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Quiz: Your Heart-Health Nutrition Knowledge
Posted Thu, Sep 13, 2007, 3:21 am PDTThis heart-health quiz will give you an idea of how well you're keeping up with the latest heart-health diet information.
Post a Comment (46)Finding the Trans Fats
Posted Tue, Sep 11, 2007, 9:53 am PDTTrans fats are the unhealthiest kind of fat because they raise LDL cholesterol and lower protective HDL cholesterol.
Post a Comment (13)Lifelong Low LDL Cholesterol: Are You Off the Hook?
Posted Mon, Sep 10, 2007, 11:20 pm PDTSome people are fortunate enough to have an uncommon genetic variant that speeds the removal of harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from the blood.
Post a Comment (8)Low-Carb vs. Low-Fat Diets
Posted Sun, Sep 09, 2007, 4:52 am PDTWill the debate about the relative virtues of low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat diets for weight loss never end?
Post a Comment (16)Aerobic Exercise Raises HDL Cholesterol
Posted Mon, Jun 25, 2007, 7:23 pm PDTExercise is always one of the first recommendations for improving blood cholesterol levels, but do readily achievable amounts of exercise really…
Post a Comment (4)ED: Powerful Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease
Posted Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 3:01 pm PDTAlthough an association between ED and coronary heart disease (CHD) was suggested more than 20 years ago, an outpouring of research studies over the…
Post a Comment (3)Slowing Down Atherosclerosis: A Research Disappointment
Posted Mon, Apr 30, 2007, 1:41 pm PDTClinical trials of patients who were given two different inhibitors of ACAT have yielded disappointing results.
Post a Comment (1)Treating High Cholesterol in Children
Posted Wed, Apr 25, 2007, 9:02 am PDTPhysicians have been uncertain about how to treat high cholesterol levels in children because the guidelines from the National Cholesterol Education…
Post a Comment (19)Do Doctors Discriminate Against Older Patients?
Posted Tue, Apr 17, 2007, 4:09 am PDTI advise all of you, but especially older readers, to ask your doctors about your LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides levels, and to…
Post a Comment (20)Angioplasties: Hospital and Cardiologist Are Keys
Posted Tue, Apr 03, 2007, 1:00 pm PDTNew guidelines state that cardiologists, after completing their fellowship training, should not begin to work at a facility lacking such backup…
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I'm Dr. Simeon Margolis, a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Together let's explore how to take better care of your heart so you can fully enjoy the life you want to lead.
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