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One of the world's most respected surgeons and researchers says he has irrefutable proof that a cure exist for heart disease, this nation's No. 1 killer. He explains how everyone can prevent it and even the most ill patients can reverse it.

Dr Caldwell Esselstyn is an esteemed researcher who says heart disease is a food-borne illness, and you can not only prevent it but reverse it by eating a plant-based diet.

At 32, he was stunned to learn he needed heart bypass surgery. It launched him on a 30-year journey to wage a war on heart disease.

Want to live longer? Drink up! A study just released by the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, finds that drinking up to six cups of coffee every day may actually cut your risk of dying from heart disease.

What is it about a challenge that lures even the most sane of us to take on huge risks? Meet a woman who started swimming after her brother's sudden death at 34. Now 60, she just swam her way across the English Channel and into the record books.

Cancer is on track to become the No. 1 killer in the world. For anyone who has battled cancer or watched a loved one face the difficult diagnosis, it's crucial to believe that there is life after disease. We've got the proof.

Two years after receiving a heart and kidney transplant, a 70-year-old man sets out to sail around the world to highlight the importance of organ donation. Hear his story.