African Americans and Cardiovascular Disease!

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Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of people worldwide.  Unfortunately, it’s even worse for the African American community.  There are several reasons for this and hopefully this article will help begin the process of changing this sad reality.   To address these reasons I’ve broken this article into three parts:  The Bad News, Several Underlining [...]

Cure for Hot Flashes!

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Can the Cure for Hot Flashes be a Cardiovascular Health Issue? 

You may be wondering why a blog on heart disease would contain a post on the cure for hot flashes.  The answer lies in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study.  This study was launched in 1991 and included 161,808 generally healthy postmenopausal women.  It was [...]

Nitric Oxide and Blood Pressure!

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Understanding blood pressure and the role that Nitric Oxide plays in helping you maintain a normal blood pressure is critical to good cardiovascular health and your overall wellness.  It is one of the reasons why most doctors and nurses will take your blood pressure every time you visit them.  They are checking to make sure [...]

Dr. Louis Ignarro – Nobel Prize Laureate

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Preventing and Reversing Cardiovascular Disease thru Nitric Oxide!

In 1998 Dr. Louis Ignarro shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine with two other American scientists for the discovery of Nitric Oxide and how it is the master signaling molecule for the cardiovascular system.  Dr. Ignarro has over 30 years of research in Nitric Oxide.  He firmly believes [...]

Endothelial Cells and Heart Disease!

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When people think of heart disease they rarely think about the endothelial cells that line all of your blood vessels.  Most people usually associate heart disease with the heart or with problems in their circulatory system.  While both of these can be major contributing factors in heart disease, for most people it is the health [...]