Health Tip: Calf Pain Could Signal Cardiovascular Trouble

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a condition in which damaged arteries reduce blood flow to the body's muscles.

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A common symptom of PAD is pain in the calf or thigh while walking short distances, says the American Academy of Family Physicians. If you have leg pain related to PAD, it will usually go away shortly after you stop -- but will return again if you resume walking. If the pain recurs, it will typically go away in about the same amount of time each time you stop walking.


People with PAD feel this pain because enough blood isn't flowing to the muscle when it's being used. When the body is at rest, the muscle receives enough blood -- and the pain stops.


Those most at risk for PAD are people with diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, those who smoke, and older people. You should talk to your doctor if you notice recurring leg pain while walking that goes away when you are at rest.

U.S. mad cow cases are mysterious strain

Two cases of mad cow disease in Texas and Alabama seem to have resulted from a mysterious strain that could appear spontaneously in cattle, researchers say.

Government officials are trying to play down differences between the two U.S. cases and the mad cow epidemic that has led to the slaughter of thousands of cattle in Britain since the 1980s.

It is precisely these differences that are complicating efforts to understand the brain-wasting disorder, known medically as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE for short...more

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Vegetable Bean Burrito
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Dr. Fuhrman's Tip of the Month

Each day the media presents horrific news of death and destruction caused by war, terrorism, and other violence. It virtually ignores a silent but much more deadly enemy . . . heart disease.

More than 1.5 million people will have a heart attack this year, with 1 million deaths resulting from heart attacks (or a death every 30 seconds). When it comes to combating heart disease, most information sources promote drugs and surgery as the only viable defenses. We need to keep in mind that angioplasty and bypass surgery have some significant adverse outcomes, including heart attacks, stroke and death. Most people treated with such interventions continue to suffer from, and eventually die from, heart disease. The average person is not aware that there are safer, more effective options available.

Fortunately, we can win the war against heart disease by making a few simple, but profound, dietary and lifestyle changes. In fact, if you start early enough, you can prevent a heart attack from happening to you. You can protect yourself against heart disease by accomplishing three simple goals:

LDL cholesterol level of 100 or lower
Healthful weight
Unmedicated, normal blood pressure
These goals are attainable without expensive and risky prescription drugs. My high-nutrient, vegetable-based diet has enabled patients to achieve remarkable reductions in these cardiac risk factors. In addition to dietary changes I recommend an all-natural, side-effect free nutritional supplement, if you need some extra help getting your LDL below 100. I have designed my own, unique supplement called LDL Protect, proven to be safe and effective.

Make the vow to be heart attack-proof and join our army battling against heart disease, Eat To Live!


- Joel Fuhrman, M.D