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What is a TIA? Transient Ischemic Attack Explained

November 16, 2022 by Philip Johnson, MD, PhD Leave a Comment

Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke, and every year more than 795,000 people suffer from a stroke. Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA), also known as a “mini-stroke,” is a stroke where blood flow to the brain is blocked only for a short time. It is often a precursor to a full stroke […]

Filed Under: General Health, Vascular Disease Tagged With: Diabetes, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), mini stroke, Stroke, transient ischemic attack

TREATMENT FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY

September 15, 2022 by Alain Bouchard, MD 1 Comment

This article was written in collaboration with Dr. Timothy Garvey, MD. Professor; Director, Diabetes Research Center TREATMENT FOR OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY The prevalence of obesity, defined as excess body fat causing compromise to health, has increased over the last few decades. It is estimated that up to 49% of the world’s population and 70% of […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Featured Articles Tagged With: BMI, Body Mass Index, Diabetes, obesity, Overweight, Treatment

Gut Microbiota: An Important Factor in the Effectiveness of Exercise to Prevent and Mitigate Diabetes

August 18, 2020 by Martin Juneau, MD Leave a Comment

Escherichia coli, part of the gut microbiota.

In this article from February 1, 2020, Dr. Martin Juneau of the Montreal Heart Institute looks at an important factor — gut microbiota — in the effectiveness of exercise to fight diabetes. OVERVIEW In overweight, prediabetic and sedentary men, exercise-induced changes in the gut microbiota are correlated with improvements in blood sugar control and insulin […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Featured Articles Tagged With: Diabetes, diet, exercise, pre-diabetes

Benefits of Coffee : Getting To The Heart Of The Matter

March 15, 2015 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 12 Comments

coffee and your heart

Decades ago in the 70’s and 80’s there was a flurry of articles published in major medical journals that implicated coffee drinking as a risk factor for heart attacks. It was reported that the risk was related to the amount of coffee consumed: the more coffee, the higher the risk. But as research techniques improved, […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, Hypertension (High Blood Pressure), Stroke

Metformin Weight Loss – Does it Work?

November 26, 2014 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 201 Comments

Metformin Weight Loss

Metformin weight loss claims are something that are often talked about by health professionals to be one of the benefits of commencing metformin therapy, but are they true? This is Similar to Phentermine. At myheart.net we’ve helped millions of people through our articles and answers. Now our authors are keeping readers up to date with cutting […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Diabetes, Losing Weight, weight loss

The Insulin Resistance Diet – Fat, Fat and More Fat

July 9, 2014 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed 5 Comments

The Insulin Resistance Diet – Fat, Fat and More Fat

The Insulin resistance diet is the holy grail in reversing and treating diabetes, but it is not as elusive as you may think. For the purpose of this article, when I refer to the insulin resistance diet, I imply a diet that helps to reduce or prevent insulin resistance and I use it interchangeably with […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health Tagged With: Diabetes, high fat diet, Losing Weight, weight loss

Do Artificial Sweeteners Cause Insulin Release?

May 5, 2014 by Dr. Mustafa Ahmed 11 Comments

Artificial Sweeteners & Insulin

 Mustafa Ahmed MD Do Artificial Sweeteners Cause Insulin Release – Why Do People Care So Much? The search for the answer has reached almost mythical status, and is most commonly asked by those following a low carbohydrate diet, such as the Atkins diet. Lets briefly look at the theory behind the Atkins diet, which is […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: Diabetes, Nutrition & Supplements, weight loss

Are Carbohydrates The Real Enemy?

March 12, 2014 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed Leave a Comment

Donut as Part of High Fat Diet

For decades fat has been labeled as the enemy when it comes to obesity, diabetes and a whole range of health problems. In the medical world it has been blamed for the deposition of plaques in arteries and the cause of high cholesterol, and in the fitness world it is deemed the reason why people […]

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Health Tagged With: carbohydrate, Diabetes, Losing Weight, obesity, paleo diet, protein, weight loss

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

The 35-45 year old health check – (Part III) – The Physical Examination

October 1, 2013 by Dr. Murtaza Ahmed Leave a Comment

  By Murtaza Ahmed MD So hopefully before reading this you have already read Part I and Part II and understand why it is so important that you have a health check and what kind of things should have been focused on in the history.  Only after a good thorough history has been taken should […]

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Blood pressure, Cardiovascular disease, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), Diabetes, heart disease, obesity

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