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Straight, No Chaser: Life Begins (To End) at 40 (Unless It Doesn’t) – The Cardiopulmonary (Heart and Lung) System

The fourth part of this series looks at your heart and lungs. Click here for the post on changes in your skin. Click here for the post on changes to your musculoskeletal system. C
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 10, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Should I Take a Daily Aspirin?

So… I’m stuck on a desert island, and I’m allowed to take two medications. I’m pretty sure aspirin is going to be one of them. This begs the question “Who should take a d
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 1, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Aspirin – It's Not Just for Heart Attacks Anymore

…not that it ever was! Aspirin has been known to be a pain reliever for thousands of years. Let’s take a brief look at the additional qualities that should make aspirin
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 31, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Beeting Back High Blood Pressure and Poor Blood Flow to the Brain

Writing this makes me feel like your mother telling you to eat your spinach, but that’s another conversation. We’ve been talking a lot lately about brain health, and we’re al
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 28, 2015

Straight, No Chaser In The News: Omega-3 Supplements Do Not Protect Against Dementia

Today’s Straight, No Chaser continues our ongoing conversation about your health not being found in a (supplement) bottle. In the news is new research reaffirming that taking ome
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 26, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Childhood Obesity

Here’s the thing. Adults have control over and choices about how to live their lives. In the overwhelming majority of cases, children do not. Yet, in the overwhelming majorit
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD August 4, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Expiration Dates on Food, Medicines and Cosmetics

We’re all faced with the decision. When you’re sick, have you ever rummaged through the medicine cabinet and discovered an old prescription? Perhaps you wanted to wear your ext
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 16, 2015

Straight, No Chaser Vlog: Diabetes

  As part of the launch of http://www.jeffreysterlingbooks.com and Behind the Curtain: A Peek at Life from within the ER, the Straight, No Chaser vlog (video blog) series
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 15, 2015

Straight, No Chaser Vlog: Hypertension: A Ticking Time Bomb

  As part of the launch of http://www.jeffreysterlingbooks.com and Behind the Curtain: A Peek at Life from within the ER, the Straight, No Chaser vlog (video blog) series
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD July 8, 2015

Straight, No Chaser Vlog: Heart Disease

As part of the launch of http://www.jeffreysterlingbooks.com and Behind the Curtain: A Peek at Life from within the ER, the Straight, No Chaser vlog (video blog) series present
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 24, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: What Will You Do If You See Someone Choking?

So … what would you do if someone around you starting choking. Or if they choked, then lost consciousness? What would you do if you choked and no one else was around? Don’t you
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD April 29, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: The Health Benefits of Red Wine  

We’re approaching the weekend, and we’re coming off a lot of Straight, No Chaser posts on alcohol, so let’s just address some questions you’ve asked about the benefits of a
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD April 17, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Pulmonary Embolus (A Blood Clot in the Lungs)

When I was a young, wide-eyed medical student, I learned that in a large number of cases, when people died from unexplained cases, the autopsies would often show the patient died f
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD February 24, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: Blood Clots in Your Legs – Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT)

If you’re a sports fan, you’re likely aware of the death last week of a 52 year old former star of the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers, Jerome Kersey, followed two d
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD February 23, 2015

Straight, No Chaser In the News – Testosterone Therapy Doubles the Risk of Heart Attacks

  Over the last few days, Straight, No Chaser featured discussions of low testosterone and male menopause (which often includes low testosterone levels as a component of the
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD February 5, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: The Danger of Shoveling Snow and Other Winter Chores

You have probably heard it said, but you’d be surprised to know how often people hurt themselves shoveling snow. Of course, this time of year, people are doing many more strenuou
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD January 22, 2015

Straight, No Chaser: The Holiday Heart Syndrome

There’s something about the holiday season and flickering. We’re all aware that Christmas lights are meant to do so, but did you know that your heart is more inclined to flicke
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD December 15, 2014

Straight, No Chaser: Cholesterol Awareness

Most people know just enough about cholesterol to be able to do something about it should they choose. Still, seventy-one million American adults have abnormally high cholesterol,
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD September 23, 2014

Straight, No Chaser: When Your Jaw Pain Could Be a Heart Attack

Several Straight, No Chaser posts have addressed jaw pain. We’ve separately discussed jaw trauma and TMJ syndrome. Unfortunately, that’s not the most important story of jaw pai
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD June 19, 2014

Straight, No Chaser: When Fainting is Deadly

1. So can faints be deadly? Potentially. There are three separate sets of considerations. The brain can’t survive very long without adequate oxygen. Whatever caused that fai
By Jeffrey Sterling, MD April 25, 2014
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