HEART VALVE SURGERY STUDY

Would you get heart valve surgery if you didn’t have any symptoms? New research says many patients with a common heart valve problem should have performed a heart valve surgery. The study looks at a problem with the mitral valve, which is the... (Read more about HEART VALVE SURGERY STUDY)

Hospital Rankings Partially Accurate for Heart Patients

It appears that for heart attack patients, the rating by U.S. News & World Report may be justified. A new study published in the July edition of Archives of Internal Medicine found that patients treated at hospitals ranked by U.S. News & World... (Read more about Hospital Rankings Partially Accurate for Heart Patients)

Low Salt Heart Danger

It is dictum in the medical universe, that a low salt diet is a heart healthy way to eat. It’s common knowledge….like one plus one equals two. “The evidence is really not clear,” says Dr. Hillel Cohen, a public health expert at the Albert... (Read more about Low Salt Heart Danger)

PRE- HYPERTENSION TREATMENT

There is important new research out tonight that may be the start of a different approach in medicine: to treat high blood pressure before it even gets high. The fact is about 69 percent of people who have a first heart attack, 77 percent of... (Read more about PRE- HYPERTENSION TREATMENT)

Your First Visit

By Tauseef Ahmed, MD, FACP Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Oncology / Hematology at New York Medical College Your tests have come back. The news is not good and your doctor refers you to a specialist. Oncologist,... (Read more about Your First Visit)

holiday headaches

But that’s where the question lies: at what point does one really get life-protecting benefit from exercise--beyond the benefits of a better figure? (Read more about holiday headaches)