Berberine is a yellow compound isolated from a number of common herbs. The compound shows potential efficacy for helping to treat diabetes, heart disease and diarrhea.
Cholesterol is typically touted as bad for heart health, and reducing it as a sure way to improve heart health. However, the data is more convoluted and worth exploring to better understand what we know.
While prunes are known mostly for helping relieve constipation, research suggests they may also help reverse bone loss and improve heart health.
While most people associate vitamin K with blood clotting, the vitamin appears to have some additional roles that may have significant benefits on other aspects of health.
While most people think of heart disease as a problem caused by high cholesterol, stress, poor diet and lack of exercise, evidence has been emerging for a while of a possible infectious origin.
Aspirin has been used in medicine for over a hundred years, and yet our understanding of the best use of the medication is still evolving. For this week, we review the research on aspirin for heart disease prevention.