisation of our food s...

How diet can keep arteries healthy - The standard line tells you to stop smoking, reduce high blood pressure and lower your cholesterol levels if you want to avoid heart disease. While th...