Below you'll find a list of all posts from March, 2011
Last night I heard former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives political activist and conservative Guru Newt Gingrich’s opinion of the world. The Salem State University Series invited Mr. Gingrich to appear on March 30. As he is floating rumors about running for the next presidential election, I was curious to see politics in action. I was not disappointed: …
Q: Thanks for all of the good information that you are providing to us about various heart related conditions. Would a radial pulse waveform (audio recording presented graphically) be a close enough representation of an ecg to imply the possibility of long qt syndrome if all of the necessary points appear to be present? I guess, would it be close …
Q: I have been diagnosed with a fib and am now on lopresser medicaton 50 mg 2x day. Had to go to er 3 weeks ago for heart rate of 170 for over 3 hours. today my heart rate has been around 120-130 all day. I was told I could take an extra lopresser so I have and it hasn’t …
Follow up: I guess, as a dentist, with a medical background, I don’t know why my doctors don’t answer me when I ask about my long term prognosis.If I feel fine, can exercise, and am keeping INR between 2-3, can I hope for a relatively normal and long life? This of course has impacted on my family as well.Until a …
Q: Diagnosed with A-Fib 1 year ago after very mild heart attack, continue to exercise 3x/wk. for 2 hrs., ht 6’3″/ wt. 230, normal cholesterol, feel fine except occasional palpitations…bp med. controlling, coumadin daily, digoxin daily, 1 baby aspirin daily. Have tried cardioversion, had many tests, after TEE…not candidate for ablation due to chronic A-fib and dilated left atrium.
Healthy Ideas for Your Children and Family I hope this finds you all feeling well! The semester is in full swing and classes are going great. I have started research for my thesis, which is very exciting. My focus will be on childhood obesity, this is an epidemic that will affect the health of our youth for years to come. …
Q: I had an EKG and it show 2 PVCs and I wore a halter monitor for 24 hours and was told it was normal to have PVC’s and not to worry. I worry! When they first started about a year ago, (I’m a 55 year old healthy female) I thought it was my stomach as I can tell when …
Q: My little brother is 15. We checked his blood pressure in each arm and they were greatly different. What does that mean?
Q: I have been having stabbing chest pains in the center of my chest that come and go, but anytime I try to start jogging I always feel it within a minute or so. I also have that same stabbing pain that I can feel to the side of my spine that comes and goes. I have recently just been …
Q: I am a 63 year old male. I had a MI and subsequent CABG4 in the fall of 2007. An echo done in July of 2008 showed my LVEF at 40-45%. I was on a beta blocker, a statin and aspirin at the time. I stopped taking all meds in July of 2008. In August of 2010 I had …