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Deanne Stein

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Stroke Survivor
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HIV, Cholesterol, and the Sex Talk with My Son

My son starts high school this week. How did that happen? It seems like he just started Kindergarten yesterday! Time flies too fast, it's hard to catch up. I look at my daughter in her car seat and I want to freeze time, because I know I'll blink and she'll be all grown up, too. I am excited for my son to start high school but worried at the same... Read moreChevron
posted 09/03/2008, comment (1)|
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Dr. Larry Weinrauch

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Alcohol Consumption and Heart Disease Prevention: How Much is Enough?

The newspapers these days seem to be full of studies that tell us that alcohol may be good for certain things (like preventing heart disease and stroke) while telling us that it's bad for other things (like the liver and memory). I am often asked by my patients, their family members, or friends how much alcohol is the "right amount." As far as the... Read moreChevron
posted 08/25/2008, comments (0)|
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HeartHawk

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Heart Health Consumer Advocate
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Debunking Cholesterol Treatments: A Consumer's Review

As a heart health consumer advocate, my two favorite activities are exposing fraudulent heart disease cures and, more importantly, shining a light on promising treatments. There continues to be robust research into a number of novel therapies, backed by hard science, that offer hope to all heart disease sufferers.   One such therapy is... Read moreChevron
posted 08/20/2008, comments (3)|
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Craig Stoltz

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Health Journalist
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Vytorin: Three Things You Need to Know

Another week, another set of studies calling into question the benefits and risks of a widely used drug. This time it's Vytorin, a cholesterol-lowering drug that combines a statin (in this case Zocor) with a drug that lowers bad cholesterol a different way (Zetia, aka ezetimibe).  As usual, the story is getting political (Congressional... Read moreChevron
posted 04/01/2008, comment (1)|
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Heather Reese

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Nutrition Expert
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Keep Your Heart in Tick Tock Shape

Fifty percent of Americans have high cholesterol, according to recent statistics from the American Heart Association (AHA). Worse yet, 17 percent of Americans have a blood cholesterol level over 240, which puts them at high risk for heart attack and stroke. These rates are alarming, but there is something we can do about it! Many people can... Read moreChevron
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