Thursday, April 5th, 2012
There being no less than a small mountain of books, articles and broadcast media reports about what men can do to make their hearts healthier, I am charting a new course, a decidedly abbreviated yet effective course, in this week’s and next week’s blogs. No doubt that a subject as vital as men’s cardio health deserves discussion
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Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Men are known to be at greater risk of developing heart disease than women. And now researchers in Britain say there’s a genetic link between a man and his father that may explain why. Some men inherit a higher risk for heart disease directly from their dads due to the structure of their Y-chromosomes, a research team from the University
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
When I give my presentation “Bulletproof: The Men’s Healthcare Myth,” one of the most common surprised reactions from my audiences comes at the point when I discuss the dangers of high blood pressure. High blood pressure alone, I explain, can cause a stroke or even an aortic dissection like the one that nearly took my life
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
It’s still early in my training plan to walk a faster time in my favorite road race — the Bellin 10-K in June. But I’ve already walked into a familiar foe . . .an achy twinge in my lower back. If you, too, are getting intot the swing of mid-winter workouts and feel that twinge,
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Thursday, December 8th, 2011
I had a thing about going to the dentist’s office long before I cringed through scenes in the film “Marathon Man” during which escaped Nazi prison camp dentist Lawrence Olivier tortured Dustin Hoffman by drilling into the root nerves in his teeth. Thinking about that scene still gives me the creeps. That’s probably because when
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Thursday, December 1st, 2011
The medical community calls them “TIAs” — transient ischemic attacks. You’ll find a lot of survivors calling them “mini-strokes.” Whatever the descriptive name used, transient ischemic attacks are very serious brain events not to be casually dismissed by any guy who mistakenly believes that “recovering” from a TIA is evidence that he truly is bulletproof. TIAs
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