Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Specialty: Cardiology
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Cardiologist and author of the book, Track Your Plaque: The only heart disease prevention program... Full Bio
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Sleep: A to Zzzzzzzzzz by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Take a look at the results from the Heart Scan Blog's most recent reader poll (399 respondents): How many hours do you sleep per night (on average)? 9 or more hours per night ... Read on »
Beating the Heart Association diet is child's play by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In response to the Heart Scan Blog post, Post-Traumatic Grain Disorder, Anne commented: While on the American Heart Association diet my lipids peaked in 2003. I even tried the ... Read on »
Victim of Post-Traumatic Grain Disorder by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Heart Scan Blog reader, Mike, shared his story with me. He was kind enough to allow me to reprint it here (edited slightly for brevity). Dr. Davis, I was much intrigued to st ... Read on »
Drug industry "Deep Throat" by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health A Heart Scan Blog reader brought the following letter from a former sales representative for the drug industry to congress. Interesting excerpts: As a former drug representat ... Read on »
Triglyceride Buster-Update by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In the last Heart Scan Blog post, I described Daniel's experience reducing his triglycerides from 3100 mg/dl to around 1100 mg/dl with use of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil ... Read on »
Triglyceride buster by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Two weeks ago, Daniel started with a triglyceride level of 3100 mg/dl, a dangerous level that had potential to damage his pancreas. The inflammatory injury incurred could leav ... Read on »
Jogging does NOT cause heart disease by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Periodically, I'll come across a knuckleheaded report like this one from Minneapolis: Marathon Man’s Heart Damaged by Running? Of course, the obligatory story about how ... Read on »
Warning: Your pharmacist may be hazardous to your health by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Pharmacists can be very helpful resources when it comes to questions about prescription drugs. The operant word here is drugs. What they are most definitely not expert on ar ... Read on »
What kind of iodine do you take? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor 1 Comment Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health The results of the latest Heart Scan Blog poll are in. 204 respondents answered the question: Do you take an iodine supplement? The responses: Yes, I take Iodoral, Lugol's, ... Read on »
And you thought gasoline was expensive by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In 1995, the Palmaz coronary stent was introduced, the brainchild of Drs. Julio Palmaz and Richard Schatz. Medical device manufacturer, Johnson & Johnson, priced the devic ... Read on »
"Hey buddy, wanna buy some exorphins?" by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Dr. Christine Zioudrou and colleagues at the National Institutes of Mental Health got this conversation going back in 1979 with their paper, Opioid peptides derived from food ... Read on »
"I can't do it" by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Anne sat across from me, bent over and sobbing. "I can't do it. I just can't do it! I cut out the breads and pasta for two days, then I start dreaming about it! "And ... Read on »
Spontaneous combustion, vampires, and goitrogens by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health What do the following have in common: Lima beans Flaxseed Broccoli Cabbage Kale Soy Millet Sorghum? They are all classified as goitrogens, or foods that have been sho ... Read on »
Magnesium and you-Part II by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Blood magnesium levels are a poor barometer for true body (intracellular) magnesium. Only 1% of the body’s magnesium is in the blood, the remaining 99% stored in variou ... Read on »
Lethal Lipids II by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health I call the combination of low HDL, small LDL, and lipoprotein(a) " lethal lipids," since the trio is an exceptionally potent predictor for heart disease. Uncorrected ... Read on »
Goiter, goiter everywhere by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health The results of the recent Heart Scan Blog poll are in. The question: Do you used iodized salt? The responses: Yes, I use iodized salt every day 94 (28%) Yes, I use iodized ... Read on »
Goiter and the Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Thick neck, or goitre . . . consists of an enlargement of the thyroid gland, which lies over and on each side of the trachea, or windpipe, between the prominence known as &quo ... Read on »
Magnesium and you-Part I by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health If this were 10,000 B.C., you'd get your drinking water from streams, rivers, and lakes, all rich in mineral content. Humans became reliant on obtaining a considerable propor ... Read on »
Cheerios: Prescription required? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Followers of The Heart Scan Blog know my feelings about Cheerios: Can you say "sugar"?Cheerios and heart health There's an interesting tussle going on between the ma ... Read on »
"Placebos are frequently of value" by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health The treatment of angina pectoris, generally speaking, is unsatisfactory. Any procedure that relieves mental tension is valuable. Since patients suffer particularly during the ... Read on »