The great American heart hoax
Subtitle: lifesaving advice your doctor should tell you about heart disease prevention (but probably never will)
By: Michael Ozner.
Publisher: BenBella Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Dallas, Tex
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781933771540
Subjects: Coronary heart disease -- Popular works; Heart -- Surgery
Genres: Popular works.
Table of contents: title: The problem; title: The heart surgery hoax; title: Heart disease; title: it's not worth dying for!; title: Understanding heart surgery; title: Why bypass surgery and angioplasty seldom work and why we keep doing them anyway; title: Pharmaceutical follies; title: The radiation ruse; title: The solution; title: The Ozner 10-step prevention program; title: Step 1: follow a Mediterranean diet; title: Step 2: exercise regularly; title: Step 3: manage your stress; title: Step 4: take command of your blood pressure; title: Step 5: control your cholesterol; title: Step 6: avoid chronic inflammation; title: Step 7: reduce free radicals and oxidative stress; title: Step 8: prevent metabolic syndrome and diabetes; title: Step 9: have an annual physical exam with comprehensive lab; title: Step 10: avoid unnecessary diagnostic tests and procedures; title: Putting it all together; title: Appendix A: national cholesterol guidelines and coronary heart disease risk assessment; title: Appendix B: cellular respiration and free radical production.