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Mark Hyman, MD: Why Women Should Stop Their Cholesterol-Lowering Medication

Treating risk factors like high cholesterol is misguided. We must treat causes -- what we eat, how much we exercise, how we handle stress, our social connections and environmental toxins are all more powerfully linked to creating health and preventing disease than any drug on the market.

French Canadian genetic disorder can cause killer cholesterol levels in even the healthiest person

Posted Feb. 05, 2012, at 10:31 a.m. Last modified Feb. 05, 2012, at 3:48 p.m. Carl Ouellette had just turned 34 when he had a heart attack. Looking back, he believes he actually had a series of them: when his arms went numb as he clenched his hockey stick during a game with the guys.

Lifestyle may trump genes in dementia

Anyone who has a close relative with Alzheimer's shares the same worry: Am I next? But a growing body of research indicates that our lifestyles particularly what we eat and whether we're obese play a greater role than our genes in determining our brain he

Measuring blood pressure in both arms can reveal potentially serious conditions

THE QUESTION Blood pressure checks usually involve inflating and then deflating a cuff that’s wrapped around the upper part of one arm or the other. Might checking the pressure in both arms be valuable? Read full article >>

The Franco Factor: A French Canadian genetic disorder can cause killer cholesterol levels in even the healthiest person

Carl Ouellette had just turned 34 when he had a heart attack. Looking back, he believes he actually had a series of them: when his arms went numb as he clenched his hockey stick during a game with the guys.