Heart Disease Treatment
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs include stroke, heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis. Researchers now know that under highly specific growth conditions in laboratory culture dishes, adult stem cells can be coaxed into developing as new cardiomyocytes and vascular endothelial cells. Scientists are interested in exploiting this ability to provide replacement tissue for the damaged heart. Listen to our Success Stories.
Barry Brown Overpowers Heart Disease
Barry Brown never played professional football but he looks like an inside linebacker. His broad, muscular shoulders and v-shaped body hide the truth about his past health. So when he tells you he was on his deathbed with heart disease just four years ago, it’s a little hard to believe.
Barry has been a fitness instructor for most of his adult life; first with the United States Air Force, later at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami, and now as the owner of his own company, Athlete in Motion. Read More >>>