Exercise: the Elixir of Youth
Monday July 28, 2008
Ponce de Leon could have saved himself the trouble of tromping through the swamps of Florida looking for the Fountain of Youth (finding instead alligators and malaria). Instead, he ... Read More
Is Unstable Coronary Artery Disease More Common Than We Thought?
Thursday July 24, 2008
As part of a research study, investigators measured blood troponin levels in over 7500 consecutive patients just before they had elective angioplasty and stenting for clinically stable coronary artery disease ... Read More
Stent or Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease?
Monday July 21, 2008
Investigators have now published updated information from the Stent or Surgery (SOS) trial, suggesting that many patients with coronary artery disease do better with bypass surgery than with stents.
SOS enrolled ... Read More
Low-Carb and Mediterranean Beat Low-Fat (but dieters still obese)
Thursday July 17, 2008
In a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, people on low-carbohydrate and Mediterranean diets lost more weight and had more favorable metabolic changes than people ... Read More
Heavy Alcohol Consumption Increases Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke
Sunday July 13, 2008
In the past few years, numerous studies have shown an association between drinking moderate amounts of alcohol (no more than 2 standard-sized drinks per day) and a reduction in cardiac ... Read More
Should Children Really Get Drug Therapy For Cholesterol?
Wednesday July 9, 2008
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released a controversial set of recommendations last week regarding the treatment of lipid abnormalities in children. The new recommendations, apparently stimulated by growing ... Read More
New Recommendations on Lipid Screening in Children
Monday July 7, 2008
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has just released new recommendations on cholesterol in children. The report, published in the July 1 issue of Pediatrics, replaces a previous policy ... Read More
Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia (IST)
Friday July 4, 2008
Inappropriate sinus tachycardia (IST) is a condition in which an individual’s resting heart rate is abnormally high (greater than 100 beats per minute), their heart rate increases rapidly with minimal ... Read More