October 4, 2017

Heart disease confirmed as an early form of scurvy

Scurvy (also known as the “Sailors’ Disease”) is a condition resulting from a complete bodily depletion of ascorbic acid (vitamin C). It is a fatal disease […]
October 4, 2017

Our Study Proves That Heart Disease Is Linked To Vitamin C Deficiency

Heart attacks and strokes have consistently remained the leading causes of death. Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of these diseases, results in 17 million deaths worldwide each […]
October 4, 2017

A New Era in Medicine

Matthias Rath M.D. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 1993, 8:134-135 The Ice Age – Cardiovascular Disease Connection My discovery of the Ice Age – vitamin deficiency – […]
October 4, 2017

Reducing the Risk for Cardiovascular Disease with Nutritional Supplements

Matthias Rath M.D. (1992) Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, 7:153-162 Introduction Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the most frequent cause of death in the industrialized world. In a […]
October 4, 2017

Lipoprotein(a) Reduction by Ascorbate

Matthias Rath M.D. and Linus Pauling Ph.D. (1992) Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 7: 81-82. Introduction Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is associated with an increased risk of atherogenesis and […]
October 4, 2017

Unified Theory of Human Cardiovascular Disease Leading the Way to the Abolition of this Disease as a Cause for Human Mortality

Matthias Rath M.D. and Linus Pauling Ph.D. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 6: 139-143 This publication is dedicated to the young physicians and medical students of this […]
October 4, 2017

Solution to the Puzzle of Human Cardiovascular Disease

Matthias Rath and Linus Pauling Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine 1991, 6: 125-134 Summary (Abstract) Human cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the result of the accumulation of lipoprotein(a), […]
October 4, 2017

Do you have Multiple Risks for Heart Disease? Micronutrients Can Help

Approximately 40% of the world population and almost one in three adults in the US have high blood pressure, which in individuals with additional genetic predisposition […]