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• June 22, 2012
  Blocking the First Step of Heart Disease

  By preventing the buildup of cholesterol in our blood stream, we can prevent atherosclerosis in our coronary arteries, the leading cause of death in the United States for both men and women. This..
• June 21, 2012
  Arterial Acne

  Atherosclerotic plaques in coronary arteries may be more aptly described as pimples, initiated by the infiltration of cholesterol into the lining of our arteries. The ending, should blood flow to our..
• February 21, 2012
  Hearts Shouldn’t Skip a Beet

  The nitrate in vegetables, which the body can turn into the vasodilator nitric oxide, may help explain the role dark green leafy vegetables play in the prevention and treatment of hypertension (high..
• February 1, 2012
  Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up

  A case report in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly Journal of the American Dietetic Association) of a man who went on the Atkins diet, lost his ability to have an..
• October 13, 2011
  China Study on Sudden Cardiac Death

  The China-Oxford-Cornell Diet and Health Project directed by T. Colin Campbell and colleagues showed that chronic diseases such as heart disease are not inevitable consequences of aging.
• October 12, 2011
  Our Number One Killer Can Be Stopped

  Dr. Dean Ornish proved decades ago that heart disease could be reversed solely with diet and lifestyle changes.
• October 11, 2011
  Resuscitating Medicare

  Medicare is now accepting for reimbursement the Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease and the Pritikin Program, which, on a personal note, is what inspired me to go into medicine.
• February 18, 2011
  Cancer Reversal Through Diet?

  Dr. Dean Ornish turns from reversing heart disease to trying to reverse prostate cancer.