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Heart disease is the leading cause of death
But it’s insulin resistance that causes heart disease, strokes, cancers and other inflammatory conditions
Since your doctor won’t help you avoid it, here are 42 sentences that will: https://t.co/D4Ks93ughG
1 in 3 reading this will DIE from heart disease. The irony? The heart is a solved problem - almost all of those deaths are preventable. Take a Calcium CT Scan. $150. 30 minutes. Save yourself. Save the country billions. Heart attacks are a dumb way to die. 🤍🙏🇺🇸 https://t.co/8pR5CjQ1lh
Heart disease is the #1 killer. Tracking cholesterol does NOT reduce your risk. Make the Calcium CT Scan the standard of care for everyone over 35. $150 & 15 mins. We started the Center for Heart Attack Prevention as a Calcium CT moonshot that can save 100k lives per year! 🤍 https://t.co/7rJlbbTV26
Next time your doc says u don’t need a Calcium CT scan bc your cholesterol is “good” - show them this chart. Heart attacks are the most preventable cause of death - $150, 15 mins, no insurance. In Silicon Valley - SimonMed Imaging, SV Med Imaging, El Camino Health. ❤️ https://t.co/Iepm6VzmX9
Heart Plaque = risk of needless death. Tracking cholesterol does not answer that question. If over 35, start w a CAC scan - $150 & 15 mins. If you score above zero consider the CCTA which gives more info about types of plaque & blockage. Heart attacks are a dumb way to die. 🤍🙏
Brad Gerstnerx.comA stroke now occurs roughly every five minutes in Canada. Our aging population is one reason for the rise, and more younger people are having strokes. This is linked to increases in risk factors like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes.
5 surprising facts about stroke
Heart attacks are almost entirely preventable if you have the data.
What to do? If CAC 0-150, see doc, likely take statin to lower LDL below 50 & exercise. If CAC over 150, see doc, take statin & likely take angiogram / @Cleerlyhealth to determine extent of blockage. Chart below shows extent to which MI (aka heart ... See more
Viz.ai is really quite a sleek product. It focuses on doing one thing very specifically, detecting Large Vessel Occlusions (LVO) which - for simplicity sake - is a type of clot that cuts blood flow to your brain, resulting in a serious stroke.