Understanding Heart Palpitations: A Guide for Patients

Palpitations are the uncomfortable feeling that you're aware of your own heartbeat. People describe them in different ways, a racing or fluttering heart, a pounding in your chest, feeling like your heart skipped a beat, or even a pounding sensa...

Marijuana and Heart Disease: What You Need to Know

As marijuana becomes legal in more places across the United States, it's important to understand how it affects your heart. Recent research shows that using marijuana can increase your risk of serious heart problems, including heart attacks, stroke...

The Menopause Guidelines In Plain English

This document serves as the primary guidebook for doctors and healthcare professionals on how to safely and effectively prescribe hormone therapy (HT) to women going through menopause.

At its core, the statement concludes that hormone therapy remains the s...

Nattokinase And The Appeal of Natural Clot Busters

In the age of social media health trends, nattokinase, an enzyme derived from fermented soybeans, has gained popularity as a "natural" way to prevent blood clots and heart attacks. Proponents claim it can dissolve dangerous clots and keep arteries ...

Vitamin K2 and Arterial Health: Can It Really "Unclog" Arteries?

A lot of people online are asking if vitamin K2 can help stop calcified plaque progression or cause plaque regression. The answer is no. There are multitudes of studies done on this topic and it just does not work.

There is currently no ...

Does Low LDL Cause Cancer?

You've seen the headlines, "Low LDL Causes Cancer". This is obviously is not true. But how can you explain this? This is due to phenomenon called, "Reverse Causality".

What Is Reverse Causality?

Reverse causality is when scientists think A causes B, but it actually t...

How Salt Affects Your Heart Health

Eating too much salt raises your blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. When scientists studied thousands of people in research trials, they found that cutting back on salt lowered blood pressure in almost everyone—whether they ha...

The Wellness Economy: Big Business, Big Claims, and How to Tell the Difference

The “wellness industry” is not a single sector, it’s a sprawling ecosystem of products, services, and health-adjacent businesses that range from ordinary self-care (fitness, sleep, nutrition) to highly engineered medical-a...

🍎 Eat for a Healthy Heart

Hey kids!

I'm a heart doctor and I take care of adults that have heart disease! I don't ever want you to be my patient. There are things you can do now to prevent yourself from ever being my patient.

It's never too early to start taking care of your heart! Even if you ar...

Foods That Lower Blood Pressure: Cardiologist's Evidence-Based Guide

If you want to lower blood pressure, you don't need a "superfood." What you actually need is a pattern.

The most evidence-supported eating approach for blood pressure is a heart-healthy pattern often called DASH (Dietary Approach...