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High cholesterol and cardiac risk
High levels of fats in the blood can increase one’s risk of heart disease, brain stroke, and limb ischemia but there are treatments that can help
High levels of fats in the blood can increase one’s risk of heart disease, brain stroke, and limb ischemia but there are treatments that can help
FULL ARTICLE Tuesday Jan 24, 2023

Covid-19 and the heart
Covid-19 may cause heart problems in people who never had prior cardiac diseases, writes cardiologist Joe Yammine
  • Jan 17, 2023 7:43 AM
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Hypertension, and its many causes
Blood pressure refers to the tension of blood on the inner lining of the arteries. Arteries carry blood from the heart to different body organs. When this press...
  • Dec 20, 2022 7:38 AM
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A look at 2016 Nobel Prize in Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Medicine and Physiology was this month awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi, a Japanese cell biologist noted for his discoveries in “autophagy”. Auto...
  • Oct 11, 2016 9:00 AM
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Stress at workplace and health
While nearly half of working adults say that their current job affects their overall health, only a third of those believe this effect is a positive one. Accor...
  • Oct 11, 2016 9:00 AM
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Combat effects of sitting too long
You go to the gym five times a week so you get enough exercise, right? Not necessarily. Turns out, daily exercise may not negate the adverse effects of sitting ...
  • Oct 04, 2016 9:00 AM
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Medical imaging and increased radiation risk
There has been a lot of coverage in the media lately about radiation exposure from medical imaging and it's important to sort out fact from fiction. People are ...
  • Sep 27, 2016 9:00 AM
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Do vitamin supplements work?
Joe Yammine If you are overwhelmed by the towering shelves of vitamin and mineral supplements in the grocery store, you are not alone. Which ones really work? ...
  • Sep 20, 2016 9:00 AM
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Health benefits of dark chocolate
Made from the seeds of cocoa tree, dark chocolate has been shown in clinical studies to improve health and lower the risk of heart disease. Here are the nutriti...
  • Sep 13, 2016 9:00 AM
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The danger of lightning injuries
Lightning injuries were once the second most common cause of storm-related death in the United States. They've been overtaken by flash floods and tornadoes in r...
  • Sep 06, 2016 9:00 AM
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