Atrial fibrillation has a strong correlation with obesity. A study from Australia showed that if obese patients lost 10% of their weight, they had better outcomes. Another study shows the same. REVERSE-AF was a large, well publicised study with similar results. It seems that a lot of these studies come from Australia, where patients have…
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not a good week for alcohol enthusiasts!!
This has not been a good week for “moderate” alcohol drinkers. There has been a barrage of articles which make me re-think what “moderate” alcohol intake is. Just 2 days ago I wrote this blog. Look at this BBC article. This was a half a million patient prospective Chinese study that indicated that if a…
alcohol = cigarettes??
How many cigarettes are there in a bottle of alcohol? A recent study showed that drinking equivalent of 1 bottle of wine per week (4 drinks) increased risk of cancer in women and in men. The overall absolute increase in cancer risk for one bottle of wine per week equals that of five (men) or…
walking by the minutes
I am passionate about walking. If walking can help gain India’s independence, it surely can help you achieve freedom from a lot of diseases Walking might be the best exercise there is – low to no risk of injury (unless you are walking on the Boulder Creek Path 🙂 ), can be done with any…
media coverage
http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_32289898/cu-boulder-golfer-grateful-routine-physical-revealed-heart http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_32101145/boulder-community-hospital-first-county-implant-worlds-smallest https://cyclingtips.com/2018/11/219-beats-per-minute-the-day-my-heart-short-circuited https://trailrunnermag.com/training/injuries-and-treatment/heart-stopping.html Mike Lenick https://www.bch.org/Latest-News/2019/April/Lecture-Audience-Sees-Life-Saving-Skills-in-Acti.aspx
sugar, the bitter truth
This is an interesting talk by Dr. Robert Lustig, endocrinologist at UCSF If you don’t want to sit through a 90 minute video, here is a condensed 30 minute version: