January 27, 2025
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

February Heart Health Tip: Don’t Overload This Mineral

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States. According to the American Heart Association’s 2025 report, cardiovascular disease accounted for 941,652 deaths in 2022, surpassing cancer and other major causes of mortality. In addition to being life-threatening, heart disease is one of the most costly health issues, totaling over $320 billion annually in medical expenses and lost productivity. Many people take proactive steps to maintain heart health by eating well, exercising, limiting alcohol, and avoiding smoking. However, one overlooked risk factor that could be silently harming your heart is excess iron […]
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September 23, 2014
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

Warning: Gut Bacteria Can Cause Dangerous Heart Disease

For a long time, it was believed that too-high cholesterol was the cause of dangerous, artery-narrowing plaques.  So, giving cholesterol-lowering statin-drugs were thought key in reducing these plaques. It was soon realized that people with low cholesterol levels were also having heart attacks.  Clearly, something else was contributing to heart disease besides cholesterol. That’s when we learned that inflammation played a big role in why plaques develop as well. In the last year, cardiac researchers have pinned down another key piece of the heart disease puzzle. You’ll want to know more about it and how you can reduce your risk of heart […]
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August 12, 2014
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

4 Uncommon Ways To Protect Your Heart

Like many of my patients, you’re thinking more about ways you can prevent, or improve, heart disease. And, you’ve been pretty good about using the most common ways:  Diet, exercise, controlling weight and better managing stress. But, there are also 4 off-the-radar things you can do to protect your heart. Some of these you may already be doing every day and others may surprise you… 4 Uncommon Ways To Protect Your Heart If you’ve read my newsletter articles regularly, you’ve learned a lot about how to protect your heart through the most commonly used methods.  You may have also learned […]
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October 30, 2013
Published by Dr. Mark Rosenberg

8 Foods That Can Help You Avoid A Stroke or Heart Attack!

I have some patients who have to take statins – cholesterol lowering drugs – at least for a while.  Their former diets of too much animal fat contributed to high “bad” LDL and too low “good” HDL.  In addition, adding too much refined sugar to this mix created inflammation throughout their bodies – and as a result, they developed plaque buildup in their arteries.
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October 9, 2013
Published by Grace O

Heart-Healthy Foods Help You Live Longer

The health of our arteries is so important for longevity. More people in the U.S. die from inflamed arteries (which can lead to heart attack and stroke) than from cancer or any other disease.
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