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High Cholesterol – Part 1 – Should I Take A Statin?

May 25, 2013 15148 1
Dr. Julian Booker

cholesterol thermometer

By Julian Booker, MD Should I take a statin? Statistics tell a story about groups of patients, not a single patient (you). What statistics can do is provide your physician with information about what therapies will probably be helpful for you. These statistics help your doctor identify therapies that may help you live longer and…

Filed Under: Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Cholesterol, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart disease, Low-density lipoprotein

How Much Exercise Should I Do?

May 24, 2013 3899 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

One of the big hurdles people wanting to get started with exercise face is not knowing what, or how much to do.  Everyone agrees that exercise is beneficial to health but sadly after this things seem to fall apart.  The problem is that everyone seems to disagree on what the right amount of exercise to…

Filed Under: Exercise Tagged With: Heart rate

Heart Failure – How Much Salt Can I Eat?

May 24, 2013 18494 5
Dr. Jason L. Guichard, MD, PhD

By Jason L. Guichard MD, PhD Even though the term “heart failure” sounds incurable and fatal, most patients with heart failure are still able to live long and healthy lives. The key to heart failure management is early diagnosis and treatment, including lifestyle changes. The treatment of heart failure is complex and individualized to each…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition, Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathies, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Congestive Heart Failure, heart disease, Heart failure

The Benefits Of Exercise

May 23, 2013 3874 0
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

By Murtaza Ahmed MD When it comes to our health, exercise is one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal, yet so many of us choose not to utilize it and aren’t gaining the benefits of exercise.  In the modern day world we have begun to see exercise as a chore, something…

Filed Under: Exercise, Risk & Prevention Tagged With: Heart rate, weight loss

Weight Loss Secrets – What’s in my food?

May 2, 2013 8127 1
Dr. Murtaza Ahmed

One of the key mistakes I see in so many diet plans and programs is telling people or clients what to eat without properly explaining why they should choose those foods.  After all we are all intelligent people capable of making our own decisions, so why is it suddenly ok to be dictated to on…

Filed Under: Diet & Nutrition Tagged With: carbohydrate, crash diet, eating a balanced diet, Losing Weight, protein

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