Posted on July 12, 2013
How Should I Choose a Heart Doctor – All Insurance Accepted
Choosing a heart doctor may look like a complex process, but that process can be simplified if you break it down into manageable steps. The best way to do that is to use a combination of standard guidelines and your own intuition to make the best decision possible. First, start with the standard side of the equation.
A Heart Doctor Checklist
Your search probably starts with a referral either from your primary care physician or another specialist. At this stage it
Posted on July 10, 2013
How Do I Know If I Have Heart Disease – All Insurance Accepted
Globally speaking; our hearts are in bad shape. When compared to the rest of the world, Americans have the highest rate of heart disease on the map. Over 50% of our population suffers from some kind of cardiovascular condition. Compare that rate to India or even France and Africa and you
Posted on July 9, 2013
Is Family Heart Disease an Indictor
Family heart disease is a difficult topic for many readers. If you have a genetic pre-disposition for heart disease, it can feel like you are hopelessly doomed to contract a life-altering or deadly heart condition.
Thankfully, with genetic testing and heart scans family heart disease doesn
Posted on July 8, 2013
Does Heart Medication Have Side Effects
When it comes to heart medication, side effects are some of the first things that every patient confronts. Your experience can leave you wondering if the cure is truly worse than the disease. While it
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Can I Have Sex After Heart Surgery – All Insurance Accepted
Sex after heart surgery is a touchy subject. Luckily, it isn
Posted on July 6, 2013
How Long Should I Wait To Exercise After a Heart Attack – All Insurance Accepted
The recent death of actor James Gandolfini has brought renewed attention to the issues surrounding heart disease. Life after a heart attack can be very uncertain. It
Posted on July 5, 2013
Stroke v. Heart Attack – All Insurance Accepted
While it is widely known that the elderly are at the highest risk for both heart attack and stroke; many people fail to realize that both occurrences are cardiovascular conditions. It may seem odd to categorize them as such. Considering one effects the heart and the other the brain, but we will examine this relationship further by looking at stroke v heart attack.
Flow & Function
It should be clearly stated that this isn
Posted on July 4, 2013
How Do I Know if My Arteries are Clogged – All Insurance Accepted
Technically, clogged arteries are a big part of a condition called Atherosclerosis. The beginning stages of this condition are set in motion by an imbalance in your cholesterol intake.
Life on the Circulatory Highway
There are two kinds of cholesterol that affect your cardiovascular health:
1. L-DLC-bad cholesterol
2. H-DLC-good cholesterol
Cholesterol is naturally produced by your liver. Where you get into trouble is the bad cholesterol that is introduced by your diet. This is the cholesterol that causes clogged arteries.
Your arteries have 3 main layers:
1. Soft inner-lining
2. Muscular layer pushes blood through
3. Hard outer layer protects the artery
The soft lining of your arteries can get damaged. This allows bad cholesterol to enter into the artery walls. At this point, it
Posted on July 3, 2013
What is a Good Cholesterol Level – All Insurance Accepted
The link between heart disease and you cholesterol level has been making headlines for some time now. The rule of thumb that a lot of cardiologists use is that if your cholesterol level is 200 or higher you are at high-risk for a heart attack or stroke.
The Practice of Dinosaur Medicine
The trouble with this rule is that it doesn
Posted on July 2, 2013
How Do I Know if My Cholesterol is Too High – All Insurance Accepted
High cholesterol comes with an important distinction when compared with other heart disease risk factors: it has no preemptive symptoms other than angina, TIA
