by PrevMedHealth | Feb 7, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Stress
This week’s blog discusses a critical topic, muscle, and how muscle loss, also known as sarcopenia, affects cardiovascular health, especially in people over 65 years old. When we talk about muscle loss and frailty, the overlap is enormous. On a practical basis,...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 31, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque
Let’s talk about obesity; specifically, the obesity paradox, can fatter be healthier? This sounds like an odd affirmation; the bottom line is: yes, there are times when people can be healthier AND heavier. An example occurs with weight gain associated with...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 25, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Stress
If you read studies about the science of heart attack and stroke prevention, you’re going to see this term sooner or later – Mendelian randomization. The age of genetics is clearly upon us. It’s one of the things that epidemiologists study – ranging...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 18, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Supplements
In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed significant issues with the AIM-HIGH trial and how the results found there can be misinterpreted; this time, we will talk about the involvement of pharmaceutical companies and how research influenced the creation of new...
by PrevMedHealth | Jan 11, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Supplements
In part one of this series, we briefly described the conclusions of the AIM-HIGH study and how it impacted the opinion of health care professionals regarding the use of niacin; this time, we are going into the details of the AIM-HIGH study. At that time, doctors used...
by PrevMedHealth | Nov 29, 2021 | Inflammation, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes
In this week’s blog, I’m summarizing a really interesting conversation I had with Dr. Craig J Brown, about diabetic retinopathy. There are a lot of key concepts for you to digest and consider, if you already have insulin resistance and want to avoid some of the...
