Heart Health Blog

Cardiovascular–Kidney–Metabolic (CKM) syndrome is a newly defined multisystem disorder that extends the traditional framework of metabolic syndrome by explicitl...

Pickleball has become a powerful source of positive emotion because it blends physical activity with playfulness, connection, and purpose. Its intergenerational...

Even when he was still in diapers, I was convinced my son Max was destined for the “big show” — Major League Baseball. I can still picture my wife’s expression ...

25 years ago, heart disease was the leading cause of death for both men and women. Back then, our research showed that despite the same amount of plaque buildup...

Most doctors are trained to treat heart attacks after they happen — but what if the real power lies in preventing them altogether? A new study confirms what pre...

One of the most fascinating projects I worked on as a young researcher asked a deceptively simple question: Does iron fuel clogged arteries? The idea wasn’t min...

In the mid-80s during my training at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, a landmark clinical trial reported that reducing high levels of low-density li...

I had always been a big fan of Charlie Hustle, having collected his ‘63 Rookie baseball card and then in ‘65 receiving the same 3 Rose cards in a single Topps p...

In a recent issue of the American College of Cardiology Magazine, my colleagues, Rupinder Bahniwal, MD, Tiffany Brazile, MD and I, reviewed how joy, laughter an...

As Lisa and I celebrate our wedding anniversary, I can’t help but flip through the highlight reel of our adventures together. There’s the honeymoon snapshot wit...

During my first year at Rutgers Medical School, I recall the excitement of my medical school professors, Darwin Prockop and Bjorn Olsen, as they recounted the r...

For Rutgers basketball fans, the 2024-2025 season was a calamitous disappointment, to say the least. After all, we had two of the most talented freshmen players...