Traditionally, cardiologists have thought of coronary artery disease (CAD) as discrete blockages in the coronary arteries (the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle). The key to treating ... Read More

In what has become a bad day for celebrities, Michael Jackson died late this afternoon after suffering from what news reports indicate was a "cardiac arrest." Unfortunately, there is always a ... Read More

Unstable angina is one of the types of "Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)," a series of conditions most commonly produced by the rupture of a plaque in a coronary artery. All ... Read More

The saga of red yeast rice continues. I have tried to summarize here the story of red yeast rice (RYR), and the FDA's long and convoluted attempts to rid the shelves ... Read More

Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) has been a topic of ridicule by Rush Limbaugh, and a disorder that has been written off as "quaint" (if not crazy) by many doctors, including ... Read More

Yet another study has associated getting plenty of sleep with better blood pressures. In the June 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, investigators from Chicago reported on 578 early-middle-aged ... Read More

A setback was delivered last week to doctors who want to extend the use of stents beyond the treatment of coronary artery disease. A favorite therapeutic target for proponents of stents ... Read More

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

We've all heard about COX-2 drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex being associated with an increase in cardiac risk. But did you know that similar cardiac risk has also been associated ... Read More