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More Atherosclerosis
As mentioned in my previous discussion about atherosclerosis, heart and vascular disease combined, including stroke and PAD, are the number one causes of death and disability. The underlying root...
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Stop Smoking Stop Atherosclerosis
In my previous discussion I outlined the damaging effects of tobacco use on the cardiovascular system. However, the damage is not limited to the heart and circulatory system. Smoking causes damage...
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Increase of Statins Based on Cardiovascular Risk Calculator
Statins are the drugs which are used for the treatment of elevated cholesterol. They have been shown to reduce heart events, especially in people with a known history of heart disease. In a previous...
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Can Obesity be Considered Healthy?
It is no secret that there is an epidemic of obesity, not only in the United States, but also the world. I know from taking care of patients for nearly forty years that people with obesity are at an...
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Study Confirms Healthy Lifestyle Impacts Cardiovascular Health
In the course of my thirty-seven years taking care of patients, I have seen firsthand how lifestyle impacts a person’s health. Invariably, those people who exercised regularly, ate a healthy diet,...
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What Has Been Lost: The Art of the Practice of Medicine
Recently a committee from a heretofore prestigious medical organization called the American College of Physicians came out with an opinion concerning the “routine” pelvic exam. As a physician, I have...
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What is Evidence-Based Medicine?
As HealthFair has grown and developed relationships with hospitals in multiple states, and as the scope of services has expanded, the discussion, when speaking with the hospital’s physician staff,...
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Evidence-Based Medicine: Can We Rely Upon the Integrity of Published Research?
For those of you who read my recent editorial addressing the concept of evidence-based medicine, you understand that to rely exclusively upon published randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is fraught...
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Obesity: The National Epidemic
Earlier, I wrote an educational post on the frightening increase in the incidence of obesity in both the adult and childhood populations. For those of you who read the piece, you know that obesity...
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Echocardiogram is an Invaluable Tool
Recently a journal article was brought to my attention since it possibly pertained to the work HealthFair performs by offering focused echocardiograms to the general population. The article was in the...
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