Don't Take More Calcium

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Coronary Calcium Count

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Coronary Calcium Count

The New England Journal of Medicine March 27, 2008 had a paper that demonstrated the usefulness of counting calcium in the coronary (heart) arteries as a predictor of heart disease in four different ethnic groups. Caucasians, Blacks, Hispanics and Chinese all had the same responses to the observations.

A doubling of the calcium scores increased the risk of heart attack from 18 to 39% compared to those who had zero calcium in the arteries.

They concluded that any ethnic group can use this modality to asses their risk of heart disease and maybe they should.

Proton Pump Inhibitors - 2

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