First Artificial Heart
The first artificial heart made from titanium has been created and will help those with heart disease. The device is as small as a human fist and works like the human heart when placed inside the body. Bivacor, the name given to the artificial heart has the ability to pump blood that corresponds to the [...]
Lipoprotein a- responsible for heart attacks
High cholesterol levels are normally treated with statin drug therapy, however in many high cholesterol patients statins do not reduce lipoprotein a level, they only reduce LDL. Lipoprotein a is one of the lipoprotein subclasses which contains apolipoprotein(a).
The concentration of lipoprotein a levels varies between individuals from as little as
Tomato pills to beat heart disease- the truth
Tomatoes have been shown to contain the beneficial lycopene which helps to reduce the incidence of prostate cancer, and now local newspapers are saying that tomatoes are indeed beneficial in preventing heart disease. Are they right or are they jumping the gun a little?
Lycopene is known as an antioxidant, and antioxidants have been shown [...]
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