Comments (14) | Post a CommentAssessing Your Heart Attack and Stroke Risk
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Sep 07, 2007, 1:26 pm PDTAre there accurate ways to predict the likelihood that you will have, or die from, a heart attack or stroke in the near future?Quite a few "biomarkers," or predictors, of these dire events have been discovered.…Read More
More Benefits from Restricting Sodium
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 14, 2007, 2:56 pm PDTWe've all known for some time that people with hypertension can lower their blood pressure by reducing the sodium in their diets. What we didn't know was whether, by consuming less salt (sodium chloride, the…Read More
Reducing Heart Attacks and Strokes in People with Diabetes
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, May 07, 2007, 6:06 pm PDTResearchers are continually looking for better ways to control blood glucose levels as well as prevent heart attacks and strokes in people with diabetes.Now a three-year follow-up of the PROactive study of the…Read More
Ever Had Rheumatic Fever? Pay Attention to This
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Mar 18, 2007, 5:06 am PDTWhat happened to a close relative of mine (let's call her Lucy) prompts me to urge anyone who had rheumatic fever as a child to seek an evaluation by a cardiologist.Lucy was in her mid-50s and feeling fine. One…Read More
Women and Heart Disease, Part 1: Aspirin Confusion
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Mar 08, 2007, 4:27 am PSTThe 2007 update of the American Heart Association's guidelines for women has led to some confusion regarding the use of aspirin. My wife read the following statement in an article about the new guidelines in…Read More
Can ACE Inhibitors Prevent Some Heart Problems?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Dec 25, 2006, 5:13 am PSTPeople with heart failure are regularly prescribed angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to lower their risks of heart disease events and strokes. ACE inhibitors are also commonly given to people with…Read More
Wider Use of Heart Attack Screening Tests Recommended
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Dec 03, 2006, 2:20 pm PSTAdvocating more widespread use of certain screening tests, new guidelines from the Screening for Heart Attack Prevention Education (SHAPE) Task Force are far more aggressive than those of the American Heart…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
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