Heart Disease: Articles
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States — yet much of it is preventable and, in some cases, partially reversible when the underlying drivers are properly identified and addressed. These articles go beyond the standard risk-factor checklist to explore mechanisms, missed tests, and integrative interventions that can change the trajectory of cardiovascular disease.
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171 articles on Heart Disease
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Taking Supplements the Correct Way
Read more →: Taking Supplements the Correct WayHeart Attack PreventionHeart Disease While the incorporation of supplements into one’s diet can be beneficial, it can often be confusing to figure out how to take them properly. With all the different types of vitamins, minerals, and other supplements, it can be difficult to figure out the right way to get the most out of…
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Long Island Nutrition and Wellness
Read more →: Long Island Nutrition and WellnessHeart Attack PreventionHeart Disease It is important to be mindful to have good nutrition every day. Eating healthy and making good decisions when it comes to your health are a big part of leading a full and healthy lifestyle. Nutrition and wellness is very important for every person along with physical exercise. Both will reduce…
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How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally: An Integrative Cardiologist’s Evidence-Based Guide
Read more →: How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally: An Integrative Cardiologist’s Evidence-Based GuideCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) How to lower cholesterol naturally is one of the questions Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M is most frequently asked — by patients who want to avoid medication, by patients already on statins who want to do more, and by patients whose cholesterol numbers have…
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Stress and Heart Disease: The Biological Mechanisms and What Actually Helps
Read more →: Stress and Heart Disease: The Biological Mechanisms and What Actually HelpsHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHypertensionMetabolic Syndrome Stress and heart disease have a relationship that is direct, measurable, and far more consequential than most cardiovascular guidelines reflect. Chronic psychological stress is an independent cardiovascular risk factor — not merely a lifestyle concern — with effects on the heart that operate through concrete biological mechanisms. As an integrative…
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Current Genetic Research for Heart Arrhythmia
Read more →: Current Genetic Research for Heart ArrhythmiaArrhythmiasHeart Disease Arrhythmia is somewhat of an autological word as it it literally means ‘symptomatic lack of rhythm’. The most rhythmic organ in the human physiology is the heart, which maintains a specific pace in accordance to strength of the organ and stature of the body. When someone is diagnosed with arrhythmia it could describe…
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Integrative Cardiac Care for Heart Palpitations
Read more →: Integrative Cardiac Care for Heart PalpitationsArrhythmiasHeart Disease Heart palpitations are feelings of rapid fluttering or pounding that people experience in their heart, but can be felt in the chest, throat, or neck as well. They can be triggered by stress, exercise, medication, or rarely, a medical condition. Heart palpitations can make you feel like your heart is skipping a beat…
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Statin Side Effects: What They Are, What Helps, and Natural Alternatives — An Integrative Cardiologist’s Guide
Read more →: Statin Side Effects: What They Are, What Helps, and Natural Alternatives — An Integrative Cardiologist’s GuideCoronary Artery DiseaseHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseHigh Cholesterol & Lp(a) Statin side effects are one of the most common reasons patients seek out Dr. Regina Druz, MD, MBA, FACC, FMCP-M at Holistic Heart Centers — either because they’ve experienced them and want alternatives, or because they’re trying to understand whether their symptoms are statin-related before making…
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The importance of metabolic testing for weight loss
Read more →: The importance of metabolic testing for weight lossHeart DiseaseMetabolic Syndrome Losing weight in Nassau County can be a difficult and stressful process for many people and your metabolism is a large part of it. Metabolism is the chemical processes that happen within a living organism in order to maintain life. When attempting to lose weight, it is important to learn as much…
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The benefits of monitoring your heart rate during a workout
Read more →: The benefits of monitoring your heart rate during a workoutHeart Disease Exercising is great for your body for a number of different reasons, but working out the right way is even more important. One way to determine whether or not you are working your body too hard or not working your body hard enough is to monitor your heart rate through the duration of…
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Nutrition 101: Fats
Read more →: Nutrition 101: FatsHeart Attack PreventionHeart DiseaseMetabolic Syndrome If you were around during the 1990’s, you should remember the low-fat/high-carb dietary fad that swept across the United States. Shelves were packed with “reduced fat” chips, cookies, and crackers, and while we have come along way in nutritional knowledge to know that these food items are not actually healthy…
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Join Me to Support American Heart Association Go Red For Women Campaign!
Read more →: Join Me to Support American Heart Association Go Red For Women Campaign!Heart DiseaseMenopausal Heart Join me to support American Heart Association Go Red For Women campaign, and raise awareness about heart disease! Heart disease continues to be a number one killer of women. Major cardiology trials traditionally excluded women, and most of the treatments were validated and investigated in men. American Heart Association supports community effort…
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A Word About Supplements
Read more →: A Word About SupplementsHeart Attack PreventionHeart Disease The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) has been an important and, of course, controversial rule released by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. After attempts to restrict supplement industry failed amid intense lobbying effort, FDA agreed to the proposal by Sen. Orin Hatch to provide guidelines for…
Heart Disease Is Not Inevitable.
The drivers behind heart disease — inflammation, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, hormonal shifts — are identifiable and addressable. The HeartWell Step 1 Explore visit uncovers what is driving yours and builds a plan to address it.