Comments (1) | Post a CommentAn HIV Treatment that Raises Heart Attack Risk
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Jul 19, 2007, 9:59 am PDTTreatment of people with HIV with combination antiretroviral therapy (ART, a mix or "cocktail" of drugs that fight the virus which causes HIV) has greatly improved the health and life span of people living with…Read More
Good News About Estrogen Therapy After Menopause
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Jul 08, 2007, 6:56 pm PDTPostmenopausal women and their doctors are getting tired of trying to use "evidence-based medicine" to make decisions about hormone replacement therapy (HRT). At first, I and other physicians enthusiastically…Read More
Weight Loss Therapy May Improve Heart Health Markers
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Jul 03, 2007, 9:49 am PDTAbnormal function of the endothelial cells, which line the walls of all blood vessels, and elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are associated with an increased risk of heart attacks.Obese people tend to…Read More
Blood Pressure: Can You Avoid Medications?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Jun 29, 2007, 1:41 pm PDTHypertension (high blood pressure) is an exceedingly common underlying cause of heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and kidney disease in the United States. And studies have shown that the likelihood of all…Read More
Aerobic Exercise Raises HDL Cholesterol
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - 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 improve HDL and LDL cholesterol?A report in the Archives of…Read More
Heart Attacks and Flu Death Relationship
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Jun 20, 2007, 10:18 pm PDTMany of us have grown accustomed to the troublesome symptoms of influenza, but we rarely think about how serious the disorder can be except when we are reminded of the influenza epidemic following the First…Read More
ED: Powerful Predictor of Coronary Heart Disease
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Jun 18, 2007, 3:01 pm PDTErectile dysfunction (ED) is estimated to affect more than half of men between ages 40 and 70 and about 70 percent of men over the age of 70. Although an association between ED and coronary heart disease (CHD)…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
Who Benefits the Most From Statins?
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Mon, Jun 11, 2007, 10:49 am PDTA number of clinical trials have shown that treatment with statin medications reduces the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes in people with known coronary heart disease (CHD). However, not everyone with…Read More
Beware of Trans Fat Substitutes
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Jun 07, 2007, 9:32 am PDTThere is general agreement by now that trans fats increase the risk of heart disease by raising LDL cholesterol and lowering HDL cholesterol. Legislation has been passed in some cities that prohibits…Read More
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