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Omega 3 Fatty Acids This is the most important supplement that you can take when it comes to heart health. Omega 3’s help prevent heart attacks and strokes and are also associated with reduction in the incidence of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Age-related macular degeneration.  The trick is to make sure you are taking the right kind and right amount of omega 3’s on a daily basis. The Right Kind:  The kind of omega 3 needed for heart health is the long-chained Omega 3’s known as EPA and DHA.  DO NOT take any Omega 6. Omega 6’s cause inflammation. The Right Amount:  If your heart scan showsRead More →

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This final part of our 3 part series on strokes discusses the technologies available to detect potential stroke risk at early stages. Discover the difference between a carotid ultrasound and a carotid CIMT. What is the brand new CIMT machine just recently introduced by Panasonic? Are there advantages? Please join us.Read More →

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In this Second Part, Lindsay and Dr. Bill Blanchet discuss some of the medical treatment options available for ED. Drugs such as Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis top the list as being the most prescribed pharmaceuticals in the United States today, surpassing the anti-depressants. Find out what their differences are. Find out what are their pros and cons.Read More →

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This is the first Podcast in our 4 Part Series on Erectile Dysfunction, or ED. The majority of the most well-known risk factors for heart disease don’t work. The most notorious erroneous risk factor being cholesterol. Now we are hearing that erectile dysfunction is a risk factor that might even be more accurate in assessing risk and not used as often as it should. Some authorities estimate that 75% of men will have some degree of ED and that after the age of 50, a man has a 30% chance of getting ED,with that percentage increasing by a point per year. Please join Lindsay andRead More →

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7 to 10 times more women die yearly of unsuspected heart disease than breast cancer. Radiologists can see if you might be at risk for heart disease on every mammogram they read. Yet they rarely, if ever, report it to the patient. Many lives could be saved if something was said. Listen to Lindsay and Dr. Blanchet as they discuss this surprising benefit that you can get from a mammogram, but no one talks about. This 10 minute podcast can save a life.Read More →

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Steve’s first heart scan showed some coronary calcium. The scan also showed a small nodule on his lung. These “incidental” findings are not unusual with an EBT heart scan. Although the focus of the scan is the heart, the entire upper chest cavity is viewable. Sometimes other things show up. It was suggested that Steve consult a pulmonologist about the finding, which he did. Steve had been a smoker, but quit 20 years ago. He was assured, by the pulmonologist, that the nodule was “nothing to worry about, it was fine.” Fortunately Steve’s doctor was a believer in serial EBT heart scans. When Steve cameRead More →