Comments (49) | Post a CommentTriglycerides: The Risk Factor Nobody Talks About
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Apr 01, 2007, 4:44 am PDTWith all the news and consumer advertising about the dangers of high cholesterol, many people forget another major threat to heart health: triglycerides. A recent survey of 2,000 patients found that just 13…Read More
More People Cleared for Heart Transplants
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Mar 29, 2007, 4:28 am PDTEven though the supply of hearts available for transplantation remains well below the demand, an international panel recently expanded the eligibility criteria for determining which people might receive the…Read More
Lipoprotein (a): Another Heart Attack Risk Factor
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 27, 2007, 12:58 pm PDTYou've surely heard a lot about the risks of high levels of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol and low levels of HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol in the blood. But you probably haven't heard…Read More
Sulfonylureas May Increase Heart Disease Risk
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Sun, Mar 25, 2007, 4:52 am PDTPeople with diabetes are already at very high risk for cardiovascular disease, and this risk may be even greater for those with type 2 diabetes who take sulfonylureas, a medication that increases the pancreas's…Read More
Cardiovascular Event Risk Rises Sharply with More Atherosclerosis
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Mar 23, 2007, 4:51 pm PDTDoctors with patients at risk for heart disease have been eagerly awaiting the results of The REACH (Resource Utilization Among Congestive Heart failure patients) study, which examined many features of…Read More
Monitoring Your Coumadin Treatment from Home
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Wed, Mar 21, 2007, 8:21 am PDTIf you are being treated with the anticoagulant coumadin (Warfarin) for a heart condition like atrial fibrillation, you need to make frequent trips to a lab to be sure that your prothrombin time is in the right…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
Don't Be Taken in by No-Flush Niacin
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Thu, Mar 15, 2007, 4:23 pm PDTNow that statins have proven to be so effective in lowering blood levels of harmful LDL cholesterol, more and more attention is being directed at raising levels of protective HDL cholesterol.Vitamin B3, or…Read More
Women and Heart Disease, Part 2: Know the Latest Recs
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Tue, Mar 13, 2007, 7:38 pm PDTWhat do I like best about the 2007 update of the American Heart Association’s guidelines for women? For years, the National Cholesterol Education Program has promoted use of the Framingham risk score as the…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
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