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I’ve seen Richard Holbrooke on the news since the Vietnam War. I didn’t quite appreciate how decent and exceptional a man he was until his death yesterday. Heart problems continue to alter history; this is a major loss for the Forces of Good. Sometimes history is decided by the slimmest of margins, as are our [...]
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National Institute of Health Why Blood Cholesterol Matters Blood cholesterol plays an important part in deciding a person’s chance or risk of getting coronary heart disease (CHD). The higher your blood cholesterol level, the greater your risk. That’s why high blood cholesterol is called a risk factor for heart disease. Did you know that heart [...]
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Cardiobrief Landslide of Lancet papers suggest importance of blood pressure variability March 11, 2010 Larry Husten Excerpt from the article: In one Article, a cohort study, Rothwell’s team found that visit-to-visit variability of systolic blood pressure was a strong predictor of stroke, heart failure, angina, and myocardial infarction, independent of mean blood pressure. By contrast [...]
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Medical News Today June 19, 2010 It is estimated that high blood pressure is being misdiagnosed in approximately 40% of all instances when measured with traditional single clinic measurement. Its major disadvantage is that the limited number of measurements bears no relationship to the variability of blood pressure over the 24-hour period. ABPM, on the [...]
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — While policymakers spent much of 2009 focused on healthcare legislation, more Americans reported being diagnosed with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, depression, and cancer. High blood pressure continues to be the most prevalent chronic condition in the United States, with 30.6% of adults reporting having been diagnosed with it in 2009, [...]
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University of Washington (UW) researchers have gathered evidence that dangerous plaques in blood vessels can rupture by overproducing protein-digesting enzymes. Plaques are fat-laden rough spots in the otherwise smooth walls of arteries. When a plaque ruptures, blood accumulates inside of it, a process known as plaque hemorrhage. The plaque enlarges and artery-blocking clots can form. [...]
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