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Cardiotoxic, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension
“Cardiotoxic treatment refers to the damage of heart muscles (cardiomyopathy) due to intake of chemotherapy drugs.” It isn’t the fact that many chemotherapy regimens are cardiot0xic aka
Continue readingCardiac Resynchronization Therapy
“Among patients with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy eligible for cardiac resynchronization therapy, CRT improved left ventricular function and promoted reverse remodeling…” Read
Continue readingPrevent Cognitive Decline, Enhance Brain Health, Heal Chemobrain
“If you want to manage the factors that are within your control to prevent or delay age-related cognitive decline, spend some time and energy focusing on these three things…” I want to
Continue readingCardiac Rehab with Magnesium
Increasing dietary magnesium intake is associated with a reduced risk of stroke, heart failure, diabetes, and all-cause mortality, but not CHD or total CVD. I am a long-term cancer survivor. I have ignored
Continue readingStroke Prevention Diet and Supplementation
“…greens turned out to be associated with the strongest protection against major chronic diseases, including a 20% reduction of stroke for every additional serving.” I live with an increased
Continue readingAtrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Complications
“Catheter ablation (for afib) volumes rose 2.5-fold during the study period…The overall in-hospital complication rate increased during the study period from 3.07% to 7.04%” I developed
Continue readingRadiation-Fibrosis- Xerostomia aka Dry Mouth
“Xerostomia, or oral dryness, is one of the most common complaints experienced by patients who have had radiotherapy of the oral cavity and neck region.” I underwent local radiation to my
Continue readingXarelto Lawsuit Highlights Risks of Conventional Blood Thinners
“Given all this information, people who are on Xarelto, or those caring for those who are, may have some concerns. Experts say it’s best to take those concerns straight to the doctor or specialist
Continue readingAYA Surviving Stem Cell Transplant- Therapy Plan
“AYA (and Pediatric Survivors) who undergo hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo, auto SCT) are at significant risk for long-term and late effects in survivorship.” Boy, is that an understatement.
Continue readingEvidence Heart Disease is “Weak”
This problem (weak evidence) is by no means unique to heart disease. Many medical decisions are based on weak evidence or even human hunches rather than high-quality evidence… Evidence-based medicine
Continue readingGot Cancer? Chemotherapy is toxic- less is more
No matter what cancer you have, solid tumor, blood cancer, the more chemotherapy you undergo, the greater your risk of adverse events. Common side effects of chemotherapy and radiation run the gamut. From
Continue readingHospitalized? Reduce Blood Clot (VTE) Risk-
Patients with an acute medical illness such as pneumonia, stroke, or congestive heart failure are highly susceptible to the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during their hospital stay and up
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