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Top 3 Heart Conditions: CAD, Heart Failure, & Afib

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women worldwide. In fact, it kills one person ...

Take Two M&Ms and Call Me In The Morning

“I shall please” is the literal translation of the word placebo.  In modern times a placebo is generally understood to ...

In Defense of Statins

There is no class of medications in the history of the world that has been better studied that statins.  This ...

Medical Jargon

  Wiki defines jargon as a term that descrcibes the language used by people who work or live in a particular ...

Exercise Versus Activity

Exercise isn't just for the young and healthy When I visit with a patient I like to get a sense about ...

Cholesterol Demystified: Answers To Common Questions

If you have questions about cholesterol, you’re not alone. High cholesterol, also known as hyperlipidemia...

An Ounce of Prevention

I saw a middle-aged man in my office the other day for evaluation of shortness of breath (dyspnea, we call ...

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered

I read an interesting article in the NY Times the other week regarding a phenomenon I’ve seen over and over ...