Heart Disease
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Drugs & Medications
STATINS ARE “MIRACLE DRUGS!”
I’m going to beat the statins drum once again! Very few drugs have had the impact on cardiovascular disease than…
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Drugs & Medications
STATIN INTOLERANCE OVERESTIMATED
The use of statin drugs has been challenged for years by the fear of alleged adverse effects. Patients who need…
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Preventive Medicine
IBUPROFEN vs. TYLENOL. EGGS GET GOOD PRESS!
EGGS DON’T INCREASE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Two recent anecdotes from American Family Physician, the scientific journal of The American Academy Of…
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COVID-19
COVID-19 VACCINE-MYOCARDITIS LINK INSIGNIFICANT
Last summer, there was a lot of fuss about a link between mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 and the occurrence of…
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COVID-19
PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE AND MYOCARDITIS
In July, I wrote a blog about the incidence of myocarditis in young males after vaccination with Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine.…
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Heart Disease
CORONARY CALCIUM SCORING TEST: Should you have one?
For decades physicians have been searching for the ideal, non-invasive test to diagnose coronary artery disease early enough to prevent…
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Heart Disease
HEART ATTACKS IN WOMEN: Are They Really Different?
For many years, the mantra has been that heart attacks in women are different; they are harder to diagnose, the…
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Heart Disease
HYPERTENSION AFFECTS COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE
An article I read today had some disturbing information about hypertension and the effect it has on memory, verbal expression,…
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Heart Disease
SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART DISEASE
We’ve known for decades that high blood pressure and heart disease go hand in hand. The higher a patient’s blood…
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Drugs & Medications
MORE ON ASPIRIN AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
On March 22nd, I published a blog on aspirin for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The message…
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