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Cashing In on the Mediterranean…Diet Wise

Cashing In on the Mediterranean…Diet Wise

Lately the study was terminated early in favor of both Mediterranean diets after a median follow up of just 4.8 years because of a 30% reduction in the combined endpoints of heart attacks, strokes and death from cardiovascular causes. The largest benefit came in the...
Denying Diabetes Through Diet And Drugs

Denying Diabetes Through Diet And Drugs

The incidence of diabetes is increasing here in Georgia and around the world at an alarming rate. Type 1 diabetes usually occurs in childhood. It is an autoimmune attack against the pancreas, the organ responsible for producing the hormone insulin, which in turn...
Mysterious Murmurs

Mysterious Murmurs

The iconic black stethoscope is synonomous with physicians. For cardiologists it is a key tool to unravel the mystery of heart murmurs. Murmurs occur due to the flow of blood through various chambers of the heart. We have two valves that connect the upper (atria) and...
Drug Interactions And The Heart

Drug Interactions And The Heart

In clinical research we test a new drug under a controlled and closely monitored setting. When the drug gets approved for general use the same safeguards are not in place, and many new drugs have subsequently been restricted or taken off the market because of drug to...