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High Hopes for Heart Failure Help

High Hopes for Heart Failure Help

Since my original article on heart failure in the December 2012 issue of this magazine we have come a long way in terms of the treatment of heart failure. Heart failure is categorized into groups. The most common is called heart failure with reduced ejection fraction...
OMEGA-3: A Heart Healthy Fish Tale

OMEGA-3: A Heart Healthy Fish Tale

Observational studies in the 1970s first identified a relationship between fish consumption and reduced cardiovascular disease in the Eskimo population. Subsequent broader population-based studies confirmed these findings and since then fish oil supplements have been...
Social Distancing and Biometrics Bridging The Gap

Social Distancing and Biometrics Bridging The Gap

We are living in unprecedented times with a pandemic that has put the entire world in temporary social isolation. While social distancing (6 feet rule, masks) and shelter in place orders have become the norm they make it difficult for individuals with heart conditions...
Revisiting Inflammation In The Covid World

Revisiting Inflammation In The Covid World

Hopes that the COVID 19 coronavirus pandemic would diminish with the warmer weather did not materialize. Instead we are preparing to deal with ongoing viral spread through the fall and winter months while concurrently dealing with bacterial pneumonias and the common...
Women, Hearts, And Health

Women, Hearts, And Health

Thanks to high profile awareness programs like the Red Dress Campaign and Go Red for Wo m e n there is increased recognition that heart disease is the number one cause of death in women. We have made great strides in reducing cardiovascular death rates but since 1984,...