Heart Health Blog

It’s hard to believe that not too long ago, revered athletes like Mickey Mantle and even our medical community promoted cigarette smoking! Yet despite the numer...

As my 30-plus years as a faculty member at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Medical Center has drawn to a close, I fondly recall 10 heart-relat...

As we get set to leave Baltimore for Philadelphia, I can’t help but reminisce of the great friendships and memories made in “Charm City”. As a baseball enthus...

While the holiday season is jovial and celebratory for the majority of Americans, it can also be a source of despondency and despair for others. This is especia...

It is well established that cardiovascular disease is disproportionately higher in blacks than in whites, Asians and Hispanics.  In fact, death from heart disea...

In our 3rd installment on “Trending Nutrition Controversies” by the American College of Cardiology’s Nutrition Workgroup and led by Dr. Monica Aggarwal, we desc...

A new study out this week and published in iScience found that fat cells play a major role in advancing brain aging and cognitive decline through Na,K+ATPase si...

A new study out this week has found that being diagnosed with elevated blood pressure at a young age, is associated with risk of early dementia. The study publi...

A new paper out this week led by my colleague, Dr. Teo Postolache raises the intriguing question as to whether patients prescribed statins have lower rates of p...

Observant physicians can identify important clues about the heart (and overall) health of their patients simply by being attentive to physical appearance and in...

This past week, I was delighted to receive my copy of “Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: Nutritional and Dietary Approaches” an important new ...

For decades, triglycerides (TGs) took the proverbial back seat in the lipid/lipoprotein hierarchy.  In recent years, however, TGs have gained increasing tractio...