In the Opinionator section of the New York Times on 5/23/11 there was an article by Justin E. H. Smith titled: The Flight of Curiousity. Here are a few paragraphs from it: Must one be endowed with curiosity in order to become a philosopher? Today, in the academic realm, at least, the answer is surely [...]
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“Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine, And Thy Medicine Be Thy Food.” – Hippocrates Food Matters is a documentary movie that came out in 2008, from first-time Producer-Directors James Colqhuoun and Laurentine Ten Bosch. You can watch the official trailer on YouTube. A colleague of Dr Silverstein’s “found the content of this movie strikingly similar [...]
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The following is a comment on an article from the ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium. It is different sets of genes/biochemistry/physiology (for different diseases), but that which “turns on” breast cancer is the very same thing(s) as that which “turns on” heart disease activation: same for diabetes, diverticulitis, high BP, high cholesterol, cancer of the colon/pancreas/ovaries/uterus/prostate and [...]
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Here is an article I found interesting. ACC 2009 [American College of Cardiology annual meeting 2009]: MRI Study Shows Plaque Lipid Core Depletion With Intensive Lipid-Lowering Therapy as reported on Heartwire — a professional news service of WebMD Michael O’Riordan April 7, 2009 (Orlando, Florida) — Intensive statin therapy in patients with coronary or carotid [...]
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December 28, 2007 Sidney Goldstein, MD, Medical Editor Cardiology News 5635 Fishers Lane, # 6000 Rockville, MD, 20852 800-445-6975. cardiologynews@elsevier.com Dear Sid: Regarding the 12/07 article “Perioperative Beta Blocker Regimen Boosts Risk” article in Cardiology News by Mitchel L. Zoler of the Philadelphia Bureau. First of all, Sid, thanks for taking the time to read [...]
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Comment on article in the NY Times “The Fat Pack Wonders if the Party’s Over“, published March 19, 2008 by Kim Severson Whatever we like (food/alcohol/cigarettes/heroin/cocaine/unprotected sex, etc) is about brain chemical messengers such as “anandamide” (Sanskrit for ‘bliss’) or “2 AG.” These are in the chemical family called “‘endocannabinoids,” literally cousins of marijuana. To [...]
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Regarding the 11/10/08 New York Times article Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs Show Wider Benefit by Pam Belluck This important study supports the conception that the ideal total cholesterol is between 90-130, similar to all extant societies that do not yet have grocery stores, electricity, or automobiles. Those cultures also have no heart attack, diabetes, cancer of the [...]
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Regarding the 11/10/08 New York Times article “Cholesterol-Fighting Drugs Show Wider Benefit” by Pam Belluck This important study supports the conception that the ideal total cholesterol is between 90-130, similar to all extant societies that do not yet have grocery stores, electricity, or automobiles. Those cultures also have no heart attack, diabetes, cancer of the [...]
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H Robert Silverstein, MD, gives his response to an article in forums on Medscape – unfortunately, we are unable to find the original forum posting, but the text is provided below. Original forum posting ————————————- Elevated Blood Pressure Response to Exercise I just performed a screening cardiac stress test on a 48 year old male [...]
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The following was sent to Hartford Magazine to hopefully engage them in further dicsussion about the changes in healthcare Hello Michael & Christopher: with the changes in healthcare that are coming, with the issues we have at hand, your readership might find very interesting the insights that The Preventive Medicine Center (1000 Asylum Ave in [...]
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H. Robert Silverstein does two television shows on cable access television in the Hartford area. Here's where you can find more of his show videos and a schedule for their airing:
Hartford Public Access TV The show is called "Putting It All Together"
West Hartford
Community Television The show is called "Putting it all
2-gether"
