Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2015
If you take aspirin, you’ve got a pain reliever, heart attack preventer and possible cancer preventer rolled into one tablet. You might think that whoever invented aspirin is a genius, but the truth is humans have been using its natural equivalent for thousands of years.Salicylic acid can be found in jasmine, beans, peas, clover and certain grasses and willow bark. …
Submitted by Dr T on September 15, 2010 – 9:38am in Cardiac Risks Question: Dear Doctor, My mothers blood pressure is 140/90. She is 56 years old. Whether the Blood Pressure 140/90 is normal one ? What are the precautions to be taken to reduce the blood pressure ?Please give me the answer ASAP. ThanksPrasad, INDIA It is a little …
Submitted by Dr T on September 15, 2010 – 8:34am Question: Hi I’m 18, been in bed for the last two months with mono. When I stand I have a drop in blood pressure of about 20/10, I feel my head rush, my face gets hot, I don’t get dizzy, but after standing for awhile it goes low again, will …
Submitted by Dr T on September 13, 2010 – 11:45am in Cardiac Risks Question: What arteries are responsible for producing an Angina effect if they get plaqued up? Your heart has three coronary arteries that all lay on top of your heart, a Left and a Right coronary artery, of which the Left splits up in two main branches. …
Submitted by Dr T on September 12, 2010 – 11:57am This dish was in honor of a daughter, who doesn’t visit very often and usually has no time to take care of herself with home cooked dinners. A Feast! Marinated and cooked the steak as instructed, came out perfectly! Combined with wilted Spinach, topped with roasted pine nuts, and the …
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) Syndrome Submitted by Dr T on September 12, 2010 – 10:22am Question: Hello, I went to the hospital to the emergency with chest pains. I’m 25, they took tests and returned to tell me I have wolf parkinsons white syndrome. I was wondering how bad this is. I made an appointment with a cardiologist for next week but …
Submitted by Dr T on September 12, 2010 – 8:03am Question: My husband, age 40, has a past history of double bypass and 13 stents (terrible family history). He had another stent placed this past week at the proximal end of his RCA. This is a ‘HUGE’ artery according to his physicians. He was recently placed on the new drug …
Is Adequate Testing Being Done (an elderly woman on lots of medications)? Submitted by Dr T on September 10, 2010 – 11:00am Question: My 90 year old Mother has recently had problems with blood thinning, blood pressure dropping, and periodic heart fluttering. The doctors ruled out any heart abnormalities and “shocked” her heart somehow back into normal pattern. She was …
Submitted by Dr T on September 10, 2010 – 9:47am The medical literature and my own experience support this course of action: If you have only one or two blockages (unless it includes a “Left Main Lesion”) and a good heart function , a Stent is usually the best option; If you have three or more blockages, a “Left Main”, …
Submitted by Dr T on September 9, 2010 – 1:27pm As promised, I put my money where my mouth is and last night cooked up the recipe listed elsewhere on my website… with a few alterations. The first change was away from the grill (it was raining). I used the marinade as suggested but did it in a plastic storage …