Heart Health Blog

Cerebrum editor Bill Glovin’s monthly interviews with top scientists who discuss their research-based articles, their personal stories, and how their work has t...

In the current issue of the American Association of Therapeutic Voice AATH (Humor Voice), I was asked to comment on the connection between laughter and suppress...

Together with my colleague, Dr. Stanley Hazen, a pioneer in studying the relationship between the gut and heart, our team recently published a paper showing for...

Listed below is an excerpt from an article I wrote in the current issue of Cerebrum, published by the Dana Foundation on ways to reduce day-to-day stress and li...

In the May issue of the Center for Science in the Public Interest’s (CSPI) informative publication, Nutrition Action Newsletter, a number of “controversies that...

As pink cherry blossoms snowed down on a delightfully cool and windy April morning, my wife Lisa took advantage of the majestic scenery to practice some yoga po...

Let’s face it, the foot is pretty easy to neglect. It is an amazing piece of architecture housing 25% of all joints. It is our foundation for the body’s upper s...

New research indicates that a good marriage indeed protects the heart. For example, a study of 2262 middle-aged Finnish men (average age, 53 years) followed for...

Believe it or not, making a New Year’s resolution increases the likelihood that your resolution will succeed by ~10-fold (although sometimes it may seem like ye...

As 2018 comes to an end, it’s time once again to reflect on observations made during this year as we build upon new experiences in 2019 and beyond aiming to imp...

This past week the American Heart Association released a Scientific Statement on the safety of statins, chaired by Dr. Connie Newman.  Serving as a co-author wi...

Five years into the making, the new cholesterol guidelines build upon the previous 2 guidelines that were released in 2001 and 2013, respectively.  The new guid...