Susan Lim: Transplant cells, not organs
April 18, 2011 – 12:04 pm |

Pioneering surgeon Susan Lim performed the first liver transplant in Asia. But a moral concern with transplants (where do donor livers come from …) led her to look further, and to ask: Could we be transplanting cells, not whole organs? At the INK Conference, she talks through her new research, discovering healing cells in some surprising places.

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Digestion Worsens with Age
April 6, 2010 – 11:17 am |

Digestion Worsens with Age


Nena Dockery discusses how people lose the natural enzymes in their body to help with digestion as they age, and how that can make digestion an issue for older populations.

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Has the Mediterranean Diet Fad Run Its Course?
February 8, 2010 – 2:51 pm |

Atkins peaked in 2003. Detox is on the way out. Remember Macrobiotics from the 80s? What about Mediterranean eating? The Mediterranean diet was popular in the 1970s thanks to Ancel Keys. It faded for a couple decades then started a…

Advanced Lipoprotein Testing: Not Quite Ready for Prime Time
February 2, 2010 – 2:33 pm |

“Routine use of . . . LDL subfraction tests to estimate cardiovascular disease risk is premature,” according to a recent review in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Huh? What the . . . ? I’m starting to see advertisements for…

Are Cholesterol Levels Outdated?
January 26, 2010 – 7:20 am |

Did you know that there are better blood tests than total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol to predict future risk of heart problems such as coronary heart disease? After all, the Centers for Disease Control says that half of all heart…

Why Pay More For Your Blood Pressure Pill When an Old Standby Is Just as Good?
January 21, 2010 – 3:29 pm |

A good ol’ cheap drug is just as effective as the newer, sexier, expensive drugs as a first step in controlling high blood pressure, according to investigators reporting at the annual American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, FL. Since the…

Do You Worry Too Much About Heart Disease, Or Not Enough?
December 31, 2009 – 5:14 am |

The American Heart Association offers a free, anonymous, online calculator that give you a rough idea of your chance of a heart attack or dying from heart disease over the next 10 years. That should settle the question in the…

CAC Score: 96% Accuracy Not Good Enough For Trial Lawyers
October 27, 2009 – 9:22 pm |

Coronary artery calcium scoring, increasingly popular in emergency departments, could misdiagnose four of every 100 patients with significant blockages in their heart arteries, according to the latest research. Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for an emergency…

Heart Failure Patients, Is Your Doctor Overlooking a Simple Life-Saving Treatment?
October 24, 2009 – 10:44 pm |

Only one out of three heart failure patients is sent home from the hospital with instructions to take a specific drug proven to prolong life and reduce hospitalization rates, according to the latest research. In 2007, the American Heart Association…

That’s Just Great: ANOTHER Epidemic to Worry About!
October 22, 2009 – 12:33 pm |

Metabolic Syndrome affects nearly four of every 10 adults in the U.S., yet most people aren’t familiar with it. The syndrome itself is without symptoms. The problem is that Metabolic Syndrome increases your risk of type 2 diabetes by five-fold,…

Drugs Don’t Work If You Don’t Take Them? DUH!
October 20, 2009 – 7:58 am |

High blood pressure patients who don’t take their medications are at major risk of medical complications, according to a new report in the journal Circulation. Sure, drug therapy can be exensive and have bothersome side effects. Medical skeptics invoke Big…

Salt Restriction: Good In Theory, But Impossible to Implement?
October 17, 2009 – 5:48 pm |

Reducing salt intake might be a good idea, but it may not matter since our bodies have irresistible physiologic mechanisms to defend a higher level of salt intake, according to a new report in the Clinical Journal of the American…

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