CARDIOLOGY, PRIMARY CARE AND NUTRITION

Tag: cardiovascular risk factor modification

  • Podcast:Jami Dulaney MD Plant Based Wellness Podcast Episode 542: Lp(a) and Cardiac Risk-You Have More Control than you Think

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.  Lp(a) is a genetic marker associated with increased cardiovascular events.  A positive family history is also associated with increase risk.  But how much risk and over what time period.  Families share the same cultures, living environment and often food choices but not always.  Genes don’t act alone.  They need…

  • Podcast: Risk Factors are Risk Factors

    Welcome! and Thank you for listening.   Risk factors for Lifestyle diseases are increased BMI, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and metabolic dysfunction ranging from glucose intolerance to diabetes.  Traditionally, younger people do not get lifestyle diseases because they may either have no risk factors or only have one.  More and more younger people now have…