Does Sugar Cause Heart Disease?
Believe it or not, sugar is in just about everything you eat nowadays- and that leaves many wondering “does sugar cause heart disease?” Simply put, sugar is a carbohydrate. There are many differen...
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Is Heart Disease Hereditary?
When I talk to a patient about changing his or her lifestyle, the initial response is often something like this: “There’s really nothing I can do about it. Heart disease runs in my family.”
Of course, family history does play a role. B...
Lend Your Hands Before Your Mouth
Many people are reluctant to learn CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation), because they imagine themselves giving mouth-to-mouth to a complete stranger.
For instance, what if a drug-addict who may be HIV positive falls at your feet? Or a 350-po...
What Is Making us Obese?
To understand the scope of the diabetes epidemic, you need only look at the numbers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 15 percent of Americans were obese in 1980. Today, that number is 30 percent.
And if you ...
Symptoms & Causes of Valvular Heart Disease
Symptoms of Valvular Disease
The major symptoms of heart valve disease can sometimes vary depending on the type of condition you have. Also, when valvular disease is mild, or even moderate, it may show no symptoms and be picked up only as a ...
Magnesium: Essential for Your Whole Body
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body. Your cardiovascular system, nervous system, muscles, kidneys, hormone-secreting glands, liver, and brain all rely on it for proper functioning.
Magnesium is also necessary for energy...
What is Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB)?
I often times get asked by my patients “What is Atrial Fibrillation?”(commonly called AFIB for short), so I thought this would be the perfect time to post a blog article about it.
A healthy heart beats between 60 and 80 times a minute. (...
Live Like a Caveman, Live to 100
Throughout my life I’ve had two great interests: medicine and anthropology. I’ve traveled the world to study ancient and contemporary cultures, and have learned to look at health as a culturally driven feature of human life.
I have also ...
5 December Stress Busters
Because there’s a lot of extra stress connected with the holiday season, here are five stress-busters to try this month:
Exercise daily.
Many people who are under stress abandon heart healthy habits such as exercise, which is one of the b...
The Move Toward Interventional Medicine
Unfortunately, interventional cardiologists — my specialty — are not all created equal. Some are far more adept at handling complicated cases. The less skilled a patient’s interventional cardiologist, the better the odds the patient will ...