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This blog explores how individuals can conduct their own experiments to maintain a steady blood glucose and avoid potentially unhealthy glucose spikes above 7.8 mmol/L (140 mg/dL).
Diastolic heart failure (often referred to as 'Heart failure with preserved Ejection Fraction' or 'HFpEF') arises from ventricular stiffening due to age, hypertension, and various other rarer heart conditions. The aging component of this process is unavoidable, but maintaining optimal blood pressure through midlife is achievable and, if successful, should prevent additional left ventricular stiffening attributed to hypertension. By regularly monitoring blood pressure and using effective medication, we can help patients live longer with healthier hearts.
For a cardiologist, beta blockers are a commonly used medication, possibly because we live in a high stress world and patients come to us with symptoms that are often improved by moderating the biological effects of our own adrenaline on the systems it was designed to protect.
When clots from the left atrial appendage dislodge, they can travel to various parts of the body, including the coronary artery, which receives about 5% of the blood from each heartbeat, or the cerebral arteries, accounting for approximately 20% of each cardiac cycle's output
I feel passionately that medicine has to change due to rising costs, complexity and manpower issues. Doctors and influencers need to get patients to take charge of their own health. My job has morphed from 'fixing broken hearts' to, quite literally, preventing them from getting broken in the first place.
A heart attack happens when the 'holes' in at least four layers align by chance. Understanding this model helps us realize that heart attack prevention involves more than dealing with just one factor, such as by taking a statin.