By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. The American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and nine other heart health groups now agree that you have high blood pressure if your blood pressure is above 130/80, not 140/90 as the previous guidelines recommended (American Heart Association's annual meeting, November 13, 2017). This means that 46 percent of North American adults now … [Read more...] about The New Blood Pressure Guidelines
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Year-Round Riding for Greater Fitness and Health
By Coach John Hughes If you want to improve as a cyclist, your #1 resolution should be to exercise consistently. If you want to live a long and healthy life, your #1 resolution should be to exercise consistently. If you want to reduce stress and get more enjoyment out of life, your #1 resolution should be to exercise consistently. 5 Days a Week for at Least 30 Minutes is … [Read more...] about Year-Round Riding for Greater Fitness and Health
HDL Cholesterol: a New Understanding
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. For many years HDL cholesterol has been called "good" because it carries plaque-forming particles from your arteries and bloodstream back to your liver, where they can be removed from your body. An exciting new study from Texas Medical Center shows that regular HDL cholesterol may not be very effective in doing this, but another form called Nascent HDL … [Read more...] about HDL Cholesterol: a New Understanding
New 166m Indoor Velodrome Coming to Detroit
Earlier this month, the nonprofit Detroit Fitness Foundation (DFF) announced Lexus as the official naming rights sponsor of Detroit’s newest indoor multi-sport complex, which will be anchored by a 166.66-meter (1/10 mile) velodrome, the only one of its kind in the United States. There's one other 166.66-meter track, but it's an outdoor track in Cleveland. Most velodromes in the … [Read more...] about New 166m Indoor Velodrome Coming to Detroit
New Study Points to Best Use of Stents
By Gabe Mirkin, M.D. A recently published study suggests that stents placed in arteries leading to the heart have not been shown to cure chest pain (Lancet, Nov 2, 2017). Placing stents in people who have heart pain from narrowed arteries and giving them medication is not more effective in relieving pain than just giving them medication and no stents. Stents do help to … [Read more...] about New Study Points to Best Use of Stents