In University City, like much of the country these past two weeks, we’ve been enveloped in extreme unremitting cold but just a month ago I was writing about leaves. My
The Skeptical Cardiologist has been analyzing the data on sleep apnea (OSA) and cardiovascular disease, utilizing his spectacular skeptical skills. Recent guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine suggest
A study presented at the European Society of Cardiology meetings in Barcelona and simultaneously published in The Lancet earlier this month caught the attention of many of my readers. Media
A friend recently sent the skeptical cardiologist a link to a very disappointing NY Times article entitled “The Case For A Breakfast Feast” The writer, Roni Rabin (who has a
As the skeptical cardiologist surveys the heart health information available to his patients and the lay public, he sees two broad categories of misinformation. First we have the quacks and
The Skeptical Cardiologist and his eternal fiancee’ recently spent 5 days in the Netherlands trying to understand why the Dutch are so happy and heart healthy. We were driven by
Full fat dairy doesn’t make you fat or give you heart disease. But nutritional guidelines still continue to recommend the substitution of non-fat or low-fat dairy for full fat, something that
In a “presidential advisory” to the American Heart Association (AHA) a panel of experts last week strongly endorsed the heart healthy benefits of replacing any and all saturated fats in
Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today