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Category: Heart Disease

GLP-1 Drugs & Heart Health: Beyond The Hype

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 6 min read
  • September 3, 2025

Drug companies are far better marketers than developers of new medical breakthroughs.  Terms like “revolutionary”, “game-changer”, or “medical breakthrough” are used as standard practice, especially since…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Heart Disease, Latest News

Stopping GLP-1 Drugs May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 9 min read
  • July 29, 2025

Everyone wants to lose excess body fat.  However, the Holy Grail of weight loss is losing excess body fat while maintaining, if not increasing, lean body…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Heart Disease, Latest News

Do Omega-3 Supplements Increase the Risk of A-Fib?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • July 8, 2025

The answer is no, and maybe yes.  Before I explain that seemingly cryptic answer, let me explain what Afib is.  Afib is an abbreviation for atrial…

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Categories: Heart Disease, Latest News, Omega-3

Can You Lower Your Cholesterol Without Taking A Statin?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • January 21, 2025

Can you lower your cholesterol without taking a statin? Absolutely. But here’s the real question—how do statins actually work? Most people think it’s magic. Spoiler alert:…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, chronic diseases, Heart Disease

A-Fib and Omega-3 Fatty Acids

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 3 min read
  • January 10, 2025

A recent article has suggested that omega-3 fatty acids are associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, commonly termed as A-fib (1). A-fib occurs when…

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Categories: chronic diseases, Heart Disease

Maintaining A Healthy Heart

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • December 2, 2024

What’s the best food for heart health? While there isn’t a single ‘magic’ food that guarantees a healthy heart, there is a proven system that can…

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Categories: Heart Disease

Some Inconvenient Facts About Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 7 min read
  • March 18, 2020

Two recent meta-analysis studies published by the same lead author have stated the conclusion that omega-3 fatty acids have little, if any, benefit in treating cardiovascular…

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Categories: cancer, chronic diseases, Heart Disease

Is There Something Fishy About Vascepa®?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 8 min read
  • March 5, 2020

Recently the FDA has allowed an expanded drug use for Vascepa® to reduce cardiovascular events in subjects with established heart disease and triglyceride levels greater than 150…

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Categories: chronic diseases, Heart Disease, Inflammation
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