Inhaled medicines used to treat a respiratory condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) may increase the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes. Who is at risk?
Homocysteine is thought to be a bad actor, increasing the chances of heart disease. Folic acid and other B vitamins can lower homocysteine. How well do they work to protect the heart?
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Guests: Sonal Singh, MD, MPH, assistant professor of internal medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Christopher Gardner, PhD, Director of Nutrition Studies at the Stanford Prevention Research Center at Stanford University.
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