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Article imageTerry Graedon - October 23, 2024
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Can You Boost Your Immune System with Extra Zinc?

Extra zinc may help improve immune system response for those who are low in this vital nutrient. Don't overdose!

Joe Graedon - August 1, 2024

Will New BP and Cholesterol Guidelines Lead to Deaths?

Joe Graedon - October 5, 2023

How COVID and Other Infections Harm Your Heart

Terry Graedon - August 24, 2023

Show 1353: Cutting Edge Cardiology from a Top Heart Doctor

Terry Graedon - May 18, 2023

Show 1341: Lessons Learned from Long Illness

Joe Graedon - February 27, 2023

FDA Dismisses Food, but Embraces Drugs

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Joe Graedon - June 2, 2022

How Much Coffee Should You Drink to Improve Longevity?

Health professionals have been arguing for decades about how much coffee you should drink. Some say none. Others say coffee boosts longevity.

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Terry Graedon - March 11, 2021

People with Cardiovascular Disease Do Better Eating Fish

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Terry Graedon - November 5, 2020

Show 1234: How Microbes Evolve to Become Enemies or Allies

Dr. Paul Ewald describes how microbes evolve and interact with our immune systems to become more or less virulent.

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Joe Graedon - August 10, 2020

Why Doesn’t Lowering LDL Cholesterol Save More Lives?

Many health care providers believe that lowering LDL cholesterol with drugs will prevent heart attacks and prolong life. What about the data?

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Terry Graedon - March 26, 2020

Do Soy Products Protect the Heart?

An enormous study of health care professionals finds that tofu but not most other common soy products protect the heart. Premenopausal women benefit most.

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Terry Graedon - November 21, 2019

Will Taking Fish Oil Protect You from Heart Disease?

New data suggests that taking fish oil can protect people from heart attacks, heart failure, stroke and premature death without boosting prostate cancer.

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Terry Graedon - November 20, 2019

Will Statins Wreak Havoc With Your Memory?

Sometimes people fear that statins wreak havoc with cognitive function. A recent Australian study found no evidence of this effect.

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Terry Graedon - September 30, 2019

What Can Vitamin K2 Do for You?

Scientists are studying what vitamin K2 can do. It may help build bone and reduce calcification of major arteries, but research is ongoing.

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Terry Graedon - March 1, 2018

Is Wine Bad or Good for People with Diabetes?

An Israeli study suggests that a daily glass of wine might shrink plaque in the arteries of people with diabetes, answering the question is wine bad or good.

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Joe Graedon - April 27, 2017

Should a Flip Flop on Saturated Fat Freak You Out?

Dietary guidelines have been controversial for decades but one restriction remains: AVOID SATURATED FAT! Now 3 prominent cardiologists challenge that dogma.

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Joe Graedon - March 7, 2016

Eggs are Exonerated in Finnish Heart Study

You've been told to avoid eggs, cut back on cholesterol and stay away from saturated fat. The Finnish Heart Study Turns that advice upside down.

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Joe Graedon - February 23, 2015

Are Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Salt Really Dietary Demons?

The new 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans flip-flop on cholesterol but keep saturated fat as a dietary villain. Where's the evidence sat-fat is bad?

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Joe Graedon - November 3, 2014

EDTA Chelation Effectiveness Challenges Doubting Cardiologists

EDTA chelation therapy is shown effective in heart patients despite doubts from the cardiology community.

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Joe Graedon - September 9, 2013

Speeding To Surgery with Stents Doesn’t Improve Heart Attack Survival

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Joe Graedon - April 4, 2013

Heart Warnings: Baldness And Earlobe Creases

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Joe Graedon - November 22, 2012

Low Vitamin D Increases Risk of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes

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Joe Graedon - November 19, 2012

Mirror Test May Spot Heart Disease

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Terry Graedon - August 23, 2012

Calcium in Arteries Is Telltale Risk Factor

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Terry Graedon - January 23, 2012

Can Lecithin Keep Arteries Clean?

Have you ever heard of lecithin? What about phosphatidylcholine? Could this natural substance be good for your brain as well as your heart?

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Terry Graedon - May 19, 2011

Cardiac Rehab Saves Lives

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Terry Graedon - June 2, 2010

Diet to Fight Heart Disease

Foods can lower triglycerides and reduce the risk of more heart blockage.

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Joe Graedon - December 7, 2007

Non-Statin Solutions For Cholesterol

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Joe Graedon - September 8, 2003

Heart Failure Is A Confusing Killer