The time to stop making excuses for avoiding exercise and healthy eating is NOW, to prevent heart disease later on, especially for women due to changes in levels of estrogen following menopause. […]
Can a regular exercise program, if begun sooner in life, actually prevent the occurrence of peripheral artery disease? […]
Whenever fainting is caused by a heart problem, you need immediate medical attention. […]
Certainly there has to be a tipping point or threshold after which the amount of salt every day can hurt one’s heart. […]
The kidneys get all the attention as the organ that fails secondary to chronic heart failure. However, the liver, which the heart pumps 25 percent of its blood flow to, will also decline with chronic [...]
You have GERD and you’ve been experiencing an elevated heart rate without exertion. Could there be a connection? The elevated heart rate may occur while you’re at your computer, watching TV, texting or while lying [...]
Are you genetically predisposed to heart disease (e.g., Dad had heart attack in his 40s) and have blown off exercise, thinking, “What’s the use?” Well, you’d better rethink that approach. […]
Shoulder pain is linked to heart disease and might even mean a heart attack in progress. But this doesn’t mean you should panic every time your shoulder aches or you get a twinge of pain [...]
Bad News—Water aerobics will do very little for heart fitness. This isn’t vigorous lap swimming; it’s the so-called water aerobics, the classes you participate in with colorful implements… […]
Yes, aged garlic extract CAN reverse heart disease plaque buildup. Coronary artery disease is a slowly progressive disease that builds up in the arteries of the heart for over 10 years before the first symptoms. [...]
It's actually possible to be a ticking time bomb with severe coronary heart disease while also having a "normal" cholesterol (lipid) profile. This is why you shouldn't assume you're automatically out of the woods just [...]
So if exercise lowers resting heart rate, why do some sedentary “lazy” people have very slow heart rates? Yes, this is very possible: A totally out of shape person who gets zero structured exercise could [...]
Is there a way to distinguish between breathing difficulty from angina and from narcotic painkiller side effects? Narcotic painkillers can cause trouble breathing as a side effect, yet angina as well can result in this [...]
How is it possible for an elderly person (over age 65) to have a low resting heart rate along with severe coronary artery disease (CAD)? Before my mother had CABG x 5, her resting heart [...]
Plaque in your abdomen is a strong clue that there is plaque in your heart: coronary artery disease, or "sludge" in your heart's arteries. When a CT abdominal scan shows very high degrees of abdominal [...]
The answer is NO! In fact, you can have life-threatening heart disease -- extensive coronary artery blockage -- and still have consistently normal blood pressure readings. "High blood pressure (Htn) causes the occlusions (blockages), but [...]
If you've been diagnosed with heart disease, does this mean that strenuous exercise is off-limits? Is intense exercise even POSSIBLE with blocked arteries? First of all, let’s define strenuous exercise. Some people think this is [...]
Can chest pain in a physically fit person with low heart disease risk be caused by a soft plaque rupture? “Recent literature suggests two different kinds of plaque: calcified plaque which is considered more stable [...]
What does a cardiologist have to say about the belief that doctors order too many tests for heart disease? These tests include stress tests and angiograms. There are also various blood tests related to diseases [...]
A zero calcium score is NOT an accurate predictor of cardiac events in patients with symptoms, but for those without symptoms, it’s over 95 percent. A group of people with symptoms like chest pain and [...]
Just because your carotid arteries are “clean” doesn’t mean you don’t have severe blockages in your coronary vessels. I was inspired to write this article after my father underwent an exam to see if there [...]
If your calcium score is ZERO, how confident should you feel about not having heart disease, and having nice clean arteries? Did you recently get your coronary calcium score measured and it was zero, but [...]
