• Bits and pieces

    Updated: 2012-12-18 18:32:32
    Bits I always attempt to keep you my readers ahead of the curve.  On July 7, 2011 I published a blog post about a device and iPhone App that I believed would help many patients with their heart rhythm issues.  Many patients have episodic rhythms which trouble them but are very hard to capture.  The [...]

  • FREEDOM: CABG superior to PCI in diabetics

    Updated: 2012-12-16 19:29:34
    TweetDiabetes is one of the principle aetiological factors for coronary artery disease with vascular disease in diabetics displaying a particularly aggressive phenotype, often resulting in multivessel disease. Current evidence suggests that CABG is particularly beneficial in these patients as compared with PCI. however, much of this evidence was either gathered in the era before modern [...]

  • CETP inhibition fails to lower risk after ACS

    Updated: 2012-12-16 19:24:05
    TweetThe reduction of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels has been consistently shown to lead to cardiovascular benefits, but whilst in observational analyses higher levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) are associated with a lower risk of coronary events, it remains uncertain whether raising HDL therapeutically reduces cardiovascular risk. One strategy to increase HDL is through inhibition [...]

  • Aspirin…again

    Updated: 2012-12-13 21:28:33
    I have blogged about aspirin many times dating back to September 19, 2009.  Yes I have been doing this for a long time.  What is old is new again in an article published in Circulation online last week.  Entitled “Drug Resistance and Pseudoresistance: An Unintended Consequence of Enteric Coating Aspirin” (DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.117283), this article helps [...]

  • Cholesterol Drugs Potassium Iodide Atherosclerosis

    Updated: 2012-12-12 14:55:20
    Cholesterol Drugs for Arteries Plaque QUESTION Do cholesterol drugs get rid of plaque already built up in arteries ANSWER Hi , there It is very important for you to understand that the cholesterol lowering drugs are not removing the atherosclerotic plaque from the arteries . They generally have two main effects 1 making the plaque stable and 2 reducing the cholesterol concentration in your . organism It is normal for you to wonder what the cholesterol lowering pills are doing when they are not removing the plaque from your arteries . Keep in mind that the problem is not the existence of such . plaque The first real problem is the growth of certain atherosclerotic plaque because when the plaque is growing it can stop the blood flow , which is something we don’t want . Generally , these

  • Angels do walk the earth

    Updated: 2012-12-11 14:48:50
    This is a true story. It is a story about a patient, but it reflects the best that health care can do, and it brings several important issues into focus. The first issue is, “what is a hospital?” This simple question is not really defined in the American public’s mind. People seem to think that [...]

  • A stake through the heart (Part II): The rise of Gdufa

    Updated: 2012-12-06 19:40:44
    Who or what is Gdufa?  Is Gdufa the answer to the problem of generic drug manufacturing and the lack of transparency and accountability in the entire process?  Can we return to a time of naivety when we never thought or worried about this subject?  Should we return to that time? Gdufa stands for Generic Drug [...]

  • A stake through the heart (Part I)

    Updated: 2012-12-04 17:15:01
      There appears to be no bottom to it.  I have attempted to inform you, my readers, about a problem that no one has an answer to and very few people seem to care about.  It’s almost as if the phrase “what I don’t know can’t hurt me” has infected our entire national psyche.  The [...]

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