by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 15, 2022 | Heart Health
To find out if they could predict how long an older person will continue to live, Duke University researchers used 1507 blood samples and lifestyle data from participants in the D-EPESE study that was conducted in New Haven, CT, in 1992. Participants were at least 71...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 24, 2022 | Heart Health
A respected group of researchers found that after a patient had a heart attack, taking one pill containing three heart drugs was more effective than taking similar prescribed drugs in separate pills during three years of follow-up (New Engl J of Med, August 26, 2022)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 9, 2022 | Heart Health
A study of 14,392 individuals with high blood pressure, followed for 5-10 years, found that those who adopted a healthful lifestyle along with taking medication had a much lower risk for suffering heart attacks and lived significantly longer than those who treated...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 6, 2022 | Heart Health
The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has advised against people aged 60 and older taking aspirin for primary heart attack prevention because of their increased risk for bleeding into the brain or gastrointestinal tract (JAMA, published online April 26,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 2, 2022 | Heart Health
Your blood pressure can vary so much throughout the day that a single measurement in a doctor’s office can give you a diagnosis of high blood pressure when you don’t have it, or miss high blood pressure when you do have it. I think that everyone should have a blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 19, 2021 | Heart Health
Very aggressive control of high blood pressure helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes and premature death far more effectively than less stringent control (N Engl J Med, 2021 May 20;384(20):1921-1930). You cannot cure high blood pressure with drugs, you can only...
