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In The Press: Exercise and Obesity
A twelve year study of over 300,000 people has concluded that irrespective of waist size, the greatest risk of an early death was from inactivity....
Read MoreHappy New Year
“A great summary of the Ebola epidemic by the BBC” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29953765 Not a deadly as rabies, but worse than smallpox in terms of case fatality....
Read MoreDrug eluting stents are the best for the heart
Drug eluting stents (DES) have become the mainstay of treatment with coronary angioplasty, and the new generation seem safer than the previous versions, with less change...
Read Morewhat’s new with anti-platelet drugs?
Ever since since the modern era of treatment of heart attacks, we have use aspirin, blood thinning with heparins, and have hit the platelets, the...
Read MoreHDL “good” Cholesterol is hard to alter
Total Cholesterol (TC), LDL-Cholesterol (Bad cholesterol), and HDL-Cholesterol (good cholesterol, are measures of lipid levesl in the blood. Which level should you focus on? If...
Read MoreDabigatran perhaps not as safe as expected
As with many things, something new comes along and looks great. It gets approval from the great and good, and then problems appear. It was...
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