Expect a conversation – the exam traditionally begins with you providing a medical history. Your doctor should have reviewed some of the medical information from your forms and any medical records available. Here’s just some examples of the information that the doctor is trying to obtain as well as some sample questions you might be... Read more
At work, your boss has decided to host a health fair as an expression of his concern for you and your co-workers’ welfare. Besides, he was told to have one by his bosses. The health fair is to be held at lunch time. After wolfing down a cheeseburger and fries in your office, you mosey on down to the health fair.Several stations have been... Read more
“Torcetrapib: the $800 million dollar failure”“Pfizer stock drops 10.6%!”“This spells the death of what is arguably the most important development at Pfizer!”These are just some of the headline grabbers I saw in December when Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker, announced that it was abandoning its research and development on its... Read more
After thoroughly bashing trans fatty acids in my last blog on dietary fat and cholesterol, I thought it only fair to round out the field with a brief comment on fat in general and how it affects cholesterol. What is fat? Fat is a naturally occurring substance that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms bonded together. It is one of the... Read more
It seems that nowadays all the attention concerning diet and heart disease risk centers around the consumption of fat and their effects on cholesterol levels. We know that saturated and trans fats are bad while unsaturated fats can be good for your cholesterol. Whatever happened to the relationship between eating cholesterol and your blood... Read more
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