Q: A close friend of mine passed away this summer. He suffered a massive heart attack. This surprised me as he had lost a lot of weight in recent years through a low carb diet, and was maintaining his present weight. He was still chubby but not obese anymore. He had begun to become more active, and was not a …
Best wishes for a healthy heart in a healthy body
Hello everyone, I am Angelina! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday celebration with family and friends; I love the magic of this season and the excitement and anticipation of the New Year about to begin. Many of my clients come to me once the rush is done, the presents have been opened and numerous desserts enjoyed, with a …
I have these intermittent chest pains
Q: I am a 43 yr old female. BP is 110/70. wgt125,hgt5’3″.Total cholesterol is 175. Past month or so I have been having off and on chest discomfort. Sometimes it is an achiness and others like a burning between my breasts. Some days all day and other days nothing at all. I had a stress/echo in Oct. Echo was fine. …
SYNTAX and Bypass Surgery
Lessons learned from the SYNTAX trial after two years, the first surgical analysis paper of the SYNTAX trial has proven what I have blogged about on numerous previous occasions. The excellent results of 1% mortality, irrespective of the assigned SYNTAX Risk Score, compares VERY favorably with PCI. At two years better than expected outcomes have continued. As the EACTS 2010 …
Rahm Emanuel and reducing health care costs.
Rahm Emanuel said today city workers should take better care of themselves — with City Hall’s help — as one way to save taxpayers money by reducing health care costs. In 2011, Chicago taxpayers will spend nearly $500 million on health care costs for city employees, their families and retirees, Emanuel said. If elected mayor, he said he is committed …
Statins may improve your cholesterol but not your cardiac risks
Question: Do Statins really improve the risk of coronary artery disease? Answer: A paper published in this issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine, reviewed the association of statin therapy and cardiovascular outcomes, but found little difference between treated and untreated patients. As the current focus of statin therapy is to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), rather than increase high-density lipoprotein …
Low HDL and Cardiovascular Risk
Current national guidelines for CVD risk reduction are primarily focused on strategies to reduce levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), with the most recent focus being on “lower is better” rather than an effort to increase high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). A careful examination of randomized, controlled trials (RCTs) using statins demonstrates that even with intensive statin therapy and intensive LDL-C …
VT-111 comments
LONDON, Dec. 16, 2010: In a press release by Viron Therapeutics about the protective effects of VT-111 during stenting, the CEO of the company announced: “Although the use of cardiovascular stents have dramatically improved the outcomes for patients with occlusive coronary artery disease, numerous studies have shown that the procedure itself can cause what is termed peri-procedural myocardial injury (PMI),” …
Severe Chestpains and fainting
Q: I am a 51 year old woman who is fit and healthy, low cholesterol, low fat diet, no food before bedtime, low to average BP and pulse. Grandfather died of heart attack at 53 the other at 73, father died early of trauma, grandmothers died of heart disease in 80s & 90s. Have Raynauds, GORD nexium 40mg daily. long …
VT-111 results
Viron phase 2a data, published in leading cardiovascular journal, circulation: cardiovascular interventions. VT-111 results demonstrate statistically significant reduction in two key biomarkers of cardiac damage. LONDON, ON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ – Viron Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the results of Viron’s Phase 2a trial for VT-111 were published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. In the study led by Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, …