At the Kahn Center it is routine to measure and Omega Index and a large percentage of patients are very low in Omega-3. This is true of those following a…
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There is much interest in strategies to address aging and prolong lifespan and healthspan. An industry has grown up of tests offered to measure “biological age”. These usually involve samples…
Although heart disease takes many more lives than dementia, people search for advice on avoiding dementia and express fear over developing dementia more frequently than efforts to prevent heart disease….
Everyone has heard of someone angry, yelling and then drops over dead. Why? Provoked anger is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease events. The underlying mechanism linking provoked…
In discussions with my patients at the Kahn Center for Cardiac Longevity, a routine question is asking about memory and cognitive function. It is surprising how often the response is…
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a specific kind of irregular heart beat that can be silent or symptomatic and impacts millions of people. We see many patients with AF at the…
Chelation therapy is an intravenous (and occasionally oral or rectal) therapy to remove toxic levels of heavy metals like mercury, lead, arsenic, and cadmium from the body and is approved…
The lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] field is rapidly evolving on many fronts, including understanding of the association between Lp(a) levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in different contexts, and how best to…
One of the most interesting stories in pharmaceuticals is the development of Viagra (sildenafil) as a heart medication that had an unexpected but happy side effect: effective treatment of erectily…
The risk of aging and developing memory loss and dementia is often a greater fear expressed by patients in my clinic than heart disease or cancer outcomes. Strategies to prevent…
