FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
Includes over 800 monographs reporting on emerging studies in the medical and scientific literature of practical clinical importance, easily searched for content.
Nitric oxide is essential for red blood cells to deliver oxygen
Nitric oxide built into hemoglobin as βCys93 is required for RBC-mediated vasodilation. Without sufficient nitric oxide, vasodilation and thus oxygen delivery to tissues is impaired.
Prediabetes also damages the heart
A study just published in the journal Circulation demonstrates that prediabetes causes unfelt damage to the heart that substantially raises the risk of future coronary artery disease and heart failure regardless of cholesterol levels.
RDW is an inexpensive but powerful indicator often overlooked on your routine blood test
RDW is an inexpensive but powerful indicator often overlooked on your routine blood test