Heart Disease and Stroke

Your doctor can evaluate your risk for stroke and help you control your risk factors. A stroke, sometimes called a 'brain attack,' occurs when bloo...

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Intermittent Claudication

Claudication is pain you feel when your leg muscles don’t get enough blood while you exercise. PAD is when your arteries, especially the ones in yo...

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Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. It’s important to learn about your heart to help prevent it. This is the term for ...

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Cholesterol: The Big Picture

You have high cholesterol if your LDL is 160 or above and your total cholesterol is 240 or above. (Total cholesterol is calculated using a formula:...

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Resveratrol Supplements

Beginning in the 1990s, experts began to focus on resveratrol, an antioxidant compound in red wine. We also don't know if resveratrol is necessaril...

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