Word: heart
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...Number by which single men 45 and younger outnumber single women their age in Santa Clara County, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley...
STATINS When combined with a low-fat diet, these cholesterol-lowering drugs can cut the risk of death from heart disease 40%. Statins interfere with the liver's ability to make cholesterol, keeping LDL (bad) levels to a minimum while boosting levels of HDL (the good stuff...
...nonprescription treatment for high cholesterol. Animal studies and preliminary studies in humans suggest that arginine may improve coronary blood flow and lower cholesterol levels by acting as an antioxidant and helping keep blood-vessel tissue elastic. Doctors have yet to show, however, that arginine can actually prevent heart disease...
COENZYME Q10 A powerful antioxidant, this natural compound has been studied as a treatment for heart failure--with mixed results. Many Japanese and European practitioners prescribe coenzyme Q10 to keep arterial plaque at bay, but rigorous studies with a lot more patients are needed before U.S. doctors will be comfortable with...
...much fat is too much? The American Heart Association says 30% of a day's calories. That may sound strict, but it doesn't go nearly far enough to satisfy Dr. Dean Ornish, a University of California cardiologist and dean of the eat-right-for-a-healthy-heart school of medicine. Ornish has long maintained that changes in diet and lifestyle can treat heart disease as effectively as drugs and surgery--perhaps even more so. But modest reductions in fat intake, he says, usually do your heart no good...