The skeptical cardiologist spruced up and updated The Skeptical Cardiologist’s Guide to Home Blood Pressure Monitoring today. Most of what I wrote then is still accurate and I am still
A patient of mine, an intelligent, vivacious middle-aged woman who had undergone corrective surgery for a patent ductus arteriosus at age 28, recently told me that she had started taking
Early news reports of fatalities in China from coronavirus strongly implied that hypertension was an independent risk factor for severe disease and death. Bloomberg and many other seemingly reliable news
Previously, I wrote a detailed post on concerns that have been raised about certain blood pressure medications potentially increasing the risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 or increasing the likelihood of death
Many of my patients with hypertension and/or cardiovascular disease are taking drugs termed angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs.) Both types of drugs are mainstays in
The skeptical cardiologist has been testing out a unique and ingenious device which allows the simultaneous measurement of two key cardiovascular parameters: blood pressure and heart rhythm. Omron partnered with
The Omron HeartGuide (OHG) is a digital wristwatch that takes oscillometric measurements of blood pressure. Named to TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions of 2019 list, the promise of this device was succinctly
Yes, CNBC went with that silly headline. ABC went with “Training For Your 1st Marathon May Reverse Aging.” The usually reliable Allison Aubrey and NPR went with ” Ready For
Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today