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Prediabetes – What is it and Who is at Risk?

December 18, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 2 Comments

Diabetes is one of the most significant chronic medical diseases that currently afflicts the population.  Diabetes should not in fact be seen as a disease in itself but rather as a causation of several other debilitating diseases.  Unlike, for example, chronic pulmonary disease which mainly effects one organ system (the lungs), diabetes causes coronary artery […]

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Blood sugar, Diabetes, pre-diabetes

Diabetes And Heart Disease

June 13, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 18 Comments

                                         Diabetes And Heart Disease By Julian Booker MD When I am in clinic, there are very few things that drive me crazier than trying to impress upon a patient the importance of managing their cardiovascular risk.  Diabetes and heart disease is an extremely important topic.  Once a patient has a heart attack or heart […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Angina, Anginal Equivalent, Blood sugar, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction), heart disease, Low-density lipoprotein, obesity, weight loss

High Triglycerides and My Heart

May 12, 2013 by Dr. Julian Booker 5 Comments

By Julian Booker MD Triglycerides are a type of fat found in your blood. Excess triglycerides are then stored in fat cells throughout your body. If you eat too many calories, it is a good bet that those extra calories will be triglycerides at some point. A normal triglyceride level is less than 150 mg/dl and […]

Filed Under: Coronary Artery Disease Tagged With: Blood sugar, Cardiovascular disease, heart disease, Lovaza, Low-density lipoprotein, Vascepa

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