by NSC Cardiology Team | Feb 8, 2021
One of the most common questions I am asked in my clinic is what supplements do you recommend to protect against heart disease. The answer is both simple…NONE… and complex… depends on what you mean by a supplement.A landmark study entitled INTERHEART...
by NSC Cardiology Team | Feb 8, 2021
Cardiologists seem to have a facination with blood. More specifically … they love to thin blood! To understand our fascination, one needs to understand how heart attacks occur. Within our body are small plaques that look like pimples on the surface of blood...
by NSC Cardiology Team | Feb 8, 2021
February is heart month and you can show your heart some love through the benefits of exercise. If you are like me, the winter has taken a toll on the waistline and weight. In the landmark INTERHEART study 3 risk factors were deemed protective; daily consumption of...
by NSC Cardiology Team | Feb 8, 2021
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...
by NSC Cardiology Team | Feb 8, 2021
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...
by NSC Cardiology Team | Feb 8, 2021
As American we have the dubious distinction of being the most overweight country in the world. Much of this can be attributed to a “toxic” lifestyle we have become accustomed to. We eat too much (super sizing and unlimited buffets) yet we exercise too little (drive...
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