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Unfortunately, the first symptom of heart disease is far too often sudden cardiac death. This can occur at any point in life from in younger years to in the golden years. Making it important to be able to determine the risk of sudden death to organize preventive treatment. Devices that measure heart rate have the …
A study published in the European Heart Journal from the Cleveland Clinic has found that higher amounts of the sugar alcohol xylitol are associated with increased risks of cardiovascular events such as stroke and heart attack. The use of sugar substitutes, including sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, has increased significantly in processed foods that are promoted as …
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. There is much interest in strategies to address aging and prolong lifespan and healthspan. …
Cardiac amyloidosis is often referred to as the Alzheimer’s Disease of the heart, and it can be inherited or acquired. Systemic amyloidosis is an incurable disease in which abnormal amounts of proteins build up within tissues and organs. Progress in the treatment of cardiac amyloidosis has greatly improved prognosis, but the median survival remains low …
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. Everyone has heard of someone angry, yelling, and then dropping dead. Why? Provoked anger …
Endurance exercise and heart health, is there a definitive link? The idea that endurance exercise like running marathons and riding long distance bike races may be harmful rather than beneficial to the heart has been around for a very long time. In the year 490 BC, the fittest runner in Greece, Phiddipides, ran 26 miles …
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. At the Kahn Center, it is routine to measure an Omega Index and a …
A study led by a team of researchers from the Universities of East Anglia (UEA), Sheffield, and Leeds published in the European Heart Journal Open has made an important advancement in how heart failure is detected in women, by fine-tuning how magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is used to detect heart failure, making it more accurate, …
Article courtesy of Dr. Joel Kahn, MD, who is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine, one of the world’s top cardiologists, a best-selling author, lecturer, and a leading expert in plant-based nutrition and holistic care. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a specific kind of irregular heartbeat that can be silent …
Columbia University researchers have found cells inside clogged arteries share similarities with cancer and aggravate atherosclerosis, raising the possibility that anticancer drugs could be used to treat atherosclerosis and prevent heart attacks. Their study found that smooth muscle cells that normally line the inside of our arteries migrate into atherosclerotic plaques, change their cell identity, …