Table of Contents

"HARDENING OF THE ARTERIES" INEVITABLE OR PREVENTABLE?

Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis
Arteriosclerotic Diseases
Arteriosclerosis In Medical History
De Motu Cordis et Sanguinus (On the Motion of the Heart and Blood
Measurement of Blood Pressure
Twentieth Century Medicine
What are Risk Factors?
Importance of Treatable Risk Factors
Lipids As Risk Factors
Saturated Fats
Cholesterol and Lipoproteins
Non-Lipid Risk Factors
Cigarette Smoking as a Risk Factor
What Does Smoking Do To You?

HYPERTENSION, THE SILENT DISEASE

Causes of Essential Hypertension
Diagnosis of Essential Hypertension
TABLE 1: Guidelines for Blood Pressure Interpretation
Who Needs to Be Treated?
How is Hypertension Treated?
TABLE 2: Non-Pharmaceutical Therapy
Non-Pharmaceutical Therapy
Salt (Sodium) Restriction
TABLE 3: Sodium Labeling Guidelines
Diets, Alcohol, and Mineral Supplements
BIBLIOGRAPHY

LYME DISEASE

Definition
Etiology and Epidemiology
Pictures of Ticks
Clinical Features
Diagnosis
Management
Bibliography
Lyme Links

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