by PrevMedHealth | Jan 12, 2025 | Cholesterol Test, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes
The Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI) is a simple, non-invasive diagnostic tool that has revolutionized the way individuals and healthcare providers assess the risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and underlying cardiovascular conditions. While the ABI test has...
by PrevMedHealth | Dec 6, 2022 | Prediabetes & Diabetes
Today we’re going to talk about changing the game on obesity. This is one of the underpinnings of why we question whether or not somebody should be eating carbs. I just gave you a significant clue. It comes from a well-known obesity researcher at one of our...
by PrevMedHealth | Sep 27, 2022 | Diet, Inflammation, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes, Uncategorized
For this week’s blog, we are covering interesting evidence published in one of the most important medical journals, The New England Journal of Medicine. This article was published in December 2019 and had some findings that I know will be of interest to you....
by PrevMedHealth | Sep 6, 2022 | Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes
We’ve had many people ask about homocysteine. Homocysteine gets a little bit technical. It gets into things called poor methylators. ZdoggMD is a physician with a large social media following. He did a video on poor methylation. He said, “it’s real,...
by PrevMedHealth | Aug 9, 2022 | Inflammation, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes, Uncategorized
Vitamin D has different names, and that’s because there are a couple of other vitamins in the vitamin D group. Vitamin D3-cholecalciferol is the most common worldwide. In Vitamin D2, it is ergocalciferol Vitamin D is more than a vitamin. It’s a hormone,...
by PrevMedHealth | Jul 26, 2022 | Atrial fibrillation, Blood thinners, Prediabetes & Diabetes
This week’s blog discusses aspirin or other blood thinners. Blood thinner use is a far bigger topic than it seems. Aspirin is a blood thinner, but it’s different from other blood thinners, like Xarelto, Eliquis, or Coumadin. Xarelto & Eliquis are...
