Thinking About Your Own Health | Alan Heldman MD
Everyone has their own unique physiology. How can you use what you know about yourself to make the health choices that work best for you? In "Thinking About Your Own Health," top cardiologist Dr. Heldman discusses ways to curate your own health.
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Cholesterol Questions I Get At Masters Track Meets - III (opens the original)
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I used to be a professor of cardiology; now I train and compete with other fast old men in age group masters track and field. Sometimes my worlds collide and my track friends ask me good questions. These three short articles are about some cholesterol questions. As always, I am trying to make a point about what your health data could do for you!In Part I the question was whether a statin was quietly shaving points off someone’s VO₂max; in <a href="https://alanheldman.substack.com/p/cholesterol-q
Cholesterol Questions I Get At Masters Track Meets - II (opens the original)
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I used to be a professor of cardiology; now I train and compete with other fast old men in age group masters track and field. Sometimes my worlds collide and my track friends ask me good questions. These three short articles are about some cholesterol questions. As always, I am trying to make a point about what your health data could do for you!In Part I I started with the question my fellow masters athletes actually ask a
Cholesterol Questions I Get At Masters Track Meets - I (opens the original)
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I used to be a professor of cardiology; now I train and compete with other fast old men in age group masters track and field. Sometimes my worlds collide and my track friends ask me good questions. The next three short articles are about some cholesterol questions. As always, I am trying to make a point about what your health data could do for you!I prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drugs called “statins” to thousands of patients. The evidence that they prevent heart attacks and strokes in peo
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