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Emergency care: Thanks - but no thanks

While emergency medicine can be a lifesaver, heart-attack victims may do better with general care instead. more »

Safe ways to prevent (and treat) heart failure

CHF is no different from any other heart problem in that it seems to be caused mainly by diet and lifestyle. So, to prevent it: more »

Natural alternatives to statins

If you’re worried about cholesterol and want to reduce it, here’s what you can do: * Follow a Montignac low-glycaemic diet (low processed carbohydrates), more »

Statins: the other downsides

In addition to suppressing CoQ10 and possibly causing CHF, the major side-effects of statins include muscle pain and weakness (myopathy), liver and kidney damage, more »

The link with statins and mercury

For all the scares about cancer, heart disease is still the number-one killer disease in the West. The immediate causes of death are often heart attack and stroke, more »

Ridding your body of mercury

The obvious way to reduce the mercury in your body is to avoid amalgam fillings, or remove the fillings already in your mouth. Specialist dentists who offer this service can be found more »

How alternative medicine can help

There’s a range of options from alternative medicine you can try if you have been diagnosed with early-stage heart disease. more »

The body-soul connection to a healthy heart

Even alternative practitioners can emphasise the importance of nutrition and still overlook another vital aspect that also has a part to play in maintaining a healthy heart. more »

Chelation: does it work?

Battle lines have been drawn between those who view chelation therapy as a safe and effective alternative to bypass surgery, and the vast majority of the medical establishment that believes it to be o... more »

One operation you may do better to bypass

Heart bypass - or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) - is a radical procedure that has become the most frequently performed of all surgical operations, with around 500,000 carried out every year in t... more »

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DNA: it's not destiny

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