If you are like me, you get inspired to make diner using a recipe that promises fun to eat, quick and easy to make and especially, not too expensive. All too often however, there are leftovers, or you get bored with the recipe and want to move on to something else. As a result, the overall costs are more than …
I feel these new extra heart beats
Q: Im 56 years old. 6 ft and weigh 180.In good health. Last checkup everything was fine. Perfect ekg heart checked out ok lungs clear. My question to you is recently I have been experiencing unusual skips in my heart.I am used to the normal skipped beats and had them all my life ,sometimes aware of them and sometimes not.But …
Cooking videos
Hi there, I am Chef Piet, If you go to Cooking with Piet, our new recipe category, you’ll find a number of cooking videos. While these are not exactly heart healthy, they are delicious, easy to make and inexpensive. Future productions will be done in cooperation with Angelina, our nutrition expert. We will apply the same principles to making your …
VT-111 comments
LONDON, Dec. 16, 2010: In a press release by Viron Therapeutics about the protective effects of VT-111 during stenting, the CEO of the company announced: “Although the use of cardiovascular stents have dramatically improved the outcomes for patients with occlusive coronary artery disease, numerous studies have shown that the procedure itself can cause what is termed peri-procedural myocardial injury (PMI),” …
Severe Chestpains and fainting
Q: I am a 51 year old woman who is fit and healthy, low cholesterol, low fat diet, no food before bedtime, low to average BP and pulse. Grandfather died of heart attack at 53 the other at 73, father died early of trauma, grandmothers died of heart disease in 80s & 90s. Have Raynauds, GORD nexium 40mg daily. long …
Severe Chestpains and fainting
Q: I am a 51 year old woman who is fit and healthy, low cholesterol, low fat diet, no food before bedtime, low to average BP and pulse. Grandfather died of heart attack at 53 the other at 73, father died early of trauma, grandmothers died of heart disease in 80s & 90s. Have Raynauds, GORD nexium 40mg daily. long …
Heart rate during exercise
Q: Hi, when I exercise my heart goes faster but it doesnt get much harder, I have recently noticed this, I am on a beta blocker 75 mg a day. I am not fat, but I havent really been active in 6 months. Its feels like my heart needs to beat harder, but it just stays fast.Could this be because …
How many PACs or PVCs are too many
Follow-up question: Dr T, I thank you for your time and greatly appreciate the advice. Reading back through my initial correspondence I believe it would be better to say that when I exercise I seem to notice 3 or 4 premature beats at separate times, not coming at once. I do not believe they are more prevalent during exercise, just …
What happens after treatment for WPW syndrome?
Follow-up question: Thanks alot that really helps. One question, I had an ablation for wpw and they said i had dual av node pathway, the doc said he modified it. Is it possible for the arrythmia to make my heart beat weird for days? Like a week? Even if my heart is beating at a normal rate? You are very …
VT-111 results
Viron phase 2a data, published in leading cardiovascular journal, circulation: cardiovascular interventions. VT-111 results demonstrate statistically significant reduction in two key biomarkers of cardiac damage. LONDON, ON, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ – Viron Therapeutics Inc. today announced that the results of Viron’s Phase 2a trial for VT-111 were published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. In the study led by Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, …