Cardiovascular Health - How Conventional Wisdom Is Failing Us

Dr. Jay Cohn argues that we have been dangerously misinformed about heart disease and suggests that cardiovascular illnesses are largely inherited. He sheds light on the role of diet, obesity, cholesterol, and blood pressure in influencing health, concluding that drugs in at-risk individuals are more effective in prevention than lifestyle changes.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION
1: WHAT CAUSES HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR ILLNESSES?
2: MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION OR HEART ATTACK
3: BLOOD PRESSURE
4: CHOLESTEROL
5: BLOOD CLOTS
6: OBESITY
7: DIABETES
8: SMOKING
9: DIET
10: INFLAMMATION
11: STATISTICS VS. BIOLOGY
12: DETECTION OF EARLY DISEASE
13: SECONDARY PREVENTION
14: A COMMUNITY APPROACH
15: A FUTURE FREE OF SYMPTOMATIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
EPILOGUE

About the author

By Jay N. Cohn M.D.

Summary

Dr. Jay Cohn argues that we have been dangerously misinformed about heart disease and suggests that cardiovascular illnesses are largely inherited. He sheds light on the role of diet, obesity, cholesterol, and blood pressure in influencing health, concluding that drugs in at-risk individuals are more effective in prevention than lifestyle changes.

Product details

• Authors: Jay N Cohn, Jay N. Cohn, Cohn Jay N.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2017
• EAN: 9781442275126
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7512-6
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Cardiology, Popular medicine & health, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Cardiovascular medicine, Popular medicine and health, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / Heart