Heart Health Blog

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

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Happy 104th Birthday to a Most Remarkable Man

My father-in-law Paul, was born on this date (October 17) in 1916, two years before the dreaded Spanish Flu Pandemic and more than a decade before the Great Dep...

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COVID-19Health & Wellness

COVID-19: Do Masks Really Work?

Now that the President, First Lady and others have contracted COVID-19, presumably linked to last week’s Rose Garden Event where COVID restrictions were neither...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Where are the 5 Heart-Healthiest Communities?

Recently U.S. News & World Report published a list of the overall healthiest communities in the nation. Check out Kristen Fischer’s piece in Verywell Health tha...

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COVID-19Health & Wellness

The COVID-19 Heart: Scientific Sense

This past week, I had the pleasure of being a guest on Gill Eapen’s Podcast, “Scientific Sense” where we discussed the latest evidence related to COVID-19 and t...

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COVID-19Health & Wellness

Back To College in the COVID-19 Era

With one of my daughters returning to college over the weekend, I reminded her that she needs to remain diligent both on and off campus, to wear a mask, to soci...

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Nutrition Controversies

Back To College in the COVID Era

With one of my daughters returning to college over the weekend, I reminded her that she needs to remain diligent both on and off campus, to wear a mask, to soci...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Finding the Heart Healthy “Sweet Spots” as you Age

This article was adapted from my piece in yesterday’s Baltimore Times. Overall death rates from heart and blood vessel disease are down, thanks to improved prev...

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Health & WellnessRelationships

Taking the Road Less Traveled… to Help Others

Last week, My daughter started medical school in her quest to help others. But the road she took was less traveled compared to many of us, including yours truly...

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COVID-19Health & Wellness

Where Has All the COMMON SENSE Gone?

Two of the many things I vividly remember about my grandfather, a product of the Greatest Generation and a 25 year veteran of the U.S. postal service, was to 1)...

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Health & WellnessHeart Health

Cannabis and Your Heart: Unresolved Issues

This past week, the American Heart Association released its long awaited scientific statement on the effects of cannabis on cardiovascular health. This document...

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