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South Asian Cardiovascular Health: Lessons Learned from the National Lipid Association Scientific Statement
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Compared to other ethnic subgroups, SAUS have a disproportionately greater burden of ASCVD, which often occurs earlier in life (
Lack of omega-3 in the diet can short life even more than smoking, research says
Scientists found low levels of the fatty acid could reduce expectancy by 5 years
The oil found in oily fish is known to be good for heart and reduces blood clots
A good level is 8% or higher, while intermediate is between 4% and 8%
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Clinical assessment
The most important
test any doctor can perform on a patient, client, human being, (call them what
you like, it doesn’t really matter), is to take a careful, thorough clinical
history. It has been long said and I totally agree, that a good, solid clinical
history can diagnose well over 90% of conditions and the medical tests used are
purely there to confirm the diagnosis.
One of the major
problems with heart disease is that the first sign of a heart attack in around
30% of cases is sudden death. This may be the case, but I would suggest to you
A new research paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition last week showed that a low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking. This landmark finding is rooted in data pulled and analyzed from the Framingham study, one of the longest running studies in the world.