Tuesday, December 11, 2012

6 Ways Your Body May Clue You in to Possible Health Problems | Essentials

6 Ways Your Body May Clue You in to Possible Health Problems

WALD/WOOD by Wolfgang Wildner
WALD/WOOD by Wolfgang Wildner by Wolfgang Wildner
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From the eyes and ears to the fingertips, the human body can offer small hints that reveal a lot about a person’s health, some medical experts say. Dr. Michael Wald, a holistic doctor in Mount Kisco, N.Y. who calls himself the “Blood Detective,” said that people should pay attention to features like creases in their ears and the length of their arms because they can serve as clues to medical issues such as heart disease. 1. Ear Crease A 74-year-old man with an increased risk for heart disease said that while he’d noticed the crease in his ear, he’d paid little to  no attention to it. “That diagonal earlobe crease that goes from the very bottom of the ear up in a diagonal fashion — it really is an enfolding of tissue and that is what is being associated with heart disease,” Wald said.

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Dr. Michael Wald

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0.0356364“That diagonal earlobe crease that goes from the very bottom of the ear up in a diagonal fashion — it really is an enfolding of tissue and that is what is being associated with heart disease,” Wald said. ...
-0.0833716Wald said that the five o’clock shadow could mean that a man “probably will have a lower risk of cardiovascular risk in the future because that five o’clock is produced by testosterone. The more testosterone you have, the less risk of heart disease.”
-0.0215787“Sometimes small calves reflect increased risk in circulation and increased risk in cardiovascular disease,” Wald said. ...
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Ear Wax

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0“We’re basically born genetically with one of two different types of ear wax,” he said. ...
-0.176349“We’re basically born genetically with one of two different types of ear wax,” he said. “There is a wet, sticky type and a dry, brittle type and if you are more of a dry, brittle type, you are at more of a risk of heart disease as opposed to the wet one.”
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