I come from a long line of family members with heart disease. Right now, my HDL is 62 mg/dL [milligrams per deciliter], and my LDL is 115 mg/dL. My doctor isn’t worried about my LDL, but shouldn’t I shoot for an LDL level under 100 mg/dL?
Old-fashioned social networking – the face-to-face kind – can affect our health, both positively and negatively.
An expert advisory panel reiterated its belief that healthy people who have not been diagnosed with heart disease do not need to get an electrocardiogram test.
I am 70, have had sleep problems, and have started to take Ambien every night. It seems to be working very well. Is it okay if I keep on taking it?
More and more nutrition advice seems to be anti-sugar these days. So are artificial sweeteners a good alternative?
I saw Harvard’s Healthy Eating Plate and noticed that poultry was listed as a healthy protein. I am not surprised that you’re recommending fish, nuts, or beans. But why poultry?
My wife’s medication to treat atrial fibrillation recently was changed from warfarin to a new drug called Pradaxa. They say that the new medicine does not require regular INR tests and is just as effective. Is that so?
You’ve emphasized that people generally eat too much sodium and not enough potassium. Could I solve both problems at once by replacing my regular table salt with a substitute containing potassium?
Is the chemical BPA just another health scare, or is it really something we should be worried about?
The editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter introduces a second 2011 edition of a special issue comprised entirely of “Ask the doctor” letters from readers.