July 9, 2012
Why Is Chest Pain Caused by Stress and Anxiety?
Chest pain is frightening, because one of the causes is a heart attack or pending heart attack, yet a common cause of chest pain is also anxiety and stress, or panic attacks.
For this article I consulted with Robert M. Davidson, MD, a cardiologist with SignatureMD, www.signaturemd.com.
First of all, let’s be clear: This article is not about angina. Angina involves heart disease, and typically, stress and anxiety will cause or aggravate chest pain in a person who has angina.
But what about a person who does not have heart disease, or at least, has not been diagnosed with such? Perhaps this individual’s calcium score is zero, which very likely means the absence of heart disease. So what’s going on if they experience chest pain from anxiety or stress?
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July 9, 2012
What Causes Fast Heartbeat After Eating
Ever experience a fast heartbeat soon after eating? There is a specific reason for this. To find out about this phenomenon, I consulted with Robert M. Davidson, MD, a cardiologist with
SignatureMD, www.signaturemd.com.
Here is what Dr. Davidson says about a fast heart rate after eating: “This is normal, assuming it is not overly fast or occurring with exertion right after eating. The blood volume is shifted to the intestine after eating, and can result in a faster heartbeat, especially if you are somewhat dehydrated. However, it should normally be only slightly faster than normal. If it is a great deal faster, it might be due to an abnormal heart rhythm.”
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July 3, 2012
Miami Butt Doctor goes for the ‘A’ in bottoms
In the world of bottoms, there are apparently four key shapes, and according to Dr Constantino Mendieta, one of the preeminent board certified plastic surgeons for butt augmentation and liposculpting, the “A” shape is the winner.
Dr. Constantino Mendieta wrote the book on butts, called The Art of Gluteal Sculpting. He tells Monsters and Critics there are four main shapes in buttocks: The preferred A, the V, the Square, and the round shapes.
“There’s science behind that statement,” says Dr. Mendieta, who will soon star in his own reality TV series taking viewers behind the scenes into his practice. “A shape bottoms simply mean that a woman’s waist is smaller than her hips, with a ratio of at least 0.7. A noted psychologist – Devendra Singh- did a study where she found that men all over the world desire women who have that waist to hip magic ratio”
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June 29, 2012
Entrepreneurs disrupt health care model
Upstart entrepreneurs are upending the business model for health care, and this morning’s Supreme Court ruling upholding the heart of the reform law won’t change that.
Innovative business leaders are exploring the edges of how health care is delivered, records are kept, and doctors are vetted. The ruling is just one factor in the overall health care changes they’re seeing and pioneering.
Before the surprise ruling came down, one such company announced it had raised $34 million.Practice Fusion, which helps providers keep electronic medical records, had the VC haul.
Lauren Fifield of that San Francisco startupwrote in a blog post.
Other entrepreneurs told me they were watching the court closely, but the justices’ call–as important as it is–wasn’t a make-or-break one for them.
Matt Jacobson, the chief executive of SignatureMD in Santa Monica, California, said the biggest driver for his company is demographic. Signature is one of a new wave of providers of so-called concierge medicine, in which patients pay a flat fee up front to take care of their primary medical needs.
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June 28, 2012
Behind Closed Doors: American Moms Drowning In Stress & Turning To Adderall As They Struggle To Keep It All Together
Prescription drug abuse in America is nothing new. Study upon study has shown that more Americans are abusing prescription drugs than illegal ones due to how readily available they are and the lack of legal consequences that come from taking them.
But mostly, the abuse of prescription drugs is associated with college students, but now there is a new face to addiction: Moms who are trying to do it all. Across America, with the stresses of the economy, working and trying to raise a family, the people you’d least expect, are using trickery to get prescriptions. Adderall is specifically designed to treat those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but many of those taking it actually don’t suffer from the disorder. Between 2002 and 2010, there’s been a 750 percent increase in Adderall prescriptions for women between 26 and 39. Critics say clearly not all of these women need the drug for ADHD.
We consulted addiction expert Richard Taite, President and CEO of Cliffside Malibu to see why American women are drowning in their secret addiction and the dangers they face. Here is our interview with him…
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June 27, 2012
Biophysical receives $4.2M financing
Austin-based Biophysical Corp . has received $4.2 million of a planned $5 million financing.
The local biomarker research company collected the capital from 17 investors, according to a June 15 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission .
CEO Mark Chandler couldn’t be reached for comment.
In September 2011, Biophysical announced that it was was teaming with California-based SignatureMD Inc. to market a pre-diabetes biomarker test to SignatureMD’s affiliated medical practices.
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Original Article
So you get into bed and are ready for the night’s sleep, and only a few minutes later, your heart suddenly skips a beat or flutters. You’ve noticed that usually when you feel a skipped beat or fluttering–palpitations–it’s very soon after settling into bed for sleep. Why is this?
Have you been experiencing tightness in your chest, but no problem breathing, no shortness of breath–and as a result, you’ve been trying to reassure yourself that there can’t be a problem with your heart? As long as you can breathe just fine, you figure, your heart is okay?
Perhaps you’ve read that back pain can signal an oncoming heart attack, or occur with the actual heart attack. Maybe you’ve heard that both back and chest pain can occur with a heart attack. However, does pain in the back, plus chest, automatically mean that there is something wrong with your heart?
We all know that anxiety or fear can cause your heart to suddenly race, but what’s behind this in the absence of any fear, anxiety, stress or anger? What if your heart suddenly begins racing while you’re relaxing in the bathtub listening to soothing music?