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Mediterranean diet 'as effective as statins' in reducing heart attack risk
Leading doctors call on medical bodies such as Nice to do more to promote healthy lifestyles rather than relying on cardiovascular drugsPeople at risk of a stroke or heart attack should reduce that risk by adopting the Mediterranean diet rather than necessarily taking statins, leading doctors are urging.Eating more healthily, being more physically active and stopping smoking can be just as effective as starting to take the cholesterol-lowering drugs, they have said in a paper published on Monday. Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - September 6, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tags: Statins Society Heart attack The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) NHS & wellbeing Drugs Science Medical research Diets and dieting Source Type: news

When angels catch us – Madeline ’ s hysterectomy story
How do we know there are angels? Do we have our own special guardian angels watching over us? How many times have we almost entered into danger only to change our minds at the last minute? Is this simply being lucky or has there been an unconscious inner voice warning us? I have truly believed for a long time that there are God’s angels watching over us and over the years there have been occasions when I have had warnings of some impending doom and thankfully avoided tragedy. Sometimes I’ve just had feelings or a “sixth sense” and the negative event still happened but somehow I had felt that premonition. Wa...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - April 27, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health hysterectomy stories Source Type: news