Truth, does garlic really have magical effects?

When ordinary people pay attention to health, they always hope to find a way to promote health and prolong life without effort or even much adjustment to their lifestyle. Recently, articles on garlic health preservation in WeChat Circle of Friends have started to catch fire again, including garlic’s ability to prevent cancer, bacteria, blood lipid, blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. A thoughtful friend asked me: Garlic is already one of the most important spices and ingredients in our diet. If it is so multifunctional, why are there so many cancers, infections and cardiovascular diseases? Is it the wrong way to eat, or is garlic not that magical? Just a while ago, my colleague published an influential research paper on the Read More …

Multi-effect Pills Have Good Compliance in Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases

Fixed dose compound therapy (hereinafter referred to as “multi-effect pill”) is to make antiplatelet, antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs into a single pill according to a certain dose. It is mainly used for prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and is suitable for areas where medical resources are scarce because of its relatively low cost and good compliance. First, multi-effect pills reduce systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol The results showed that the systolic blood pressure in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 13.4 mmHg and that in the control group by 6.3 mmHg. The total cholesterol level in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 33.3 mg/dl and that in the control group by 4.3 mg/dl. Second, multi-effect pills are Read More …

In addition to gout, there are diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia?

The “three villains” who collaborate with gout-diabetes, hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Like gout, Both belong to the disease of living habits. Once you get into trouble with one of the [wicked people], several other [bad brothers] will often quietly approach you. If you diagnose gout and find that you still have other [bad brothers] hidden in your body, what should you do while suffering? Gout combined with diabetes, how to do? Gout and diabetes are both metabolic diseases. They often accompany and influence each other, and are also the main culprits that further lead to cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. It is precisely because there are many similarities between type 2 diabetes and gout in their occurrence and development that when gout Read More …

How important is reducing blood lipid to patients with coronary heart disease?

The incidence of cardiovascular diseases in China has soared to an outrageous extent. Coronary heart disease, as one of the most influential diseases, has also attracted increasing attention. Especially when celebrities and leaders fall down due to myocardial infarction caused by coronary heart disease, the masses have a more perceptual understanding of coronary heart disease. As a result, many people began to take antithrombotic drugs (such as aspirin) and 7788 proprietary Chinese medicines after diagnosis of coronary heart disease. However, the use of one drug has been neglected by many patients with coronary heart disease, and that is statins and lipid-lowering drugs. A large number of them stopped using statins because their blood lipid was normal. In their eyes, statins Read More …