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This award-winning text has been completely updated, providing excellent multimedia reference for every aspect of this rapidly changing field, including new material on almost every topic in cardiology.Dr. Braunwald's unique update program creates a "live tutorial" featuring weekly breaking news from the press, periodic late-stage clinical trials (including links to author presentation slides), and monthly targeted reviews.More than a dozen new chapters are devoted to chronic lung diseases and cardiovascular diseases; Transcatheter treatment of congenital heart defects; approach to the patient with valvular heart disease; obesity and cardiometabolic diseases; environmental effects and CVD; approach to the patient with cardiac arrhythmias;...

Un buen remedio casero para ayudar a controlar la presión arterial alta es tomar el jugo de limón con agua de coco o consumir las cápsulas de ajo diariamente porque estos ingredientes poseen propiedades que ayudan a controlar la tensión arterial.Aunque estos remedios caseros son útiles para complementar el tratamiento para la presión arterial alta, sólo deben tomarse con el conocimiento del cardiólogo, ya que no sustituyen los medicamentos recetados por el médico.1. Agua de ajoEl agua de ajo es una excelente forma de regular la presión arterial debido a que estimula la producción de óxido nítrico, que es un...

1. Apples Are NutritiousA medium apple — with a diameter of about 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) — equals 1.5 cups of fruit. Two cups of fruit daily are recommended on a 2,000-calorie diet.One medium apple — 6.4 ounces or 182 grams — offers the following nutrients :Calories: 95Carbs: 25 gramsFiber: 4 gramsVitamin C: 14% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI)Potassium: 6% of the RDIVitamin K: 5% of the RDIWhat’s more, the same serving provides 2–4% of the RDI for manganese, copper, and the vitamins A, E, B1, B2, and B6.Apples are also a rich source of polyphenols. While nutrition labels...

1. Helps Fight CancerCottage cheese is used in the popular Budwig Diet, which is one of the best diets for cancer. The diet primarily includes cottage cheese and flaxseed oil and is known to aid cancer treatment.Cottage cheese is replete with sulfur protein, some healthy saturated fats, and other important nutrients like B vitamins, phosphorus, calcium, and selenium. Fermented products like cottage cheese also offer the beneficial probiotic bacteria, which are known to prevent digestive cancers.The Budwig diet has been found to counter breast cancer as well . Other studies also show how the diet had increased mortality among women...

1. It's Loaded with Nutrients and Nutrition BenefitsAsparagus is a nutrient-packed vegetable. It is a very good source of fiber, folate, vitamins A, C, E and K, as well as chromium, a trace mineral that enhances the ability of insulin to transport glucose from the bloodstream into cells. That's good news if you're watching your blood sugar.In addition to all those vitamins, 1 cup of cooked asparagus has 40 calories, 4 grams of protein, 4 grams of fiber and 404 milligrams of potassium.2. It Can Help Fight CancerPictured recipe: Ricotta Gnocchi with Spring VegetablesThis herbaceous plant-along with avocado, kale and...