Heart Health Blog

215 articles on preventive cardiology, lifestyle medicine, and evidence-based heart health.

Health & WellnessHeart Health

TEAing up for Heart Health

One of my fondest childhood memories was visiting my great-grandmother.  Her savory Hungarian cuisine was inevitably topped off with a slice of homemade Gerbeau...

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Historical Engagements

Do You Know Your Lp(a) Level?

While many of us know our cholesterol (including both good [HDL] and the bad [LDL] levels), I bet that very few can say the same about Lipoprotein(a), also know...

5 min read
Historical Engagements

Do Lifestyle Therapies Improve ED?

It has been estimated that ED (erectile dysfunction) affects approximately 50% of men aged 40 years and older. If you don’t believe me, all you have to do is li...

2 min read
Historical Engagements

Which Diets Are Favored by Cardiologists?

Having served as a member of the American Heart Association (AHA) Council on Lifestyle and Metabolic Health and the American College of Cardiology Nutrition & L...

3 min read
Historical Engagements

Optimizing Emotional Health During COVID-19 & Beyond

When it comes to face-to-face (or teleconference) discussions with your physician/health care professional as it relates to risk factors for heart disease, it i...

2 min read
Historical Engagements

The 2 Faces of High HDL

Recently, my former college classmate and long-standing colleague, Dr. Annabelle Rodriguez, published an intriguing review on the paradox of high HDL that detai...

3 min read
Historical Engagements

Secrets to Successful Cardiovascular Aging

This past week, a state-of-the art review entitled “Cardiovascular Aging and Longevity” was published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. As I...

3 min read
COVID-19Health & Wellness

4 Reasons to be Optimistic about COVID in 2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic serving as the most physically and emotionally distressing health event of 2020, there are a number of reasons for optimism that new ...

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COVID-19Historical Engagements

My Bout with COVID

After writing numerous blogs throughout 2020 on ways to protect yourself from COVID-19, the cruel irony was being diagnosed with COVID last month. But in my c...

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