Chronic diseases like coronary heart disease (CHD), diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), cancers, and dementia are associated with over 80% of all healthcare costs and are the dominant cause of…
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) provides a more comprehensive assessment than clinic blood pressure, and has been reported to better predict health outcomes than clinic or home pressure. The Kahn…
Extracts of licorice root has been shown to reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol oxidation in mice and humans. Licorice root is considered one of the world’s oldest herbal remedies and comes…
Many heart patients require therapy beyond lifestyle to lower LDL-cholesterol (lowering Lipoprotein(a) cholesterol if elevated is another topic not often discussed but also important). The most common approach is a…
Dr. Joel Kahn: “I take exception to the headlines and the hype.” An article this week that attracted a lot of national media features a young cardiologist in California warning that,…
A large amount of my clinical care of patients over the last 30 plus years has been the assessment and management of a chronically high blood cholesterol level. This issue…
More than a billion people have high blood pressure (HBP) worldwide. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is the leading global cause of premature death, accounting for almost ten…
Quercetin, the most abundant dietary flavonol or pigment, has antioxidant effects that may benefit cardiovascular disease, cancer, degenerative brain disorders. Flavonoids like quercetin are present in, vegetables, fruits, grains, teas…
The ‘cult’ of butter in coffee and coconut oil in smoothies has been a strong movement led by some physicians and many online nutritionists. Contrary to their advice, research in…
Results of a large research study on patients taking blood pressure medication could improve hypertension control and reduce heart disease events. That’s an unusual impact from just one trial study,…
