... on healing the whole person, instead of just focusing on the disease. Alternative medicine also cuts personal health care costs. An alternative method to coronary artery bypass graft surgery and angioplasty is a treatment called chelation therapy. It effectively treats coronary artery disease, symptoms of angina, and decreased blood flow to the brain. It is supposed to improve blood flow by clearing out calcium from ... ...

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... and many of which are strong irritants. • Secondhand smoke is also called environmental tobacco smoke (ETS); exposure to secondhand smoke is called involuntary smoking, or passive smoking. Passive smoking artery damage partially heals Damage to the lining of arteries of young adults caused by passive smoking partially heals 2 years after the exposure to smoke, but the ... artery lining is still not as healthy as the arteries of people who had never beenexposed to smoke. 60 young adults, all nonsmokers, between the ages of 15 and 39 were ... arterial function than those who had been ...

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... risk of heart failure. Researchers have also found that alcohol can reduce your chances of dying of a heart attack. Studies also suggest that moderate alcohol consumption decreases your risk of coronary artery disease. The studies indicate that alcohol can raise the amount of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) in your body. HDL removes cholesterol from your arteries, lowering your ... ...

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