Should You Take A Statin In Your 30s? A Doctor Explains The New Guidelines

New guidelines recommend considering cholesterol-lowering statins in the 30s, screening all adults for hidden risk factors ...

We Can Close the Heart Disease Prevention Gap

Although it may be preventable, more Americans are dying from heart disease than ever before. Now, cardiologists are ...

The Heart Health Risks No One Is Talking About

Northwell Health shares some surprising truths faced in cardiology practices. There’s this idea that only old, overweight, ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: High lipoprotein(a) levels alone aren’t enough to consider patient high risk of heart disease

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a healthy 50-year-old woman. I asked my doctor to test me for Lipoprotein(a) after reading about it. My level was high, at 41 mg/dL. My doctor told me that it didn’t need to be ...
KETV Omaha

CHI Health doctor explains what younger patients need to know for heart health

LOOKS PRETTY GOOD TO. FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH, AND WE’RE HELPING YOU GET THE FACTS ON YOUR CARDIAC HEALTH. RIGHT NOW. DOCTORS SAY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING HEART ATTACKS AND OTHER CARDIAC ...
The Boston Globe

I felt healthy after my doctor’s appointment. Then the patient survey arrived.

The appointment is over. The doctor was compassionate and efficient, not an easy combination in an era of increasing productivity requirements. He was thanked many times, and if I wasn’t feeling ...