B vitamins reduce risk of heart disease - Blood levels of homocystine - a metabolic waste product involved in coronary heart disease (CHD) - can be inexpensively and effectively lowered with v...

Understanding fever - * Fever is a complex physiological reaction to disease involving a cytokine (proteins that either stimulate or inhibit immune-system function) that tr...

Diseases of the heart - Heart disease remains the biggest killer in the West. The immediate cause of death is a ‘sudden’ heart attack but this is the end-point of the slow pr...

Nsaids: not to be used for heart disease - It never rains but it pours and, this time, the deluge in the medical press covers the use of non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NA...

The wrong medicines - When prescribing for the elderly, ‘start low and go slow’ is the golden rule. Starting with a third to half the recommended dosage may help eliminate...

Be My Valentine: How love can protect you against heart disease - Here’s a good message for everyone on Valentine’s Day: feeling loved can be one of the best protections against coronary heart disease. It even works...

Stroke: The single best thing to do to cut your risk - What’s the single best way of reducing your risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke? After following the health of 88,500 nurses for 24 years, rese...

News - Supplements: when they’re better than food Fish - especially fatty fish like swordfish and salmon - are rich in omega-3, and protect against coronary...