It’s now been a year since I started to create the Heart of Northside in what was once the old North Church. One of my first experiences in the neighborhood was the Fourth of July Parade last year, an iconic event that was the perfect introduction to the area. Northside Read more…
I know the look of fear and frustration that appears on all of my clients faces when I suggest they quit smoking. Then I enjoy the look of surprise that replaces it when I tell them that I know how hard it is. Stopping smoking is one of the hardest Read more…
Everyone should understand their blood pressure, what it is and how to control it. First, what IS blood pressure? When you fill up a balloon with water, the water inside pushes out on the skin of the balloon. Similar to water in a water balloon, blood puts pressure on the Read more…
Many people wonder how physicians know when to treat certain medical problems. For example, how do we decide what high blood pressure is? How did we figure out how to treat high blood pressure? How long do we have to treat it? For so many of my patients, it seems Read more…
When your doctor refers to “cardiovascular risk”, they usually mean how likely you are to have a heart attack, stroke, or significant blockage of another artery in the next 10 years. Cardiovascular risk is something your doctor can estimate with information from your medical visits. Why should you care about Read more…
Heart disease has been the number one killer of American men and women at least since the 1920s. For the past few decades we were seeing improvements in life expectancy, mostly because of improvements in outcomes from heart disease. Sadly, life expectancy has gone down for the second year in Read more…