:: November 2009

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View all Treatment articles in our Treatment Report . The most recent articles are listed on top (not in alphabetical order). Click on the Topic on our home page and then the subtopic - Treatment Report. Stay updated on drugs and their side effects, and various other treatments, including exercise, nutrition, and supplements.

Curcumin May Prevent Clogged Arteries “The current study suggests curcumin may thwart the development of atherosclerosis, or clogged arteries, a key risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. Researchers in France fed 20 mice a diet supplemented with curcumin or a comparison diet not supplemented with curcumin. After 16 weeks, mice fed on the curcumin-based diet had a 26% reduction in fatty deposits in their arteries compared to mice on the comparison diet. In addition, curcumin appeared to alter the genetic signaling involved in plaque buildup at the molecular level.”

ACC - Clinical Cardiology Statements/Guidelines

AHA Dietary and Lifestyle Recommendations Revised

AHA/ACC Guidelines for Secondary Prevention for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2006 Update (Circulation. 2006)

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update (Circulation 2007)

NGC - Adult basic life support: 2005 International Consensus Conference on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science with Treatment Recommendations. (2005)

NGC - AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update. (2006)

NGC - Anticoagulation therapy supplement. (2005)

NGC - Antithrombotic therapy for venous thromboembolic disease: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. (2004)

NGC - Carotid endarterectomy ? an evidence-based review. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. (2005)

NGC - Clopidogrel and modified-release dipyridamole in the prevention of occlusive vascular events. (2005)

NGC - Diagnostic imaging in patients with claudication. (2005)

NGC - Exercise testing in asymptomatic adults: a statement for professionals From the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention. (2005)

NGC - Guideline for management of wounds in patients with lower-extremity venous disease. (2005)

NGC - Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: recognition, treatment, and prevention: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. (2004)

NGC - Prevention of venous thromboembolism: the Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy. (2004)

NGC - Prevention of venous thrombosis. (2006)

NGC - Recommendations for blood pressure measurement in humans and experimental animals: Part 1: blood pressure measurement in humans: a statement for professionals from the Subcommittee of Professional and Public Education of the American Heart Association Council on High Blood Pressure Research. (2005)

NGC - Statins for the prevention of cardiovascular events. (2006)

NGC - The pharmacology and management of the vitamin K antagonists: The Seventh ACCP Conference on Antithrombotic and Thrombolytic Therapy.

NGC - Venous thromboembolism. (2005)

NGC - Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. (2005)

SIGN - Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease (2007)

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Fitness and Exercise

Food: Fish

Sleeping Disorders

Environmental Health

Fitness and Exercise

Regular physical exercise, heart rate variability and turbulence in a 6-year randomized controlled trial in middle-aged men: The DNASCO study. (Life Sci. 2005) "Our results suggest that in addition to improvement in submaximal cardiorespiratory fitness, regular low to moderate intensity physical exercise seems to have beneficial effects also on cardiac autonomic nervous function, a clinically relevant predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality."

Food: Fish

Fish consumption and the risk of developing acute coronary syndromes: the CARDIO2000 study (International Journal of Cardiology 2005) The aim of this work was to investigate the association between fish consumption and the development of non-fatal acute coronary syndromes (ACS), in a Mediterranean population. ? Conclusion: Moderate fish consumption was independently associated with a significant reduction in the odds of developing ACS."