Comments (2) | Post a CommentKnow Your Family History
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Thu, Jan 01, 2009, 10:05 am PSTDoes heart disease, asthma, or maybe a certain type of cancer run in your family? Patients often ask me if a particular medical condition is genetic, usually because they have made such an observation in their…Read More
Vitamin D and Your Heart Attack Risk
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Tue, Jun 24, 2008, 1:04 pm PDTAn interesting report in a recent edition of the Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that vitamin D deficiency may increase the risk of heart attack. What does this mean for you?First, let's look at the…Read More
Are You Taking Too Many Medicines?
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Fri, May 02, 2008, 2:56 pm PDTAs many of us live longer with chronic conditions, the use of multiple medications at the same time - polypharmacy - is becoming common. And so are the problems that such multiple medication regimens can…Read More
All About the Stress Test
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Mon, Mar 03, 2008, 1:27 am PSTStress tests are functional tests to determine if the heart is able to get adequate blood and oxygen to meet its needs. They are usually the first test for evaluation of symptoms suggestive of angina.They are…Read More
Screening for Heart Disease: Which Tests? When?
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 7:02 pm PSTIf you are worried about your heart attack risk, which screening tests should you get and when? For healthy patients over age 40, I like to get a electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG) every 2-5 years, and more often…Read More
Common Heart Tests: What They Reveal
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Wed, Feb 20, 2008, 6:50 pm PSTIt's easy to get confused about the many tests available to investigate possible heart disease. Let's review some of the more common tests, along with what they can tell us about the condition of the heart.The…Read More
What's Your Heart Attack Risk?
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Thu, Feb 14, 2008, 10:04 am PSTOK, so you know the major risk factors for heart attack in the population at large. Perhaps now you'd like to be able to estimate your own specific risk. The Framingham Heart Study has been looking at risk…Read More
Cholesterol 101: What's Your Equation?
Posted By Howard Levy, M.D. - Thu, Jan 24, 2008, 9:52 am PSTIs your cholesterol under 200? Or is that even the right question to ask anymore? We've learned a lot about cholesterol in the past few decades, and it can be hard to understand and follow all the different…Read More
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