There are times when it seems like the only answer in medicine is another drug. For heart stuff this is unquestionably statins. Have high cholesterol? Take Lipitor. Have a family history of heart disease? Take Crestor. Your dog’s litter mates’ cousins’ owner had a heart attack? Take atorvastatin. You get the idea. But when it […]
JUST HOW OFF BASE IS MEDICINE? Keep in mind that this particular article is an editorial. The author is writing for the British Heart Foundation. He believes that the use of a statin can zero out the negative health effects of a Quarter Pounder with cheese and a small milkshake. Have we really come so far down […]
IS MY CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT GOING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK?? It’s always funny the poor research that mainstream media picks up and the good stuff they don’t. Here are a few things to consider. First, I usually don’t recommend calcium supplementation until someone becomes osteoporotic. At this point it becomes much, much more important […]
Heart disease is not something that we need to educate the public on. Everyone’s got ideas on how to prevent heart disease. But, apparently, there’s some massive disconnect between what we need to do and what we are doing. A recently study revealed that not a single person out of 1,731 were living a […]
YOU MUST ADD THIS TO YOUR LABWORK!! I personally do not check this lab value, but these numbers are very strong. Troponin T (cTnT) is a protein that helps cardiac muscles contract. Any level of heart damage can increase the level of this compound in the blood stream. In this particular study, those with the […]
