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What is the best diet to prevent heart disease?
There are thousands of diet books out on the market. Some of them have catchy titles or gimmicks that may help you stick to them for a while.
Why should I take aspirin if I have no aches and pains?
In addition to being a painkiller and a drug that can reduce fever and inflammation, aspirin makes the platelets in your blood less sticky.
What is a normal cholesterol level?
The answer to this question keeps changing. An international group of experts meets every few years to re-examine the scientific evidence and come up with recommended levels for different people.
Why is cholesterol bad for you?
There is so much talk on television and other media about drugs to lower cholesterol these days that you might imagine cholesterol is poisonous and that any amount of it in your body or in your blood is bad for you.
Why are heart attacks and strokes more likely if you have diabetes?
We don’t know all the reasons why, but it is a fact. On average a man with diabetes is twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as a non-diabetic man of the same age.