As the head of our state’s leading public health agency, I track a seemingly endless list of threats to the health, safety and wellbeing of New Yorkers. Some…
Read more Op-Ed | How we’re fighting a leading cause of death for New Yorkers | amNewYorkPeople with genetic mutations that leave them with an LDL cholesterol of 30 mg/dL live exceptionally long lives. Can we duplicate that effect with drugs? Data extrapolated from…
Read more How Low Can LDL Cholesterol Go on PCSK9 Inhibitors? | NutritionFacts.orgWhy might healthy lifestyle choices wipe out 90% of our risk for having a heart attack, while drugs may only reduce risk by 20% to 30%? On the…
Read more How to Beat Heart Disease Before It Starts | NutritionFacts.orgSkepticism reigns supreme in America, and it’s been my experience that men over 50 reside on the more skeptical end of the continuum. It takes strong and substantial…
Read more Strong relationships provide the willpower needed to sustain a healthy lifestyleIf the microbiome of those eating plant-based diets protects against the toxic effects of TMAO, what about swapping gut flora? “Almost 2,500 years ago, Hippocrates stated that ‘All…
Read more Can Vegan Fecal Transplants Lower TMAO Levels? | NutritionFacts.orgThese four key healthy cat diet tips will help you understand how to use food to keep your feline friend lean and full of energy! Obesity is a…
Read more 4 Healthy Cat Diet Tips to Prevent Obesity | Animal Wellness MagazineA golden retriever is being lauded as “the first responder” who helped saved her owner’s life when he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of the night.…
Read more Polly the dog to be crowned a “CPR Hero” for helping save her owner’s life during a cardiac arrestThe American Medical Association passed a resolution encouraging hospitals to offer healthy plant-based food options. “Globally, 11 million deaths annually are attributable to dietary factors, placing poor diet…
Read more Plant-Based Hospital Menus | NutritionFacts.orgWASHINGTON — WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman says he has returned home to his family in Pennsylvania after being hospitalized due to what his office said was…
Read more Fetterman says he’s back home after a fall put the Pennsylvania senator in the hospitalHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman had what his office says was a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” that caused him to feel light-headed and fall during an…
Read more Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall, His Office Says(CNN) — Global rates of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in childhood and adolescence have nearly doubled since 2000, putting more kids at risk for poor health later in life. “In…
Read more Rates of high blood pressure in children have nearly doubled in 20 yearsWASHINGTON (AP) — Don’t lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That’s the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement.…
Read more A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don’t lose sleep over itWASHINGTON — Don’t lose sleep over headlines linking melatonin to heart failure. That’s the message after some scary-sounding reports about a preliminary study involving the sleep-related supplement. It…
Read more A study questions melatonin use and heart health but don’t lose sleep over itTreat the underlying cause of chronic lifestyle diseases. It’s been said that more than 2,000 years ago, Hippocrates declared, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy…
Read more Treat the Cause | NutritionFacts.orgHaving a “normal” cholesterol level in a society where it’s normal to die from a heart attack isn’t necessarily a good thing. “Consistent evidence” from a variety of…
Read more Ideal vs. Normal Cholesterol Levels | NutritionFacts.orgWhat are the pros and cons of relative risk, absolute risk, number needed to treat, and average postponement of death when taking cholesterol-lowering statin drugs? In response to…
Read more A Longer Life on Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgA Mayo Clinic visualization tool can help you decide if cholesterol-lowering statin drugs are right for you. “Physicians have a duty to inform their patients about the risks…
Read more The Real Benefits of Statins and Their Side Effects | NutritionFacts.orgWhat is the dirty little secret of drugs for lifestyle diseases? Drug companies go out of their way—in direct-to-consumer ads, for example—to “present pharmaceutical drugs as a preferred…
Read more Are We Being Misled About the Benefits and Risks of Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgHow can you calculate your own personal heart disease risk to help you determine if you should start on a cholesterol-lowering statin drug? The muscle-related side effects from…
Read more Should You Take Statins? | NutritionFacts.orgDr. Ramneek Dosanjh got married young. But before long, she says her marriage dissolved into a cycle of control and domestic violence. “Within a week of meeting and…
Read more Women who experienced stalking or obtained restraining orders have higher risk of heart disease, study finds