My maternal grandfather was my father figure. We affectionately called him “Dhomdada” after a character he used to play in the local theater. He grew up poor, “stone soup” was a reality for them, not just a story. He didn’t finish high school since his family had very little money and he needed to start…
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anger, hostility and AFIB
Elaine Eaker et. al. published an interesting study in Circulation in 2004. It followed 1769 men and 1913 women from the Framingham Offspring Study. It showed that after adjusting for known risk factors such as age and high blood pressure, researchers found several traits significantly increased the risk of atrial fibrillation in men. Those with…
meditation – jerry seinfeld
Meditation has been shown to decrease symptoms and burden of atrial fibrillation. I practice it daily and also recommend it to my patients. I started meditation at age 7 and had been practicing intermittently until about 5 years ago when I saw this Jerry Seinfeld video. After this I started practicing daily. If you are…
yoga and atrial fibrillation
Dr. DJ Lakkiredy published an excellent study on the effects of yoga (+meditation) on atrial fibrillation: