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New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Vitamin K2 as MK-7, Part 3

As scientists continue to find evidence that interfering with vitamin K may have unintended effects like vascular calcification, they also hope to research how calcification can be prevented.

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS | January 16, 2014

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New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Vitamin K2 as MK-7, Part 2

When the body uses vitamin K in blood clotting, the vitamin K is recycled through a redox reaction. Warfarin prevents clotting by blocking the recycling enzyme in this reaction. But this inhibition of vitamin K in the vasculature by warfarin may be detrimental.

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS | December 16, 2013

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New Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine: Vitamin K2 as MK-7, Part 1

Vitamins have captured the attention of health-conscious people ever since the term "vitamin" was coined in 1912. Named "vita" for life or life-giving and "amin" for amine compounds, scientists now know much more about these crucial dietary components, including the fact that not all vitamins contain amine groups. There is still more to learn about how vitamin intake from our diets prevents or causes disease, or how diseases may cause vitamin deficiencies. But some experts are raising a new concern: that the common drug warfarin is actually contributing to disease by interfering with vitamin K.

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS | November 16, 2013

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Cardiovascular Disease: New Clinical Options for Expanding the Therapeutic Target, Part 3

A New Pleiotropic PathFrom early ideas about dietary fat, to a complex array of genetic risk factors and biomarkers, the arc of scientific discovery is pointing to cardiovascular disease being a pleiotropic condition. It follows, then, that one agent against a cluster of diseases will not produce favorable outcomes. The old "a pill for an ill" model will be outdated.Read more

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS | June 16, 2012

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Cardiovascular Disease: New Clinical Options for Expanding the Therapeutic Target, Part 2

Vector of Truth: Medical Research is an Arc of DiscoveryAnyone who devotes their career to scientific research is likely a seeker of truth. But this can sometimes mean taking the road less traveled. Even in medicine, it can be tempting to take the path of not seeking the hard and difficult questions about a disease, but to seek the expedient answers.Read more

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS | May 16, 2012

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Cardiovascular Disease: New Clinical Options for Expanding the Therapeutic Target, Part 1

Functional medicine can sometimes clash with the broader healthcare industry, which focuses on treating specific systems or diseases. In functional medicine, practitioners offer a more holistic and preventative approach to care, often recommending lifestyle, diet, and nutritional supplements. However, the norms of pharmaceutical research don't necessarily translate into effective supplement research. Moreover, nutritional supplements often fall into gray areas in drug regulation, making the safe and effective use of supplements difficult for many functional medicine clinicians.Read more

Jeffrey Bland, PhD, FACN, CNS | April 16, 2012

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