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Know Your Cholesterol Levels

Know Your Cholesterol Levels

There are several things you can do to promote good cholesterol and reduce unwanted cholesterol.

...Cholesterol is also the backbone of the sex hormones, as well as cortisol, which is why knowing my patients cholesterol is important when I am trying to balance their hormones. Too low of levels can affect how a patient is doing hormonally. There are, of course, many more functions that cholesterol plays in the system...

Back In The News: BPA

Back In The News: BPA

A new study on the short term effects of BPA is quite revealing.

...Two hours after drinking the soy milk in the above containers, blood pressures readings were taken as were the urinary BPA levels. Urinary output of BPA rose by up to 1,600% in canned soy milk drinkers in comparison to the glass soy milk drinkers...

Ammonia Risk From Exported Food Production

Ammonia Risk From Exported Food Production

Recent NASA Research And Collaboration Shows Elevated Healthcare Costs Associated With Ammonia Pollution From The Food Industry.

...the most important part of the article, Harvard University researchers Fabien Paulot and Daniel Jacob, calculate the health cost associated with the ammonia emissions from agriculture exports to be $36 billion a year...

Million Hearts - Heart Health

February is in the air, which means a month of thinking about the heart and love, especially on Feb 14th.

Heart Attacks For Women

February is heart health month, where the American Heart Association gives us reminders of signs and symptoms of heart attacks.

Laughter And Heart Health

The European Society of Cardiology 2011 Congress met at the end of August to highlight the role of laughter, positive thinking, anger and job stress on developing cardiovascular events.