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Your Body Needs Omega-3 EPA DHA
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There has been a dramatic surge in interest recently, amongst the public and health professionals alike, of the health effects of omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish and fish oils - consisting of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) plus eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA).
Read More...Anti-Inflammatory Action Plan
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Once thought to be a simple problem of too much cholesterol, it is now widely accepted that inflammation also plays a central role in the atherosclerotic process.
Read More...Looking Beyond Cholesterol
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For many of the 250,000 people who succumb each year from sudden cardiac death, cholesterol - now the main focus of prevention efforts - is simply not a factor. Cholesterol screening fails to identify about 50% of those who have heart attacks in the US, because their total cholesterol is either normal or only slightly elevated (1)
Read More...The Connection Between Heart Disease and Inflammation
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In 1997, a study showed, for the first time, the link between C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and heart disease. The public began to hear rumblings about testing for CRP a few years later.
Read More...Study Ties Obesity, Inflammation to Heart Failure
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Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere report what is believed to be the first widescale evidence linking severe overweight to prolonged inflammation of heart tissue and the subsequent damage leading to failure of the body’s blood-pumping organ.
Read More...Inflammation, Obesity, Stress and Coronary Heart Disease: Is Interleukin-6 the Link?
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There is mounting evidence that inflammation plays a role in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). Observations have been made linking the presence of infections in the vessel wall with atherosclerosis, and epidemiological data also implicate infection in remote sites in the aetiology of CHD.
Read More...Chronic Inflammation and Chronic Illness Statistics
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Medco releases startling statistics. 51% of American children and adults are taking one or more prescription drugs for chronic illnesses up from 50% the previous four years, and 47% in 2001.
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