209 articles on preventive cardiology, lifestyle medicine, and evidence-based heart health.
Our new review paper out this week entitled “A Fishy Topic: VITAL, REDUCE-IT, STRENGTH and Beyond; Putting Omega-3 Fatty Acids into Practice in 2021” was design...
A new study shows that lifting weights/resistance training 2 or more days a week for as little as 30 minutes per session is associated with or a 20-30% lower ri...
As kids, many of us were told to eat our fish because it was “brain food”. Evolutionarily speaking, expansion of early human (hominid) brains occurred with cons...
It’s been nearly a century since Wheaties featured Lou Gehrig as the first of many star athletes to grace the cereal box cover and represent “the breakfast of C...
Clues revealed during physical examination can inform physicians and other health care providers about potential heart related concerns. In this regard, examin...
Several new studies out this year continue to point in a favorable direction when it comes to your morning (and afternoon) cup of java as it related to cardiova...
The original proverb, “Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread,” is well recognized in its simplified form (“an apple a d...
In last week’s post, I highlighted differences between two omega 3 preparations, 1) purified EPA (Icosapent ethyl) and 2) combination of EPA/DHA as it relates t...
This past week, the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) virtual scientific sessions included several presentations that centered around the relationship betw...
The year was 1979. As a first-year medical student at Rutgers, I still vividly recall the enthusiasm of our famed biochemistry professors (Drs. Bjorn Olsen and...
In case you missed it, World Laughter Day was celebrated this past Sunday. Yet, our understanding of laughter’s influence on the cardiovascular system continue...
As a writing member for an American College of Cardiology Workgroup, we are tasked with interesting and timely topics related to cardiovascular disease preventi...