Venous disease occurs when a vein is not functioning properly causing a disturbance of normal one-way blood flow usually causing venous...

Trans fats are formed during the partial hydrogenation of vegetable oils by a process that converts these oils and to semi-solid fats for...

Cardiovascular disease continues to be an epidemic and is responsible for more than half of all deaths in the United States. Each day...

I want to repost this paper that I posted a year ago so our new clients can read it. It is a paper I wrote several years ago for The...

Resveratrol is a compound found largely in the skins of red grapes. It has gained a large amount of media attention and has been touted...

I hear almost daily from family, friends, and other doctors that they are in great shape because their HDL-C (the good cholesterol) is...

HOUSE CALLS for the HOLIDAYS! What better way to show your loved ones you care than by giving the gift of care with...

Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a group of genetic disorders that result in severe elevations of blood cholesterol levels. Despite...

In 2008, I started a series about the safety of statin therapy that I wrote for my Cholesterol Management 101 Blog on WebMD. One of the...

I am asked almost on a daily basis if I would recommend antibody testing to see if one has antibodies against the COVID-19 virus. This...

Cancer has a major impact on society in the United States and across the world. In 2020, an estimated 1,806,590 new cases of cancer will...

I am always asked what the human heart actually looks like in a patient’s chest. This is the video I made several years ago fixing a...

I had always wanted to give this talk to Cardiologists. I was given the opportunity a few years ago at one of the largest Cardiovascular...

I want to start today's article with a simple question that I want everyone to think about. Wouldn't it be logical that if there was some...

I have had increasing numbers of patients who come to me who are using Red Yeast Rice (RYR) as the only means to treat their high...

This is a short article that I wrote a few years back for The National Lipid Association to explain how Atherosclerosis occurs. And why...

I wanted to post something about what to eat and not to eat if you have High Triglycerides. This is what the National Lipid Association...

I personally believe that all of us have our calling. Unfortunately, many people never figure it out until it's to late. I don't mean...

Today is the day that medical students find out whether or not they “matched” into a residency program. It is called National Residency...

Today I am officially starting our blog. As a double board-certified cardiothoracic and general surgeon, I will write on many topics...