Comments (6) | Post a CommentStrong Criticism of Metabolic Syndrome
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Nov 24, 2006, 12:17 am PSTIn earlier entries, I've described the metabolic syndrome (a combination of high blood sugar and triglyceride levels, low HDL cholesterol, hypertension, and obesity) and its use to predict the likelihood of a…Read More
For Healthy Hearts, Pills Are Not Enough
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Nov 21, 2006, 4:43 pm PSTA recent 16-year follow-up of nearly 43,000 men enrolled in the Heart Professionals Study found a substantial reduction in heart disease, both non-fatal and fatal, in the men who followed these five healthy…Read More
Sudden Cardiac Death: Know Who's at Risk
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Nov 07, 2006, 2:49 pm PSTThe more than 300,000 Americans who die suddenly each year account for about 20 percent of all deaths in this country.Sudden cardiac death can often be prevented with an implantable defibrillator in people…Read More
Turn Back the Clock on Atherosclerosis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Nov 03, 2006, 5:34 pm PSTPeople with high blood pressure are at increased risk for heart attacks, strokes, and kidney disease. These complications can be reduced by lowering blood pressure. Now there's encouraging evidence that…Read More
Detecting Kidney Disease Early May Save Your Heart
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Oct 31, 2006, 10:59 am PSTDoctors have long recognized that heart attacks and strokes are more common in people with severe chronic kidney disease. Yet studies show that many physicians are not aware of the cardiovascular risks…Read More
Pick Up a Degree, Drop Your Heart Attack Risk
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 27, 2006, 3:04 pm PDTA recent report described some results from the CARDIA study, which obtained baseline data in 1985 and 1986 on nearly 3,000 urban-dwelling adults between ages 15 and 30. Participants in the study were about…Read More
Obesity: Are You Confused? I Am!
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Oct 24, 2006, 4:58 pm PDTIn the past few months I have read three reports on the effects of weight on heart disease and overall risk of death, and the results have my head spinning! Let's take them one by one and figure out how best…Read More
Three Medicines, One Pill to Prevent Heart Attacks
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Oct 17, 2006, 1:49 pm PDTLast year I wrote about a proposal by two researchers at the University of London. They proposed in 2003 that everyone who is over the age of 55 or has heart disease should take a "polypill" to lower their…Read More
Concerns About Drug-Eluting Stents
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Oct 10, 2006, 2:47 pm PDTPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has been used worldwide for more than 20 years to treat angina (chest pain) and to prevent and treat heart attacks.PTCA is a procedure used to widen…Read More
Should You Have an Exercise Stress Test?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Oct 06, 2006, 5:22 pm PDTShould a healthy person with no risk factors or symptoms of heart disease get an exercise stress test? It depends.Exercise stress tests are used to detect abnormalities in the electrical activity of the heart…Read More
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