Bill Sardi's Knowledge of Health: Coronary Calcification

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Knowledge of Health Inc,.457 West Allen #117 San Dimas, CA 91773 USAwww.KnowledgeofHealth.comEmail: adminMarch 27, 2007Special Report:Coronary Calcification Predicts Future Heart Attacks and Coronary Death. Cholesterol Not Found To Be A Significant Risk Factor By Bill SardiA striking report just published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates the accumulation of calcium in coronary arteries, and not cholesterol, more accurately predicts a future heart attack or other heart trouble, far more than cholesterol or other standard risk factors. This report gives evidence of a major misdirection by modern medicine - the creation of cholesterol phobia in the population at large. Prior studies show use of cholesterol-lowering drugs does not reduce mortality rates for coronary artery disease. This report follows a front-page report in Business Week Magazine declaring cholesterol-lowering drugs to be of marginal value. The study involved 6722 men and women, ~age 60, who were studied for a period of 3.8 years (median). None had coronary artery disease at the beginning of the study. Subjects who experienced an adverse coronary event (heart attack, angina, placement of a stent, coronary death) were more likely to be taking cholesterol-lowering drugs (~28%) than those who did not experience such an event (~16%). Furthermore, subjects who experienced a heart attack or angina had about the same total cholesterol (~199) as subjects who did not (~194). Cholesterol barely met statistical significance whereas calcium was a highly predictive factor. Traditionally-used risk factors, such as C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation), triglycerides, HDL cholesterol and greater body mass, were not predictive for a future coronary artery event.Among subjects whose coronary artery calcium score was zero, their risk for any adverse coronary event was only about one-half of 1% (0.0044), or less than 1 in 200, whereas those with a coronary calcium score over 300, about 8.0% experienced an adverse event involving coronary arteries (0.0804), or about 8 in 100, an 18-fold difference (1800%!), over the 3.8 year period. This study shows the risk for a future heart attack is nil for those with a calcium arterial score of zero. This data helps to explain why hundreds of thousands of Americans experience a sudden-death heart attack with low-to-normal cholesterol. Most heart attacks emanate in the four coronary arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood. About 50% of arterial plaque is calcium and only 3% is cholesterol.Arterial calcium can be measured by use of a CT scan (called an Agatston score, for Dr. Arthur Agatston, South Beach Miami, Florida cardiologist). About 70% of white males, 52% of black males, 57% of Hispanic males and 59% of Chinese males, have coronary calcium scores greater than zero. The calcium arterial scores for women are about half that of males owing to the fact they donate calcium to their offspring during pregnancy and lactation and control calcium via estrogen throughout their fertile years. Calcium begins to accumulate in coronary arteries in males as soon as full growth is achieved, around age 18. Women begin to accumulate calcium in their arteries with the onset of menopause or early hysterectomy. It was recently reported that postmenopausal women who take calcium supplements increase their risk for a heart attack by about 45%. [british Medical Journal 2008 Feb 2; 336 (7638): 262-6]In the early 1990s British cardiologist Stephen Seely noted that countries which consume that highest amount of calcium (New Zealand, Ireland, North America, Scandinavian countries), mostly from dairy products, have the highest rates of cardiovascular disease. [international Journal Cardiology 1991 Nov; 33(2):191-8] Sixty-four percent (64%) of subjects who experienced any coronary event were current or former smokers compared to about 50% of those who did not experience a heart attack or other adverse event. [Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups, New England Journal of Medicine 358: 1336-45, March 27, 2008]Copyright 2008 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc. RSS Feed Add http://www.knowledgeofhealth.com/blog/atom.xml to your news reader. © Copyright 2008 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc. Not for posting on other websites. You are recieving this email because you signed up for the Bill Sardi News Blasts at KnowledgeofHealth.com or NaturalHealthLibrarian.com. Here and Now Books457 West Allen Avenue #117San Dimas, California91773USIf you no longer wish to receive communication from us:CancelTo update your contact information:Update

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Thanks for this one. I love to hear what Bill Sardi has to say about

the high cholesterol scam. Josephine

 

 

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Does anyone know how to get with off this bloody stuff in the middle of everything.KennDen 28/03/2008 kl. 04.11 skrev NWEagle:Knowledge of Health Inc,.457 West Allen #117 San Dimas, CA 91773 USAwww.KnowledgeofHealth.comEmail: admin (AT) KnowledgeofHealth (DOT) comMarch 27, 2007Special Report:Coronary Calcification Predicts Future Heart Attacks and Coronary Death. Cholesterol Not Found To Be A Significant Risk FactorBy Bill SardiA striking report just published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates the accumulation of calcium in coronary arteries, and not cholesterol, more accurately predicts a future heart attack or other heart trouble, far more than cholesterol or other standard risk factors. This report gives evidence of a major misdirection by modern medicine - the creation of cholesterol phobia in the population at large. Prior studies show use of cholesterol-lowering drugs does not reduce mortality rates for coronary artery disease. This report follows a front-page report in Business Week Magazine declaring cholesterol-lowering drugs to be of marginal value. The study involved 6722 men and women, ~age 60, who were studied for a period of 3.8 years (median). None had coronary artery disease at the beginning of the study. Subjects who experienced an adverse coronary event (heart attack, angina, placement of a stent, coronary death) were more likely to be taking cholesterol-lowering drugs (~28%) than those who did not experience such an event (~16%). Furthermore, subjects who experienced a heart attack or angina had about the same total cholesterol (~199) as subjects who did not (~194). Cholesterol barely met statistical significance whereas calcium was a highly predictive factor. Traditionally-used risk factors, such as C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation), triglycerides, HDL cholesterol and greater body mass, were not predictive for a future coronary artery event.Among subjects whose coronary artery calcium score was zero, their risk for any adverse coronary event was only about one-half of 1% (0.0044), or less than 1 in 200, whereas those with a coronary calcium score over 300, about 8.0% experienced an adverse event involving coronary arteries (0.0804), or about 8 in 100, an 18-fold difference (1800%!), over the 3.8 year period. This study shows the risk for a future heart attack is nil for those with a calcium arterial score of zero. This data helps to explain why hundreds of thousands of Americans experience a sudden-death heart attack with low-to-normal cholesterol. Most heart attacks emanate in the four coronary arteries that supply the heart with oxygenated blood. About 50% of arterial plaque is calcium and only 3% is cholesterol.Arterial calcium can be measured by use of a CT scan (called an Agatston score, for Dr. Arthur Agatston, South Beach Miami, Florida cardiologist). About 70% of white males, 52% of black males, 57% of Hispanic males and 59% of Chinese males, have coronary calcium scores greater than zero. The calcium arterial scores for women are about half that of males owing to the fact they donate calcium to their offspring during pregnancy and lactation and control calcium via estrogen throughout their fertile years. Calcium begins to accumulate in coronary arteries in males as soon as full growth is achieved, around age 18. Women begin to accumulate calcium in their arteries with the onset of menopause or early hysterectomy. It was recently reported that postmenopausal women who take calcium supplements increase their risk for a heart attack by about 45%. [british Medical Journal 2008 Feb 2; 336 (7638): 262-6]In the early 1990s British cardiologist Stephen Seely noted that countries which consume that highest amount of calcium (New Zealand, Ireland, North America, Scandinavian countries), mostly from dairy products, have the highest rates of cardiovascular disease. [international Journal Cardiology 1991 Nov; 33(2):191-8] Sixty-four percent (64%) of subjects who experienced any coronary event were current or former smokers compared to about 50% of those who did not experience a heart attack or other adverse event. [Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups, New England Journal of Medicine 358: 1336-45, March 27, 2008]Copyright 2008 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc. RSS Feed Add http://www.knowledgeofhealth.com/blog/atom.xml to your news reader.© Copyright 2008 Bill Sardi, Knowledge of Health, Inc. Not for posting on other websites. You are recieving this email because you signed up for the Bill Sardi News Blasts at KnowledgeofHealth.com or NaturalHealthLibrarian.com.Here and Now Books457 West Allen Avenue #117San Dimas, California91773USIf you no longer wish to receive communication from us:CancelTo update your contact information:Update

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At 08:13 AM 3/31/2008, you wrote:

Not sure what stuff you meant.....

Lynn

Does anyone know how to get with

off this bloody stuff in the middle of everything.

Kenn

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The stuff you see to your right......RECENT ACTIVITY....sometime it is plastered on the text.Den 31/03/2008 kl. 21.59 skrev Lynn Ward:At 08:13 AM 3/31/2008, you wrote:Not sure what stuff you meant.....LynnDoes anyone know how to get with off this bloody stuff in the middle of everything.Kenn

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At 04:10 PM 3/31/2008, you wrote:

Oh, that - I think it's something the sofware puts in the posts when one

sends a post to Health_andHealing. But, the moderator ought to be able to

tell you for sure. All groups don't have that stuff on the right - I've

commented on how much smaller the exact same post is from

MedicalConspiracies. I put them all in the same mailbox, so it's easy to

see. Stuff from MedicalConspiracies doesn't have that stuff on the right.

The biggest difference is the stuff that gets added once you send a post

to the group. Really adds to the size of the post.

The only thing you can do, if you want to save the post without the added

size of that stuff, would be to copy and paste it in some other medium -

like notepad or Word, or something like that.

Lynn

The stuff you see to your

right......RECENT ACTIVITY....sometime it is plastered on the

text.

 

Den 31/03/2008 kl. 21.59 skrev Lynn Ward:

 

At 08:13 AM 3/31/2008, you wrote:

Not sure what stuff you meant.....

Lynn

Does anyone know how to get with

off this bloody stuff in the middle of everything.

Kenn